On Monday, Ford laid out a bold plan for its next-generation electric vehicles—"breakthrough" EVs designed from the ground-up to be profitable and hit China where it hurts. One cornerstone of that strategy: itty-bitty batteries.
Doug Field, the automaker's top EV boss and a former Tesla executive, said this week that Ford's "obsession with efficiency" will make its future EVs "achieve a similar range as competitors with a battery that is up to one-third smaller." This would be a big deal if Ford can pull it off.
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