While we still don’t know what it will be called – nor have we actually seen it – we have learned a few details about the future mid-size Ford EV pickup that’s set to enter production in 2027 over the past few weeks, at least. At the same time, there’s still a lot we don’t know, including what sort of towing and hauling capacity this new product might have to offer customers that are interested in such things. However, it doesn’t seem as if towing, specifically, is a point of emphasis for those developing the Ford EV pickup, based on some new comments from a Blue Oval executive.
“[It’s not like] we don’t care about towing. We want our customers to tow. We want them to be able to. But it’s something that’s typically infrequent,” Ford’s development boss for the company’s EV skunkworks program, Alan Clarke, explained to InsideEVs in a recent interview. “Towing your boat, towing your jet skis, those are the most common ones. [With] this class of vehicle, you’re not towing a fifth-wheel trailer across the country.”
As Ford Authority previously reported, Clarke also revealed that few Ford Maverick owners bother to tow anything with their pickups, either. “Towing for big trucks is very, very important. Towing for small trucks is significantly less important,” he said. “Less than 25 percent of Maverick owners have towed a single time in the life of the vehicle.”
What we do know about the future mid-size Ford EV pickup is that it will be offered exclusively in four-door guise, while owners will be able lock their gear in the bed without the need for a roof rack or trailer hitch racks. It’s expected to be closer in size to the Maverick than the Ford Ranger, and the new model will reportedly be as quick as a Mustang EcoBoost, with more room inside than a Toyota RAV4. It will be produced at the Louisville Assembly plant with a launch date of 2027 and a potential max annual capacity of 190,000 units.
The future model will reportedly offer up 51 kWh of usable energy from its LFP battery pack, which is quite tiny when compared to most EVs on the market today. However, it may also be offered with nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) batteries as well. On top of that, Ford CEO Jim Farley stated that the “sleek and digital” pickup will be able to power a home for upwards of six days, too.
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Agree with this one, but here come the endless excuses.
The emerging market inventory of well maintained, high-contented “used EV’s” will be a big challenge to the value proposition of buying one of these “new” entry level “less options and features” vehicles.
Key will be affordable / available replacement batteries with some level of warranty.
So it will be “The runt with no grunt “
So a $40k + mini ev truck that can’t do truck stuff.
I happen to like Jim Farley but for being a “car guy” he’s running the company into a brick wall with trucks, SUVs and now EVs..
I’m no Luddite.
I also am not into EV hate but there are multiple realities that Ford appears to ignore to their peril.
1: It’s going to take several generations of buyers to embrace an EV fully to the point where EVs outnumber ICE vehicles in sales.
2: Not many homes have excess available circuits in the ubiquitous 200 amp residential services and breaker panels which disallows a home charging station.
3: Urban/City dwellers in apartments have very little access to charging stations when at home.
4: Most EVs in the Midwest states and several eastern and western states are COAL POWERED EVs.
Number 2 and number 4 apply to my household and are the primary reasons we haven’t purchased an EV.
And that’s why we currently own an Expedition for towing, a Mustang GT convertible for pleasure drives, a 2023 ST Line Escape for daily driving (Which Ford should absolutely NOT cancel since the Escape is still their volume seller) and a 1970 Ranchero 429 GT in Grabber Blue for car shows..
Henry Ford has to be spinning in his grave watching his company being changed from a car company into a truck company because the company gave up on designing and selling CARS that the American public wants.
Australia actually had MUCH better cars than what we were offered with the Falcon, especially in FVP iterations…
Ford needs to tell it like it is. Regardless of how often you might tow, if you tow at all, you do it because you need to. So yes, if an electric truck can’t tow what you need to tow, don’t buy it. If you can’t live with 50 percent loss in range, don’t buy it. If you need to haul and tow buy a diesel or gas truck.
I think this same reasoning applies to a significant percentage of the Lightning market also. Most full size truck drivers will never pull a trailer more than around town so the reduced range is not a problem but the auto press seems to over emphasize it as a major draw back.
I tow a small utility trailer with my Focus, as do a large number of small European cars which have built in towing hooks.