a truck is still a truck...
or
a van is still a van
or
a ford focus is still a ford focus whether it's petrol/diesel/electric.
come on ford, redesign the whole vehicle. don't use un-sold stock with a different power method.....
Ford has laid down some ambitious plans to grow the market penetration of its electric vehicles over the coming years. Ford_escape_plugin_hybrid Ford's Escape plug-in hybrid: just one of the many e-cars it hopes to shift in coming years Nancy Gioia, Director of Ford's hybrid vehicle program, said the company expects leccy …
....instead of building more powerful batteries, quicker charging etc etc....
Wait for it...
make the vehicles lighter....Shock horror.....
I know it's crazy, but shedding 500kg of weight WILL result in better performance from current technologies....
Aluminium space frames, composite bodies, alloy wheels, ceramics etc etc...get rid of steel and pig iron FFS
A good point. Using unsold stock willl mean Ford won't be stinging the punter in order to recover development costs of more Ford vehicles that still look as naff as the current lot. Better still, keep the shape, but use more composite materials. Lighter, bouncier cars are much more fun*!
* Yeah, I know, until a truck comes, blah, blah, blah!