Ford did what Tesla won t

Last fall, Ford began parading a 1978 F-100 pickup truck around the country. But for Ford, this car was far more than a pretty new truck — it was a way to show off its new electric crate motor, the M-9000-MACHE, or the same electric motor that is in Ford’s all-electric Mustang Mach-E GT. I went to Electrified Garage in Ocala, Florida, an electric vehicle repair shop known for repairing Teslas at lower rates than Tesla itself, and spoke to iFixit.com, one of the leading forces in the right to repair movement, to figure out why this is so important. Read more: https://bit.ly/3LCZweZ Huge thank you to Electrified Garage and iFixIt! Electrified Garage: https://electrifiedgarage.com/ iFixIt: https://www.ifixit.com/ Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX 0:00 Intro 0:27 What is a crate motor? 0:55 Electric 1978 Ford F100 1:22 Electrified Garage 2:45 Common Tesla repairs 3:33 Why right to repair is important 4:00 iFixIt 5:00 Aftermarket EV’s are on the rise 6:18 The problems with Ford’s e-crate motor 7:00 Why this e-crate motor matters The Vergecast Podcast: https://pod.link/430333725 Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc  More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.com/podcasts Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Wallpapers from The Verge: https://bit.ly/2xQXYJr Subscribe to Verge Science on YouTube, a new home base for our explorations into the future of science: http://bit.ly/2FqJZMl