Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Leasing, Fuel Smarts, Green Fleet, Technology, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

There is something for everyone in the electric truck segment, from fleet-forward offerings such as the Ford F-150 Lightning and the newly announced...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10159599/the-juiced-up-electric-truck-market-2022-beyond

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Batteries/Tech, Charging, Connected Fleets, Electric, Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Fleet Management as a Service, Fuel, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Hybrids, Incentives/Grants, Leasing, Maintenance, Mobility, New Mobility, Operations, Remarketing, Rental Operations, Rental Software, Safety, Shared Mobility, Small Fleet, Smart Cities, Software, Suppliers, Technology, Telematics & Technology, Vehicle Research

Five companies were selected by Newlab and Ford to join them in the new Michigan Central facility to help revolutionize electrification and charging...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10155364/ford-and-newlab-announce-startups-to-pilot-new-electric-vehicle-tech

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Fleet Forward, Rental Operations

The Detroit Smart Parking Lab, a project backed by Ford, Bosch, Enterprise, and others, will test advanced technologies in parking, logistics, and EV charging.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10148892/detroit-garage-to-test-automated-valet-parking

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Green Fleet, Vehicle Research

The Ford F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and Maverick are gaining buyer interest and demand.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10148747/ford-reports-robust-growth-in-ev-sales-orders

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Fleet Forward, Operations, Rental Operations, Technology, Vehicle OEM

Argo AI and Ford will deploy Ford self-driving cars, with safety drivers, on the Lyft network with passenger rides beginning in Miami later this year and in...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10147715/ford-partners-with-argo-ai-lyft

Categories: Rental Software

The formalization of their partnership offers dealerships access to exclusive features including TSD’s telematics integration with Ford and Lincoln, which...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10147116/tsd-named-preferred-partner-of-the-ford-lincoln-courtesy-transport-program

Categories: Equipment, Fleet Acquisition, Vehicle Research

You could say the all-new Maverick’s hybrid engine, unibody frame, and 4.5-foot bed make it a niche truck. But in the post-pandemic era of efficiencies and...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10145063/ford-maverick-what-can-a-compact-pickup-do-for-fleets

Categories: Rental Operations, Vehicle Research

Details of the all-new compact pickup will be released June 8.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10144852/ford-to-debut-maverick-compact-pickup

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fleet Forward, Green Fleet, Operations, Products, Small Fleet, Vehicle Research

The "Lightning" version of the biggest selling pickup accelerates the push toward fleet electrification.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10143875/ford-unveils-f-150-electric-pickup-truck

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Acquisition, Fleet Forward, Fuel, Fuel Smarts, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Hybrids, Operations, Small Fleet, Sustainability, Vehicle OEM, Vehicle Research

Our test of the new F-150 PowerBoost netted an extraordinary 19.2 average mpg with a 1,732-lb. payload and 25.1 mpg without. Adding PowerBoost’s 12,700 lbs....

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10133870/assessing-the-ford-f-150-hybrid-for-fleets