Ford SuperVan trademarked in Australia

The all-electric Ford E-Transit Custom will become Ford Australia’s second EV when it joins next year’s larger Ford E-Transit in local showrooms from 2024, but a recent trademark filing indicates a high-performance version of the mid-size electric van could also be on the cards.

The Ford Motor Company has formally submitted a trademark application for the ‘Ford Supervan’ nameplate exclusively under Class 12 (motor vehicles and parts thereof) at the IP Australia database, suggesting the Blue Oval could be working on a production version of the ballistic 2000hp Ford SuperVan concept vehicle it revealed at last month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Loosely based on the E-Transit Custom, the Ford Pro Electric SuperVan is a motorsport-inspired track weapon that slams down almost 1500kW from four electric motors; enough to fire it to 100km/h in less than two seconds on the way to a 320km/h top speed.

The motors draw current from a liquid-cooled 50kWh battery pack which can be charged in as little as 45 minutes.

While there’s nothing road-going about its design or intent, the concept can be driven on the road intermittently and even has a dedicated ‘road’ drive mode for when drivers need to roll off the tarmac to “find a charger, connect to WiFi and make phone calls”.

For reference, the four other drive modes comprise ‘track’, ‘drag’, ‘drift’ and ‘rally’.

A cool exercise in its own right, the SuperVan is fitted with a few other features indicative of more pedestrian applications like the SYNC infotainment system lifted straight out of the Ford Mach-E electric SUV and regenerative braking to prolong battery life.

While most concept vehicles preview some element of future reality in one way or another, Ford’s trademark application makes a toned-down, street-legal version of the Ford SuperVan more likely for production.

We highly doubt it will be a bona-fide track monster, but the notion of a high-performance commercial EV is far from unheard of, let alone from Ford which is already producing the battery-powered F-150 Lightning pick-up in huge quantities.

The E-Transit Custom has already been revealed and confirmed for both the European and Australian markets, but vehicles like the Lightning as well as the Ranger Raptor and F-150 Raptor R prove Ford isn’t afraid of instilling its commercial vehicles with supercar-scaring grunt.

Given the bigger Ford E-Transit has already been confirmed to be powered by a solitary 198kW/430Nm electric motor, a dual-motor set-up would provide its smaller sibling with all the grunt (potentially 400kW/900Nm or more) it needs to hassle most performance vehicles on a public road.

The regular E-Transit Custom isn’t due here until 2024, so we wouldn’t expect to see the hi-po version in local showrooms until at least 2025, but Ford’s first SuperVan could be well worth the wait.

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