Ford is pursuing its ambitious electrification plan for the European market. Part of this strategy is the new investment of 230 million pounds (approximately 272 million euros) that will allow & agrave; to transform the Halewood plant , in the United Kingdom, into a site where components will be produced for the American manufacturer's future electric vehicles. Specifically, the engines and transmissions for battery-powered cars will be built.
The conversion work that will be; carried out will allow & agrave; to Ford to start the production of components for electric vehicles towards the middle & agrave; of 2024 . The capacity productive & egrave; expected around 250,000 units & agrave; per year. The British government also contributed to the investment with the aim of safeguarding the jobs inside this production site. Transmissions for endothermic models are currently produced in this factory.
This news adds to a series of announcements Ford had made in the past, all relating to its electrification strategy for the Old Continent. The builder, in fact, will invest; a billion dollars (about 860 thousand euros) to modernize its plant in Cologne which will become; a hub for the production of electric cars. In particular, the production lines will leave the starting in 2023, the first Ford battery-powered model equipped with the MEB platform.
The brand also announced earlier this year that in addition to building the all-electric E-Transit from 2022, Ford Otosan, Ford's joint venture in Turkey, will produce; a all-electric version of the next-generation Transit Custom starting in 2023 at its manufacturing plant in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Finally, it should be remembered that the American brand aims to want to market only electric cars in Europe by 2030 . Before reaching this ambitious goal, by the middle of the of 2026, each model available in the range will have; at least one Plug-in or electric version. As for electric commercial vehicles, by 2024, each model will have; at least one version capable of traveling with zero local emissions (PHEV or EV therefore). The House of the Blue Oval estimates that, by 2030, two-thirds of its commercial vehicle sales will be represented by plug-in and electric hybrids.
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