Electric vehicle batteries are in short supply, and elements such as nickel and cobalt are becoming increasingly expensive. Nonetheless, Ford Motor Company claims that it will be profitable to create millions of EVs per year in just four years.
This week, the Detroit carmaker provided investors with a little more insight on how it intends to achieve that goal and restructure its business based on gas-guzzling vehicles.
Ford said in March that it would reorganise its business and split its internal-combustion engine and electric vehicle operations, as electric vehicles account for a rising share of the global car market. It said it plans to create more than 2 million electric vehicles per year by 2026, accounting for roughly one-third of its entire global output, while increasing its operating profit.
Wall Street analysts were generally optimistic about the proposal, although some were sceptical about the lack of information about how the business intends to address market supply concerns. Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas described it as a "stretch" objective, saying he doubted Ford would be able to obtain enough raw materials and tooling to make batteries to even come close to its prediction.
On July 21, Ford addressed some of these worries in another presentation, telling investors that it has acquired enough batteries to meet its near-term aim of 600,000 EVs per year by the end of 2023. As of today, it claims to have gathered almost 70% of the funds required to meet its 2026 target.
Ford has committed to disclose additional details about how it intends to meet its targets during its annual capital markets day next year. However, during the automaker's second-quarter earnings call last week, CEO Jim Farley provided some additional insights regarding the company's approach.
Farley has stated that the firm is totally rethinking how it produces its vehicles — and how it keeps them new over time — rather than simply swapping out internal-combustion engines for batteries and electric motors.
The firm foresee a new era in which it will be able to refresh its electric vehicles with software, battery, and electric motor changes, much like Tesla.
This means that the most expensive sections of a car — the sheet metal body panels and underpinnings that define its overall proportions — will not need to be replaced as frequently.
“We have an opportunity as we go digital with these EVs, to simplify our body engineering and put the engineering where customers really care,” Farley said last week. ″And it’s not a different fender. It’s software. It’s a digital display technology. It’s a self-driving system and the [autonomous vehicle] tech. And of course it’s going to be, in some cases, more powerful motors.”
Every five to seven years, Ford redesigns its traditional vehicle models. If it can extend that time by depending on software upgrades rather than body redesigns to keep its vehicles new, it might save a lot of money.
It's part of Ford's plan to increase its operating margin to 10% by 2026. The corporation reported a 9.3 per cent adjusted operating margin in the second quarter. These results were aided by low new-vehicle inventories, which allowed Ford to raise its prices.
(Soirce:www.cnbc.com)
This week, the Detroit carmaker provided investors with a little more insight on how it intends to achieve that goal and restructure its business based on gas-guzzling vehicles.
Ford said in March that it would reorganise its business and split its internal-combustion engine and electric vehicle operations, as electric vehicles account for a rising share of the global car market. It said it plans to create more than 2 million electric vehicles per year by 2026, accounting for roughly one-third of its entire global output, while increasing its operating profit.
Wall Street analysts were generally optimistic about the proposal, although some were sceptical about the lack of information about how the business intends to address market supply concerns. Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas described it as a "stretch" objective, saying he doubted Ford would be able to obtain enough raw materials and tooling to make batteries to even come close to its prediction.
On July 21, Ford addressed some of these worries in another presentation, telling investors that it has acquired enough batteries to meet its near-term aim of 600,000 EVs per year by the end of 2023. As of today, it claims to have gathered almost 70% of the funds required to meet its 2026 target.
Ford has committed to disclose additional details about how it intends to meet its targets during its annual capital markets day next year. However, during the automaker's second-quarter earnings call last week, CEO Jim Farley provided some additional insights regarding the company's approach.
Farley has stated that the firm is totally rethinking how it produces its vehicles — and how it keeps them new over time — rather than simply swapping out internal-combustion engines for batteries and electric motors.
The firm foresee a new era in which it will be able to refresh its electric vehicles with software, battery, and electric motor changes, much like Tesla.
This means that the most expensive sections of a car — the sheet metal body panels and underpinnings that define its overall proportions — will not need to be replaced as frequently.
“We have an opportunity as we go digital with these EVs, to simplify our body engineering and put the engineering where customers really care,” Farley said last week. ″And it’s not a different fender. It’s software. It’s a digital display technology. It’s a self-driving system and the [autonomous vehicle] tech. And of course it’s going to be, in some cases, more powerful motors.”
Every five to seven years, Ford redesigns its traditional vehicle models. If it can extend that time by depending on software upgrades rather than body redesigns to keep its vehicles new, it might save a lot of money.
It's part of Ford's plan to increase its operating margin to 10% by 2026. The corporation reported a 9.3 per cent adjusted operating margin in the second quarter. These results were aided by low new-vehicle inventories, which allowed Ford to raise its prices.
(Soirce:www.cnbc.com)
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