Earlier this year, Ford revealed that it is pivoting away from larger, pricier EVs and instead focusing on smaller, cheaper models. At the same time, we learned that the automaker is working on a low-cost EV platform set to underpin a few models, starting with a crossover set to launch in 2026 with a $25k price tag designed to compete directly with cheap Chinese models. However, the automaker has its own EV strategy in Europe that has thus far centered around the new Ford Explorer EV and a second as-yet-to-debut model, both of which are underpinned by Volkswagen’s MEB platform. Regardless, this doesn’t mean that Ford of Europe isn’t eyeing the potential use of its own low-cost EV platform in the future, as Martin Sander, general manager of Ford Model e Europe, recently told Autocar.
“We are looking into the opportunities of bringing future global Ford products to Europe, but the key principle of our future lineup for Europe will be iconic, emotional products,” Sander explained when asked if the forthcoming low-cost American EV might also be used in Europe. “We are not going back into a volume race just to hit a certain number at the plant or be in a segment where others are.”
During this same interview, the Ford of Europe exec also revealed that the division isn’t ruling out keeping small cars in its lineup moving forward, though those models will likely be all-electric as well, given the company’s current pivot in that region.
Last July, Sander noted that Ford isn’t necessarily married to using VW’s MEB platform in all of its future EVs, and instead, it’s focusing more on developing its own second-generation EV platform. The exec also added that this new platform will underpin a variety of new Ford EV models in both the U.S. and Europe, which would make sense in terms of economies of scale, or cost reductions resulting from a decrease in the cost per unit of output.
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Why do you not give a very important detail , as distance your vehicles can travel between charges, this is a good
Thing everybody wants to know when
buying a vehicle?.
That’s dependent on how big the battery is, and how much you want to pay. Judge that against how long you can drive without having to stop for .. something.
Ford using VW’s electric technology saves so much up front development costs. When the time is right maybe they can improve upon this newer technology and come out with something better without breaking the bank. Sure wish Ford had used Toyota’s hybird technology. I was not against Ford’s getting into EV production, but felt they should ease into and not jump headfirst into it. Ford Mustang EV’s are nice, but far from typical Ford buyers.