The good old-fashioned piston engine is better suited for some vehicles than battery-electric powertrains

A friend of mine who works in powertrain at Ford told me recently the company has just one more new engine coming. And that's it. Ford, like most other automakers, is shifting its powertrain lineup from gasoline and diesel engines to electric motors in the coming years. Ford has greatly reduced the number of engineers assigned to create new engines and improve existing ones.