Ford Announces a 2nd Electric Pickup Coming... Possibly Electric Maverick EV?

[ITSATRUCK]

I will trade in my imaginary hybrid maverick for an imaginary EV maverick like yesterday! sign me up! . . .Serious.

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[Dan]

I think the Maverick is more realistic of a possibility, Ranger is planned to happen but supposedly not for years down the line, meanwhile someone asked if there was an EV Maverick coming and someone from Ford commented an image when Ford discussed future EV plans.

 

[Maverickman74]

They recently teased a van. So my guess is it will be based o whatever that is and have nothing to do with the Ranger or Maverick. It makes sense to have ICE at the top HD range and at the budget range and everythig in between be hybrid or EV. There is currently 4 levels of Ford truck, a 5th level in the middle would do just fine especially if its a EV only platform.

 

[Stealth Raccoon]

As much as I'd like it to be a Maverick, I'm sure Ford will electrify the Ranger, because they use the same platform for an electric Bronco.

 

[nickmav]

put that EV ranger directly into my veins.

i can only hope they announce it soon so i can get some preorders in.

 

[dalola]

Makes the least sense, as its a unibody. The best EVs are skateboard designs, which you can't really do with an existing unibody chassis designed for ICE.

You can make one from the ground up, or if its ladder on frame those are basically frames ready for batteries to be inserted between them anyway.

And even with the government's hand in everyone's wallet subsidizing the EVs, they still tend to be fairly expensive powertrains. For pure economic sense, the hybrid Mav already does the trick.

The FMC Maverick will be new architecture, not the current platform, that's why it makes sense. Ford can design specifically for EV, vs a retrofit of an existing platform, which would be required for the new '23 Ranger, as it's already designed as an ICE truck.

 

[Barracuda340]

If the maverick was offered as a plug in hybrid getting about 40 miles at freeway speeds on a single electric charge I would have bought one. I only drive 18 miles round trip to work and back. I could plug it in every 2 days, and go back n forth to work, and run errands on my weekends and never use a drop of gasoline.

 

[cavemold]

I think it’s the Ranger since it hasn’t done so well and they want it to sell well . A all EV maverick at 35k would sell amazingly well if they can get the production for it

 

[cavemold]

Pretty sure the truck in question would be a Ranger.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/exclusive-ford-ranger-and-vw-amarok-to-go-electric-by-2025/

I figured as much . Good tip!

 

[cavemold]

Who made up that fake picture? Where would the batteries fit in a Maverick?

If Had guess backseats where the storage is or like rivian under the fender area

 

[cavemold]

Agree.

Too early to come out with full EV for the Maverick. It would piss a lot of current hybrid owners off (meaning me). HOWEVER, bet the MSRP will be quite a bit higher than the Hybrid MSRP.

It would start 35k most likely

 

[cavemold]

It’s going be the ranger that starts at 36k up to 80k lariat

 

[tonyinsd]

I would much rather have a hybrid than plug in electric

Same here. One of the things that kept me from reserving the electric F-150 is that there's no place to charge it in the garage where it would go.

That and it being way more truck than I need and a pain in the ass to park. And costing twice as much as the Maverick I got.

 

[Nomadikhan]

I don’t see myself ever driving an ev anything. Just isn’t truly practical in my lifetime I feel. Just my opinion.

 

[mamboman777]

I don't think there's room in the Mavericks unibody frame for a big enough battery to make it an ev. My bet works be on a "super duty" style ev truck with an enormous battery.

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