In today’s edition of What the Heck, we have the strange case of Ford wanting to put what is essentially a fake manual shifter in its electric vehicles. The company has applied for a patent that aims ...

Over the years, Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) has filed plenty of patents. A patent filed several years ago and recently published will likely be a big talking point for the electric vehicle sector. What ...

Ford is exploring ways to make electric vehicles (EVs) more engaging by introducing a simulated manual transmission. A recently published patent, titled “Shifter Assembly for Electric Vehicle,” ...

If the experience of driving an electric vehicle simply isn’t engaging enough for you, several automakers are working to address that problem—including Ford. That’s what we’ve learned this week, as a ...