Ford intends to launch in Europe two all-electric cars based on Volkswagen's MEB platform, but it might be just a temporary move to jjump-startelectrification., the company is not willing to rely on the German competitor in the long term and already thinks about an alternative.electric cars in Europe is expected to be based on an in-house solution - a new platform - which is being engineered by Ford in the United States."it is very versatile, very capable.
The contract with Volkswagen is for 1.2 million units total , over a period of six years . The average would be 100,000 per year per model.about the EV partnership with Volkswagen, but with the launch of a new in-house platform, it might gradually fade at the end of this decade. Ford and Volkswagen's partnership related to three areas - autonomous driving, all-electric cars in Europe and commercial vehicles - was announced in 2020. The first area recently was stopped with the closure of the Argo AI business, while the EV partnership might become only a temporary one. On the other hand, the partnership on commercial vehicles continues.
An interesting side note is that Ford is not interested in all-electric small, entry-level cars, at least not until battery costs fall sufficiently. Martin Sander said: