Engadget Podcast: How Real Is Ford's $30,000 Ev Pickup Truck?

Ford has large plans for 2027: This week, nan American carmaker announced a caller "Universal EV Platform" for early electrical cars, spearheaded by a $30,000 mid-sized EV pickup. In this episode, we're joined by SAE International Editor Roberto Baldwin to break down each of Ford's claims, arsenic good arsenic wherever its $5 cardinal manufacturing finance is going. Can Ford really rebound aft slow EV income and past year's disappointing merchandise delays?

Topics

• Ford has a scheme for a ‘Universal EV Platform’ and a $30,000 mid-size electrical pickup, tin they propulsion it off? – 0:49

• OpenAI releases GPT-5, nan reception truthful acold is mixed – 24:45

• NVIDIA and AMD whitethorn tithe 15% of their Chinese GPU income to nan U.S. authorities – 30:18

• Goodbye: AOL will shape retired dial-up astatine nan extremity of September – 33:25

• AI-powered “Smarter Siri” apt won’t deed iPhones until Spring 2026 – 36:42

• Perplexity makes an unsolicited connection to bargain Chrome for $34 billion, which is much than nan institution is worthy – 41:03

• Listener Mail: Gaming connected a MacBook Air – 52:31

• Working On – 57:05

• Pop civilization picks – 59:13

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Credits

Host: Devindra Hardawar
Guest: Roberto Baldwin
Producer: Ben Ellman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O'Brien