A few days ago, Ford officially announced that the company will invest US$1 billion to electrify its car plant in Cologne, Germany. Public information shows that this factory has a history of more than 90 years and is an important base for Ford in Europe. Today, it mainly produces Carnivals, and this car will be officially discontinued in 2024.
It is reported that the transformed Cologne plant will become Ford's electrification center and will mainly produce pure electric models under the MEB platform. In June 2020, Ford Motor and Volkswagen Group formally reached a strategic cooperation agreement, including the former will build a pure electric model for European consumers based on Volkswagen's MEB platform, which will be put into production in 2023.
In addition, Ford Motor has made a series of commitments in the field of electrification: By 2024, Ford Motor will achieve zero emissions in the field of commercial vehicles; by mid-2026, all cars sold in the European market will provide pure electric and plug-in electricity The hybrid version is for consumers to choose; in 2030, the sale of traditional internal combustion engine passenger cars of any form in Europe will be stopped, and the European market will be fully electrified.
In addition to the MEB model produced at the Cologne plant, Ford Motor announced its pure electric SUV Mustang Mach-E as early as during the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2019. Production of this car will begin in July 2020, and delivery is expected to begin on March 18, 2021. This car has been introduced into China by Changan Ford, but it is unknown when Chinese consumers will be able to buy this car.
Among American car companies, Ford is one of the more active players in electrification transformation. Previously, the company had announced that it would invest US$29 billion in autonomous driving and electrification by 2025, of which US$22 billion would be used to develop electric vehicles. It's just that the cars produced by the transformed Cologne plant will be for European consumers. I wonder if Ford will also launch a pure electric model on the MEB platform in China?(More about auto: harga isuzu panther)
