2024 Ford Puma EV imagined

Ford Australia will offer five electrified models by early 2025 and while we now know what all of them will be, one is yet to make its public debut.

Even though the production version is yet to be seen in an official capacity, the Ford Puma EV was confirmed for Australia in April and should arrive Down Under next year, joining the E-Transit and E-Transit Custom electric vans and next month’s Mach-E electric SUV, followed by the Ranger Plug-in Hybrid in early 2025.

Ford has teased the pint-size battery-electric runabout twice now but both previews have been as cryptic as they were silent, revealing next to nothing about what will be the Blue Oval’s most affordable EV globally.

Tired of waiting, the graphic designers at Kolesa.ru have set out to imagine what the battery-powered Puma might look like and the result – based on teasers, spy shots and rumours – is odd.

Tipped the debut as part of a wider Puma facelift within the next six months or so, the Puma EV render you see here takes inspiration form the much bigger and more expensive Ford Mustang Mach-E with a completely filled-in grille with bold outlining to ensure people know it’s not combustion-powered.

Said grille is noticeably taller and squarer than the current Puma’s and is supported on either side by pronounced divots in the body work, creating a set of air-dams that transition into the front bumper.

Redesigned headlights and daytime running light graphics complement the sharpened front-end arrangement and the package is rounded out by a set of aerodynamically optimised alloy wheels.

The new lighting graphics are replicated at the rear, while an all-new rear bumper apron – made of black plastic – is devoid of vents and exhaust outlets to add a bit more SUV machismo.

Rumour has it the Puma EV will share its underpinnings and running gear with the Europe-only E-Transit Courier compact van, in which case it could come with the same 100kW electric motor and 54kWh battery pack, putting it roughly on par with the existing petrol-powered Puma as far as power-to-weight in concerned.

You can also expect Ford’s answer to the growing number of small electric SUVs like the BYD Atto 3, Hyundai Kona Electric, Mazda MX-30 Electric and MG ZS EV to debut with more up-to-date safety gear and cabin technology than the current model, as part of the Puma’s mid-life update.

Chances are the electric Puma will sit firmly atop the global Puma line-up in terms of pricing, but it could start from under the $50,000 mark depending on what Ford does with standard equipment levels.

Digital images: Kolesa.ru

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