Posted on 07/08/2024 12:28:43 PM PDT by Red Badger
Ford is unveiling its newest electric vehicle this week. Ahead of its official debut, Ford teased the new EV, claiming “the legend is back.”
Ford confirmed the new EV will be revealed on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The new EV will follow Ford’s electric Explorer as the automaker’s second model based on Volkswagen’s MEB platform.
The first all-electric Explorer rolled off the assembly line at Ford’s new Cologne EV plant in Germany last month. It was the first of a 2020 deal with VW to use its platform as it looks to revamp sales in the region.
Described as a “sports crossover,” the vehicle is expected to take the Capri name. Ford’s Capri was a smash hit, selling over 400,000 models in its first two years.
After 38 years off the market, the Capri is set to return as an all-electric SUV coupe. Ford has teased the new model several times.
In its latest social media post, Ford confirmed it will unveil the new EV on Wednesday, saying, “The legend is back.”
Ford is teasing its newest EV, a revived legend The video shows a man trying to plug a charger into a Capri 2.8 Injection’s fuel cap. In what appears to be a security camera, you can see the words “The legend is back” written on the back window of the new EV with the release date.
As it drives off, the phrase is repeated in the parking spot. Ford’s new EV was spotted testing last year with a Cupra Tavascan-like appearance (another MEB-based EV) last year.
Ford’s Explorer and new Capri EVs will feature specs similar to VW’s ID.4 and ID.5 models. Powered by a new battery, the electric Explorer has a WLTP range of up to 374 miles (600 km).
The dual-motor Explorer uses the same powertrain system powering VW’s GTX models with up to 335 hp and a 79 kWh battery.
Ford’s Explorer starts at £45,875 ($58,000) in Europe, while a lower-priced, standard range model is launching later this year. It’s expected to start at about £39,875 ($50,000).
Ford retired its Fiesta to make room for the new electric Explorer and Capri EV at its upgraded Cologne plant.
Check back Wednesday for all the details on Ford’s new Capri EV.
Electrek’s Take
Ford’s new EV comes after it lost its European boss, Martin Sander, to Volkswagen. Sander left the company last month and joined VW as its new head of sales and market.
Sander played a critical role in launching the electric Explorer, so his loss could be significant. Ford is eliminating his position as part of a restructuring in Europe. It’s also reducing the headcount in Cologne.
The changes, implemented on July 1, are part of a broader “transformation of its European business,” according to Ford.
Meanwhile, Ford’s EV sales surged in the US in the second quarter. With nearly 24,000 EVs sold, Ford remained the second best-selling EV brand behind Tesla (not including combined Hyundai and Kia sales) in the US.
Can Ford’s new Capri EV help revive European sales? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
“Ford must believe that EUROPEANS will fall for their BULL$HIT and buy into the EV LIE!”
ICE is already going to be illegal in all of the he EU in 2030 so Europeans will be driving EVs or at least the only thing for sale will be EVs or plug in hybrids that run on biofuels. Germany got an exemption for synthetic fuels made from electricity via Power to X technology and biofuels that have sustainably certificates. That’s what the EU voted for so the laws will have to be voted out not going to happen so Ford knows EVs are the only thing for sale in the EU in six years. China and India both are also outlawing ICE by 2035 time frames so have 17 US states and the EPA has set the fuel standards so high by 2027 that only hybrids or EVs can reach them. California has CARB and they outlawed ICE by 2030 no car maker is going to make cars that cannot be sold in the most populated state so California and the 16 others are setting the market in the USA as well. It’s coming like it or not.
Good news is sodium ion and aluminum ion + aluminum graphene cells are going to change the playing field. Sodium ion can be 10C charged that’s 6 min for 700 miles of range and 20000 to 50000 cycles to 80% SOH. Sodium salts cannot burn so sodium.cells are fire proof they don’t use sodium metal it’s all ions in salt form. Aluminum cells have proven 66C charge rates and tens of thousands of ultra high energy charging cycles. Aluminum is trivalent so three times the columb energy density of lithium it’s also the only chemistry that exceeds gasoline in energy density per kg on a mass for mass basis. It’s only recently that mass production of graphene went from $1500+ per kg down to pennys per kg the University of Queensland has a process that uses natural gas and turns it into pure.graphene and hydrogen gas in bulk by the metric tonne quantities. They also patented the 60+C aluminum cells using their special graphene. They are scaling up to commercial cell production. Their cells will fundamentally change the power tool and personal electronic device market. Cell phones packs that can charge in under a minute and last for a week due to aluminum having triple the electrons per ion moved. It is for that reason alone this tech will be commercialized EVs are down the list for them.
Bring back "The WalMart Runner"!
Nice wheels.....
So. Dak.?
Yep!
Yep!
Aye.
“There is absolutely nothing distinctive about the styling.”
well, i don’t know, being the very epitome of insipidness and boringness MIGHT be distinctive ... though not necessarily in a good way ...
“Ford made a car called “The Ugly”?”
naw, that one already got made: it was called the Aztek, though not a Ford ...
LOL, it took me a while to noodle out what you were saying...feeling a bit slow!
An EV Thunderbird? EV Torino Talladega? No thanks...
Could you direct me to DETAILED information on what you provided?
Just how dumb does one have to buy one of these blunders?
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