Ford launches its 100% electric "Lightning" F-Series pickup
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Ford launches its 100% electric "Lightning" F-Series pickup
- Like Tesla and its competitors GM and Stellantis, the American carmake Ford wishes to accelerate and amplify its strategy in the market for 100% electric vehicles, in Europe, China and the United States.
- After the launch of the Mustang Mach E last year, which shows a first step in this market, the carmaker has unveiled its F-150 Series pickup for the first time available with a 100% electric drive. It is to be noted that the F-150 is the lightest and most compact version of all the F Series versions.
- Ford also announced the upcoming launch of a 100% electric version of its US-produced Transit utility van.
- Ford expects 40% of its models sold worldwide in 2030 to be powered by plug-in hybrid or 100% electric powertrains. This could represent a volume of 1.5 million units by that time. However, Ford produced just 37,500 such vehicles in 2020, representing 0.9% of its global production last year.
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続きを読む... Ford launches its 100% electric "Lightning" F-Series pickup
The level of sales is not directly related to the price of Brent
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The level of sales is not directly related to the price of Brent
- Inovev wanted to know if the evolution of the price of Brent oil affects the evolution of auto sales. Used as a standard for setting the price of crude in the stock markets of much of the world, Brent is a good benchmark for the price of oil. The price of Brent obviously has an impact on the price of fuel (gasoline and diesel) even if it tends to smooth out the sharp rises and falls in Brent.
- Inovev compared the official Brent price established annually from 2000 through 2020 against sales of passenger cars in Europe. When we observe the two curves representing these two parameters, we realize that the price of Brent does not have a direct impact on auto sales, even if we take into account the fact that the price of fuel is smoothed compared to the price of Brent.
- We can simply observe that the increase in the price of Brent between 2010 and 2014 coincides with a drop in auto sales, but that it started in 2008, at the beginning of the financial crisis. However, the increase in the price of Brent between 2003 and 2007 did not trigger a decline in sales. On the other hand, the fall of the Brent price between 2015 and 2016 coincides with an increase in sales, but this had started in 2014 and continued until 2019, while the price of Brent had risen between 2016 and 2018. Finally, the price of Brent fell in 2020 as the auto market collapsed.
- There is therefore no direct link between the price of Brent and car sales in Europe. The evolution of the automotive market is impacted at short term by definitively other parameters.
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続きを読む... The level of sales is not directly related to the price of Brent
Ford Evos should replace the Mondeo
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Ford Evos should replace the Mondeo
- While the Ford Mondeo is in its final months of marketing, the American carmaker unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show 2021 the new model that could replace it, as the Evos is placed in the same segment as the Mondeo, namely the D segment. The Evos is not exactly a sedan or an SUV, as it is at the same time very different from a Mondeo, a Puma or a Kuga, but it mixes the stylistic codes of a sedan and and an SUV. It is somewhat the same type of design adopted for the Citroën C5 X presented at the same show.
- The Evos design reminds the Mustang Mach-E but the two models are different. It will not take over the platform of the American battery electric car, but the one of the Focus and Kuga marketed in Europe. It will also use the same plug-in hybrid engines, but it seems that the diesel version and the battery electric version are not part of the options offered in the future by the carmaker.
- The Evos will be produced in China (at Changan, Ford's local partner) where it will be marketed first, but from 2022, it will arrive in Europe, via imports from China, like the Citroën. C5 X or the DS 9 which are also exported from China to Europe. This is a trend in development, the D-segment models sold little in Europe are and will increasingly be produced in China, where there is a large customer base for this type of model (36% of the market). Inovev forecasts that 100,000 Evos will be produced per year in China, 25,000 of which will be exported to Europe.
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Inovev forecasts 5,000 units per year of the Mercedes EQS
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Inovev forecasts 5,000 units per year of the Mercedes EQS
- Mercedes has unveiled its all-electric F-segment sedan, the EQS, which could be considered as the electric counterpart of the S-Class, but the model is completely different from the S-Class. Indeed, its six-side-window body features a very tapered line, while the S-Class is a classic sedan with four side windows. In terms of dimensions, the EQS is slightly longer, being 5.22 m long compared to 5.21 m for the S-Class.
- The EQS is positioned at the top off the Mercedes EQ range (battery electric vehicle), which until now, was composed of the EQA (C segment), EQB (C segment), EQC (D segment) and EQV (minivan).
- Two versions will be marketed at the launch: EQS 450 and EQS 580, equivalent to two different battery powers (90 kWh and 108 kWh), combined with electric motors delivering a power of 330 hp and 524 hp respectively. These batteries take place under the car between the front and rear tracks on a new platform. Mercedes has confirmed the upcoming launch of an even more powerful AMG version that will deliver 750 hp. According to the carmaker, the autonomy of the Mercedes EQS would be 770 km in the most powerful version.
- Inovev forecasts 5,000 EQS produced per year at the German plant of Sindelfingen, alongside the Mercedes S-Class and E-Class. This quantity represents almost 10% of the S-Class production. It is very rare that the electric versions are less Expensive than their thermal counterparts, the prices of the Mercedes EQS are however lower than those of the S-Class.
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続きを読む... Inovev forecasts 5,000 units per year of the Mercedes EQS
Iveco will not be under Chinese control
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Iveco will not be under Chinese control
- CNH Industrial has announced that it has ended its discussions with the Chinese carmaker FAW for the sale of its subsidiary Iveco (trucks, buses), a transaction opposed by the Italian government. CNH Industrial indicates that it has ended discussions with FAW regarding the “On-Highway” business division, which represents the group’s road activities and include the brands Iveco, Iveco Daily, Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus. The group also has an “Off-Highway” business division which integrates construction and agricultural machinery in particular.
- CNH Industrial (nearly 27% of the capital held by the Agnelli family through its holding company Exor) is a Dutch company created in September 2013 from the merger of Fiat Industrial and its American subsidiary CNH Global. CNH Industrial said it was continuing its existing plans for a split of its activities at the beginning of 2022. The group had announced in 2019 its objective to separate its activities of trucks, buses and commercial vehicles from that of agricultural and construction machinery, by creating a new listed company around Iveco, on the same model as Mercedes for its trucks and buses division.
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