Ford Explorer EV Nominated For Women’s Worldwide Car Of The Year

The Ford Explorer EV launched earlier this year with high hopes from The Blue Oval, as that model was originally expected to be the first of many new all-electric offerings that would help the automaker transition its entire European lineup to EVs by 2030. However, demand for EVs, in general, hasn’t quite reached expected levels of growth as of late, and FoMoCo has since ditched that goal and also scaled back production of the Ford Explorer EV and Capri amid weak demand. Regardless, both of those models – each underpinned by Volkswagen’s MEB platform and built at the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center in Germany – are up for an award.

As Ford Authority previously reported, the Capri has been nominated for Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY), and it’s being joined by the Ford Explorer EV, too. WWCOTY actually hands out awards in a number of segments and categories – this year, that list consists of the top Urban Model, Compact SUV, Large Car, Large SUV, 4X4 and Pick-Up, Performance Cars, the Sandy Myhre Award, and Best Technology. The Ford Capri and Ford Explorer EV are up for Large SUV of the year, but both certainly have their fair share of competition in that segment.

In fact, the Capri and Explorer EV are going up against 33 other models for this segment award – the Aion Hyper HT, BMW X3, BYD Seal U, BYD Sealion 7, Chevrolet Traverse, Chevrolet Equinox, Cupra Tavascan, DFSK Fengon 5, DFSK 600/E5, Dongfeng Mage, Geely Starray, GMC Acadia, Honda Prologue, Hongqi EHS7, Hyundai Santa Fe, Infiniti QX80, Kaiyi X7, Leapmotor C10, Mazda CX-70, Mazda CX-80, MG HS/EHS, Opel Grandland, Peugeot E-5008/5008, Polestar 3, Polestar 4, Porsche Macan, Renault Rafale, Seres 5, Skoda Kodiaq, Skywell BE11, Subaru Forester, Toyota Crown Signia, and Volvo EX90.

Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year is the only such panel comprised exclusively of women motoring journalists, and was created by New Zealand’s Sandy Myhre back in 2009, who now serves as the Honorary President. The WWCOTY awards are designed to give females a voice in the automotive world and utilizes the same sort of criteria as other accolades, meaning that they aren’t gender specific and are designed to choose the best vehicles overall in each individual category.