With Ford’s promise to go all-electric in Europe by 2030, it will need to introduce a lot of EVs in a a relatively short period of time. Reports suggest that it may return to Volkswagen for help with that.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that Ford is close to reaching a final decision on the prospect of introducing a second vehicle on the MEB electric platform. The talks could lead to an agreement in the coming weeks.
“As we have said previously, there is the potential for a second all-electric vehicle based on the platform to be built in Cologne, and that is still under consideration,” Ford said in a statement.
By Illya Verpraet2021-02-22T18:05:00+00:00
After JLR, Ford has also announced that all its vehicles for sale in Europe will be pure-electric by 2030. It is investing $1 billion in its Cologne (Köln) plant to make that a reality. This move will be supported by the sharing of the VW Group’s MEB electric vehicle platform.
The Ford Kuga plug-in hybrid SUV
With commercial vehicles, its goals are slightly less ambitious. There is no hard target to phase out combustion engines in commercial vehicles yet but Ford will electrify the range. By 2024, all models will have a plug-in hybrid or pure-electric version available and Ford expects two thirds of its commercial vehicle sales to be plug-in hybrid or pure electric by 2030.