Engadget Podcast: How real is Ford's $30,000 EV pickup truck?
Ford has big plans for 2027: This week, the American carmaker announced a new "Universal EV Platform" for future electric cars, spearheaded by a $30,000 mid-sized EV pickup. In this episode, we're joined by SAE International Editor Roberto Baldwin to break down all of Ford's claims, as well as where its $5 billion manufacturing investment is going. Can Ford really rebound after slow EV sales and last year's disappointing product delays?<br /> <br /> Topics<br /> <br /> Ford has a plan for a ‘Universal EV Platform’ and a $30,000 mid-size electric pickup, can they pull it off? – 0:49<br /> OpenAI releases GPT-5, the reception so far is mixed – 24:45<br /> NVIDIA and AMD may tithe 15% of their Chinese GPU sales to the U.S. g [...]
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