It was in 2020, Ford and Volkswagen officially formalize a partnership for the development and marketing of light commercial vehicles. This partnership envisages the creation of several models by 2025. The first fruit of this collaboration was a duet Tourneo Connect/Caddylaunched in 2021. A pickup truck a year later Volkswagen Amarok introduced only a few months after the new generation Ford Ranger. The story will continue in 2022 with the Tourneo Custom (and its electric derivative e-Custom), based on the Volkswagen Multivan. But this German-American partnership is not limited to trucks and pickups! Another axis of development is indeed planned, and this is worrying 100% electric (separate) models. Due to his experience in this field, Volkswagen responds. The project includes marketing of two Ford models, based on the MEB platform of the Wolfsburg Group…

After commercial transport, electric vehicles

The least of them that must happen by 2025 it will become a technical cousin of the Volkswagen ID.3. Thus, it will be positioned in the C-segment and will compete in Europe with, for example, the Renault Mégane E-Tech, Tesla Model 3 and MG 4. We still don’t know anything about it, starting with its silhouette: 5-door sedan or crossover? The future will tell. Let’s talk about the one we already know: electrical researcher !

Introduced in March of this year, it is positioned in the top category of family crossovers. As with the Mustang Mach-e, Ford reused a name that has absolutely nothing to do with the original. The conductor (let’s call it EV) is this a cousin of the Volkswagen ID.4. The pleasant surprise is that it is in a real stylistic gap with its German rival. Its features are more angular and aggressive and contrast with the curves of the ID.4. If we don’t know, it’s imperceptible to establish the slightest connection between these two models…

An electrical explorer long overdue

Under the floor and hood, on the contrary, they make a common kitchen. A choice of power or four-wheel drive is offered, for power from 170 to 340 horsepower. The torque for it is 454 Nm, and at the battery level, on the other hand, Ford has remained very evasive and talks about an electric range of up to 500 kilometers. It needs to be charged from 10-80% in about 25 minutes on a fast charger (DC). It will be assembled at the German plant in Cologne, at the same plant where the already defunct Fiesta was once assembled ! The American group invested more than two billion euros to dedicate the site exclusively to the production of electric models.

According to our colleagues from Kölnische Rundschausite security settings are taking longer than expected and should postpone its commissioning. In other words, the start of Explorer EV production! His order books are still not open, and this delay may delay its first deliveries until at least mid-2024! Ford did not comment on this information.

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