Ford Puma EV and other electric SUVs to launch by 2024
Small SUV to be joined by electric mid-size and sports crossovers and five commercial vehiclesFord has detailed how it plans to rapidly expand the number of EVs it sells in Europe with the introduction of three new SUVs and five new commercial vehicles by 2024.
According to the Blue Oval, expanding its portfolio of pure-electric cars will help it meet its target of selling 600,000 EVs a year in Europe by 2024, on its way to two million per annum by 2026.
Ford has declared that with a full range of EVs in its line-up it will meet its further goal of becoming completely carbon neutral by 2035, with all its facilities, logistics and suppliers signed up to help meet its aim.
Releasing a picture of the EVs it plans to launch, among the new introductions are a pure-electric version of the Ford Puma, a new mid-size SUV and a further sportier SUV that's set to sit below the 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E.
It's rumoured the battery-electric Puma will be based on either an all-new dedicated Ford EV architecture that could be shared with the next all-electric Ford Fiesta, or will be based on a heavily modified version of the Ford global B-car platform.
The two bigger Ford SUVs that will sit above the zero-emissions Puma are set to be based on Volkswagen Group's MEB platform that underpins the Volkswagen ID.3 hatch and ID.4 SUV, among other models.
Locked in for a 2022 unveil, Ford says the new medium SUV will have a range of up to 500km and will be produced from 2023 at the car-maker's Cologne plant in Germany.
The sportier SUV will make its debut later in 2024 and will also be built in Cologne.
The new Puma EV will be assembled at the same Romanian plant that currently builds conventional versions, suggesting it might not get a bespoke platform.
With the new battery-electric vans, Ford says it will launch its next-gen Ford Transit and Torneo Custom in 2023 and then debut its smaller Transit and Torneo Courier a year later in 2024.
To prepare for its huge expansion into EVs, Ford's Cologne plant will be upgraded as part of an incredible $US2 billion ($A2.8b) investment that will see the German factory produce 1.2 million EVs in just six years.
Ensuring it will have enough batteries to keep up with demand, Ford says it has inked a deal with SK On CO Ltd and Koç Holding to build a new plant in Ankara, Turkey, which will begin producing batteries from 2025.
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