Brett Foote

3 weeks ago | fordauthority.com | Brett Foote

Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for an active heat sharing system that may be used in future Ford EVs, Ford Authority has learned. The patent was filed on December 29th, 2023, published on June 5th, 2025, and assigned serial number 0178400. In recent months, Ford has published patents for ideas including an external heating feature for EVs, as well as a heated window system for EVs, giving us different ideas of how versatile electric vehicles might one day be in that regard.

3 weeks ago | fordauthority.com | Brett Foote

Over the years, we’ve seen our fair share of six-door pickup conversions, which are precisely what they sound like – elongated versions of existing trucks like the Ford Super Duty, which feature six doors instead of four, as well as what is typically an additional row of seating inside. While there are some practical purposes for such a build, we imagine that parking a six-door pickup isn’t exactly easy in some cases, though it’ll certainly snag its fair share of attention around town.

3 weeks ago | fordauthority.com | Brett Foote

Ford’s Special Vehicles Team (SVT) cooked up some very special stuff during its heyday, including vehicles like the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning and Ford Mustang SVT Cobra, to name just a couple. Then there were the many cool concepts that came from SVT, such as the Ford Ranger Thunderbolt – a version of that compact pickup sporting a 5.0L V8 underhood sending 240 horsepower to the rear wheels via a TR-3550 Tremec five-speed manual transmission and a Zexel-Torsen torque-sensing differential.

3 weeks ago | fordauthority.com | Brett Foote

It wasn’t too terribly long ago that most believed we were on a short path to total electrification in the automotive market, and automakers – including Ford – were investing heavily in that area. However, after a short burst of strong demand for EVs, things have tapered off, and those investments have also slowed.

3 weeks ago | fordauthority.com | Brett Foote

We continue to see former Blue Oval race cars hit the auction block on a regular basis, many of which were once driven by professionals in the NASCAR series. Those older stock cars tend to generate a lot of interest among fans, and for good reason – who wouldn’t want to own a vehicle that was once driven by their hero?