Ford ‘kills off’ two popular SUVs in favor of ‘disruptive’ new truck – and it means a $2 billion change to US factory
Ford abandons some of its most popular models in order to make more electric van.
The company abandons two average size SUVs while it seeks to strengthen its fleet of electric vehicles.
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The Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair will be killed later this year.
“Production will stop for Escape and Corsair later this year when we start to ride the factory,” said a spokesperson for Ford, according to Edmunds.
“We are going to have enough inventory to sell Escape and Corsair well in 2026.”
The escape was the second best -selling SUV in the company, according to the point of sale.
But with the old one, with the new: a Model T EV truck should change the situation due to the small amount of affordable electric van.
The trucks are expected to take the road in 2027 and cost around $ 30,000.
Ford also sets up major species to assemble the new range of electric vehicles.
Ford electrical investments
In Louisville, in Kentucky, an assembly plant obtains an upgrade of $ 2 billion in order to rationalize the process of setting up new electric cars, which have priority.
He will create 2,200 jobs, depending on the company.
“Ford and Kentucky have been a great team for over 100 years, and this partnership has never been stronger than today,” Governor Andy Beshear said in a statement.
“This announcement represents not only one of the most important investments ever recorded in our state, but it also stimulates the position of Kentucky at the Center of Innovation linked to the EV and solidifies the Louisville assembly plant as an important part of the Ford future.”
Additional $ 3 billion is placed in Michigan, which will build batteries for the new truck.
Nearly 4,000 jobs should be added with expansion.
VS Gaz electric vehicles
Advantages and disadvantages of EVS VS petrol vehicles
PROFS EV:
- Practical (when loading at home)
- Cheaper (depending on the state or city)
- Cheaper maintenance, due to the lack of mechanical parts
- Ideal for travel
- Reduction of CO2 emissions
- Federal and state tax incentives
- More performance (speed, handling – depending on the brand and the model)
EV Cons:
- Higher initial cost
- Higher insurance rate
- More frequent tire replacement intervals
- Higher border weight (causing faster wear on the crucial parts)
- Low resale value
- High depreciation rate
- Lack of load infrastructure
- Unreliable public load (linked: slow charge time)
- Poor winter and summer performance
- The lack of alternatives of clean energy means more “dirty energy” from coal and nuclear sources
- Range anxiety
Profs Gas:
- Very developed supply infrastructure
- Refueling
- Cheaper insurance rate, depending on the brand, the model and the configuration
- Established repair industry
- Lower initial cost
- Greater range before refueling, especially with hybrids
- Many manufacturers produce almost without emission engines
- Cheaper refruements, depending on the location
Gas against:
- Finished resource (linked: high dependence on oil)
- Carbon / greenhouse gas emissions
- Higher repair costs
- Higher insurance rate, depending on the brand, the model and the configuration
- Variable costs at the pump, depending on the state, the city and the county
Source: car and driver, perched energy, Autoweek
“We have adopted a radical approach to a very difficult challenge: to create affordable vehicles that delight customers in all ways that matter – design, innovation, flexibility, space, driving pleasure and the cost of property – and doing it with American workers,” said Ford CEO, Jim Farley, in a press release.
“We have all experienced far too many” good university trials “by car manufacturers of Detroit to manufacture affordable vehicles which are found with idle plants, layoffs and uncertainty.”
A new truck strikes the market
The company’s electric truck drew the attention of several due to its price, size and low electric vehicles.
According to Ford, the car will have more passenger space than the popular Toyota Rav4, and a center of lower gravity of the battery which “improves manipulation” and “creates a calm cabin”.
“We were inspired by the T model – The universal car that changed the world,” said Doug Field, director of Ford de EV, Digital and Design.
“We applied the engineering of the first prince principes, going to the limits of physics to make it fun to drive and compete on affordability. Our new zonal electrical architecture unlocks the capacities that industry has never seen.
“It is not an old -fashioned old -fashioned vehicle.”
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