A midsize crossover will be the first to join the Euro EV invasion in 2023.
Ford of Europe wants to remind everyone that electric is the future. Three passenger EVs will arrive on the Old Continent in 2024 to join the Mustang Mach-E. The Blue Oval announced today that it plans to launch a zero-emission Puma along with a Medium-size Crossover and a Sport Crossover.
The midsize model will lead the charge, due to be revealed this year and go on sale in 2023. It will be built at Ford of Europe’s headquarters in Cologne, Germany. The model promises 500 km (311 miles) of range with a single charge. The WLTP test cycle is used to calculate the range. Ford will likely borrow the MEB platform to make the VolkswagenID.4.
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The “Sport Crossover”, unless it is a performance version, seems a little mysterious. It could be a coupe-styled variant with dual motors and all-wheel drive. This could mean Ford is planning its ID.5 GTX. However, nothing is yet official. It will be built in Cologne starting in 2024, which could indicate that the two EVs have strong ties.
The Puma will be built without a combustion engine in Craiova, Romania, where the subcompact crossover is being made. To complement the mild-hybrid Puma models, the EV will arrive in 2024. The company also mentions that its Turkish arm Ford Otosan will “take over the Craiova plant and manufacturing enterprise.” Ford Turkey will take over the management of the plant in southern Romania, where Oltcit or Daewoo used make cars.
Ford of Europe will offer the Transit Courier and Tourneo Courier as EVs, along with Transit Custom, Tourneo Custom and E-Transit, on the commercial side of its business. The company plans to sell 600,000 electric cars per year in the region two years later. Craiova will manufacture the next-generation Transit Courier and Tourneo Courier, which will have combustion engines, starting in 2023. Electric counterparts are due one year later.
In the meantime, a Turkish battery assembly plant will be operational in Turkey by 2024. This is part of a $2B investment to electrify its European portfolio.