{"id":1918,"date":"2022-01-03T16:19:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T08:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T08:19:47","slug":"2021-was-the-year-of-electrified-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1918","title":{"rendered":"2021 was the year of electrified trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/16f9d469-4110-4f11-990f-f2b111c8ca25\/1baa405c-5711-4ed8-855d-05dd2f18539f\/1280x720\/match\/931\/524\/image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"2021 was the year of electrified trucks\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>2021 was the year of electrified trucks<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>Electrified trucks were the big thing in 2021 and the power shift is set to continue next year, Fox News Autos Editor Gary Gastelu reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">From the Tesla Model S Plaid to the Ford Mustang Mach-E and Lucid Air, electric cars were all the talk of 2021, but electrified trucks were the really big thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Several automakers launched hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electric models to improve the efficiency and performance of their largest vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/3db76f49-617d-489a-b9b4-bc915acb8a26\/c87d98a2-0e95-4b56-a26c-89ed0aad4903\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Fox News Autos test drive: 2021 Ford F-150 Powerboost hybrid\"> Video<\/p>\n<p>Ford started the year with the F-150 PowerBoost, the first hybrid version of the full- size truck, and ended it with the Maverick Hybrid, a compact pickup that gets 37 mpg and starts at $21,490, making it the lowest-priced Ford, pickup and hybrid vehicle on sale today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/8481d925-f869-451b-8b59-b3e7baa24f3c\/554a7f61-aadd-4364-88ef-79f5c63226e2\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Test drive: 2022 Ford Maverick hybrid\"> Video<\/p>\n<p>Jeep also ventured where it never had before with the plug-in hybrid Wrangler 4xe, which can go 22 miles on just electricity and combines the electric motor with a turbocharged, four-cylinder engine for longer trips. It\u2019s power rating of 375 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque made it the most-powerful Wrangler ever until the V8-powered Wrangler 392 arrived with 475 hp and 475 lb-ft and an old-school 14 mpg fuel economy rating to go with it.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/640\/320\/jeep-42.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Jeep Wrangler 4xe became the best-selling plug-in hybrid in the U.S.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Jeep Wrangler 4xe became the best-selling plug-in hybrid in the U.S.<br \/>\n      (Jeep)<\/p>\n<p>But it was American startup Rivian that was first to market with an all-electric truck. Its R1T midsize pickup packs a four-motor, all-wheel-drive system with over 800 hp and the ability to tackle the toughest terrain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/cad8d7c7-375e-4e7d-9ab2-1f7a2639377b\/41d411ca-ca82-4881-884b-f9348e747126\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Test drive: 2022 Rivian R1T\"> Video<\/p>\n<p>Close behind was the monstrous GMC Hummer EV that resurrected the classic brand name on an electric pickup with 1,000 horsepower and a four-wheel steering system that lets it drive diagonally for added maneuverability.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/cf-images.us-east-1.prod.boltdns.net\/v1\/static\/694940094001\/4c232f31-15c4-4925-90b9-057f466039f5\/de9ba857-4331-48b3-986c-dfbbb64bb776\/1280x720\/match\/720\/405\/image.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The GMC HUMMER EV was a moon shot\"> Video<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s much more to come in 2022, when Ford rolls out the F-150 Lighting that\u2019s set to become the first all-electric version of America\u2019s best-selling vehicle when it goes on sale in the spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video 2021 was the year of electrified trucks Electrified trucks were the big thing in 2021 and the power shift is set to continue next year, Fox News Autos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}