[Eshan Joshi]

Ford is intensifying its electrification efforts in Europe where it plans to discontinue the combustion engine from its passenger car lineup in the next nine years. Yes, the Blue Oval will only sell zero-emissions cars from 2030, meaning traditional models such as the Fiesta and Focus will lose their gasoline engines.

The first step towards a purely electric passenger car lineup is to electrify the entire portfolio by the middle of 2026. In other words, Ford will only sell plug-in hybrids and EVs in five years from now, before discontinuing the ICE altogether four years later. The electrification process has already started with the Mustang Mach-E and plenty of hybrids, be them mild hybrids or PHEVs.

By 2024, the likes of the Transit and Tourneo will be offered with all-electric or plug-in hybrid powertrains alongside traditional engines.

In order to achieve its ambitious eco-friendly targets, Ford will be investing $1 billion in its assembly plant in Cologne, Germany to prepare it for EV production. It’ll be dubbed as the “Ford Cologne Electrification Center” and will kick off production of an unnamed volume electric passenger car for the European market from 2023. A second EV is already being considered for the same factory.

It effectively means the next-gen Fiesta and Focus coming in the next few years will be the last to offer a combustion engine. The Mondeo is expected to morph later this year into a high-riding wagon with a hybrid powertrain, and an eventual second generation would lose the ICE.

Ford still makes the EcoSport alongside the Puma at its Romanian plant, but only the latter has been electrified by offering a mild-hybrid powertrain. Of the two small crossovers, the Puma seems to have a brighter future up ahead and has bigger chances of being around in 2030 when the company will pull the plug on traditional engines.

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https://www.motor1.com/news/488611/f...electric-2030/

[volkman10]

Ford rethinks 2030 goal to go all-electric in Europe.

Ford says it could continue to sell combustion engine cars in Europe after 2030. Originally the automaker planned to sell only battery-electric cars in the region by the end of the decade.


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[svsantosh]

Glad finally someone woke up at their Dearborn HQ! Wonder what were they thinking a few years ago.

[volkman10]

Ford: EV goals were 'too ambitious' in Europe.

That means gas engines could stick around past 2030.

Over the last few years, Ford made an aggressive push to get more EVs on the road—as did many automakers. But as seen elsewhere, companies are starting to roll back EV plans as customer demand wanes. Ford is the latest to admit it might have been too aggressive in its EV push.

COO of Ford's Model E electrification division, Marin Gjaja:

I think customers have voted, and they told us that was too ambitious

We don't see that going all-electric by 2030 [in Europe] is a good choice for our business or, especially, for our customers

In this case, Gjaja cites slowing EV adoption and rising costs as the main reasons for the recent rollback. Currently, Ford only sells two EVs in Europe: The Explorer EV and the Mustang Mach-E. The new Ford Capri will go on sale later this year.

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[bijims]

Going Completely electric will take its time, but it's inevitable, just 2030 is a bit too soon.