{"id":18225,"date":"2022-03-22T12:03:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18225"},"modified":"2022-03-22T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:03:55","slug":"1135387_ford-f-150-lightning-range-honda-ev-wind-tunnel-hummer-ev-green-reality-check-today-s-car-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18225","title":{"rendered":"Ford F-150 Lightning range, Honda EV wind tunnel, Hummer EV green reality check: Today\u2019s Car News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Range ratings for the F-150 Lightning are confirmed, and some versions go well past 300 miles. Honda plans to tweak its EVs with some extra wind-tunnel work. And is the fully electric excess of the GMC Hummer EV something to denounce or celebrate? This and more, here at <em>Green Car Reports.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><strong\/><\/strong>Ford has confirmed EPA-estimated range numbers for the upcoming F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, and they indicate somewhat more range than previously suggested. With the 131-kwh extended-range (ER) battery pack, the Lightning will offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1135380_2022-ford-f-150-lightning-epa-range-numbers-confirmed-up-to-320-miles?pvtoken=1647950405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">320 miles in XLT, Lariat, and fleet-focused Pro versions<\/a>. That\u2019s better than the \u201cup to 300 miles\u201d Ford had previously indicated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><strong\/><\/strong>In the shift to electric vehicles, aerodynamics are more important than ever. To that priority, Honda has announced the opening of a $124 million wind-tunnel facility in Ohio specializing in both aerodynamics and aeroacoustics\u2014with the hope <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1135381_honda-plans-quieter-more-efficient-evs-with-lots-of-wind-tunnel-development?pvtoken=1647949868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to improve efficiency and reduce wind noise in upcoming EVs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><strong\/><\/strong>And does the size, weight, and efficiency of the GMC Hummer EV have you crying foul? Considering carbon footprint, lifetime greenhouse gas emissions, and other priorities that readers of Green Car Reports should appreciate, we looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1135339_2022-gmc-hummer-ev-tread-lightly-agent-of-change?pvtoken=1647949902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">why the Hummer EV is a vehicle we should be welcoming<\/a>, despite all the excess.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Green Car Reports on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GreenCarReports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greencarreports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Range ratings for the F-150 Lightning are confirmed, and some versions go well past 300 miles. Honda plans to tweak its EVs with some extra wind-tunnel work. And is the fully electric excess of the GMC Hummer EV something to denounce or celebrate? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.\u00a0 Ford has confirmed EPA-estimated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}