Ford simply introduced its new common EV platform that’s anticipated to rein in prices for the corporate’s cash dropping EV enterprise. Chief amongst these value financial savings will likely be a a lot, a lot smaller battery.
Ford stated the brand new battery will likely be 15 % smaller than that of a BYD Atto electrical crossover. BYD makes use of the identical lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry that Ford says it is going to use in its future EVs, beginning with a four-door midsized pickup in 2027.
The BYD Atto 3 provides two battery choices: a 49.92 kWh pack and a 60.48 kWh pack. That might imply Ford is taking a look at a battery with 51 kWh capability, smaller than first-gen the Chevy Bolt’s 57 kWh pack. That’s tiny, particularly by at present’s requirements of EVs with 300-miles-plus of vary.
Ford acknowledges that the smaller battery will lead to much less vary than sometimes obtainable. Alan Clarke, the corporate’s head of superior EV improvement, stated for those who dropped this new powertain into a traditional ICE truck, you’d get 50 miles much less vary.
Clarke stated the corporate is hoping to spice up the vary via improved aerodynamics.