Long story. But rumors were potential merger with VW. Or at least, heavy cooperation on platforms.
Currently VW Amarok is a Ford Ranger. Ford is helping VW further with commercial vehicles. In return Ford is getting EV platforms VW was already ahead on developing. Pandemic and other delays messed up product timelines though. To the point Ford decided recently they’d rather not be so dependent on VW.
But for next few years, if Ford releases a small EV, you can pretty much bet it’s a VW MEB chassis underneath.
The weird thing is that gm and Honda were working together to do this too, but they cancelled their partnership last year because it was “too hard to do”.
I hope they can pull it off.
I also hope that “small” means a Fiesta, but, knowing the US, the smallest I’m expecting is an Escape.
A Maverick EV seems like it could do well.
Yeah I would love to see Ford go back and dust off some of those sedan assembly lines. Like, what were they even thinking?
Long story. But rumors were potential merger with VW. Or at least, heavy cooperation on platforms.
Currently VW Amarok is a Ford Ranger. Ford is helping VW further with commercial vehicles. In return Ford is getting EV platforms VW was already ahead on developing. Pandemic and other delays messed up product timelines though. To the point Ford decided recently they’d rather not be so dependent on VW.
But for next few years, if Ford releases a small EV, you can pretty much bet it’s a VW MEB chassis underneath.
The weird thing is that gm and Honda were working together to do this too, but they cancelled their partnership last year because it was “too hard to do”.
translated into ceo-speak: “we make more money selling these big monstrosities, and having a cheaper alternative would cut into that”
Seems a severe lack of estate cars and vans on the roads.
Have everything you need.