The Bearded EV Guy
The Bearded EV Guy
Jason Harper
2021-10-08 | EV News | Ford F-150 Lightning orders opening soon, Audi E-Tron battery upgrades, Ford releases the Charge Angels, and more.
6 minutes Posted Oct 9, 2021 at 2:51 pm.
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To start us off, some exciting news for Ford F-150 lightning fans. You may be able to order your Ford F-150 lightning by the end of this month!

https://carbuzz.com/news/this-is-when-ford-f-150-lightning-orders-will-open

Next, the Audi e-tron May be getting a refreshed battery and design soon.

https://carbuzz.com/news/audi-e-tron-refresh-is-happening-very-soon

I normally try to cover EV news that relates to the US, but this was too exciting not to share. Over 90% of new car sales in Norway now have a plug socket.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/1044330824/norway-electric-vehicle-car-sales-evs

This is really exciting news if you've ever been stuck at a broken charger--Ford deploys a fleet of angels to fix broken EV chargers

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ford-mach-e-charge-angels-fix-broken-chargers/

If you are a Chevy fan, the Electric Silverado may debut in January 2022.

https://www.kbb.com/car-news/electric-chevy-silverado-set-for-january-2022/

Teslas can soon charge on third party CCS plugs with this adapter.

https://jalopnik.com/tesla-model-3-and-y-will-be-able-to-charge-everywhere-w-1847829840

So, I have thoughts on this. Rivian looks to make $15,500 per vehicle of of subscriptions.

https://jalopnik.com/rivians-ipo-filing-leaked-how-the-company-plans-to-make-1847829458

This excites me as a BMW i3 owner--BMW says its EV sales have more than doubled since the start of the year.

https://insideevs.com/news/518783/bmw-plugin-car-sales-2021q2/