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In addition to the Amarok and Ranger, Volkswagen and Ford are joined at the hip in terms of electromobility. The Blue Oval held talks with the German automaker for at least one electric vehicle based on the MEB platform, but more recently, the two parties are talking about a second electric vehicle.
Stuart Rowley, president of Ford in Europe, told Handelsblatt the talks are still ongoing and the final details will have to wait a little longer. In the first instance and for the first MEB model, the Blue Oval agreed to buy 600,000 Modularer E-Antriebs-Baukasten kits from the Volkswagen Group.
"Our alliance with Ford is becoming more and more promising," said Herbert Diess, chief executive officer of Volkswagen. Creating synergies in so many areas is beneficial for both parties, and if you were wondering, the Ford Motor Company plans to build the first MEB-based model in Europe.
So far, paying a license fee for utilizing the MEB sounds like a good idea for the American automaker. But going forward, Ford needs to either work together with Volkswagen or develop an electric platform of its own.
The Mach E sounds promising on paper, but in the long run, we have this feeling that the ID. family of models will surpass the Mustang-inspired electric crossover in every respect. Volkswagen and Ford are also developing self-driving technologies with the help of their Munich and Michigan subsidiaries, which goes to show that both companies are gearing up for the future.
Volkswagen is particularly pleased with the MEB, claiming that ID.3 is as important as the Beetle and Golf were back in the day. We wouldn’t be so sure about that, not when the charging infrastructure in Europe, battery technologies, and price of electric vehicles could be a whole lot better.
Turning our attention back to the second MEB-based model, Diess told Handelsblatt that the second supply contract would allow Volkswagen to “almost double deliveries of MEB kits to Ford.” Want to bet a tenner that the second electric vehicle will be the Ford-badged remake of the ID.4 Crozz?
"Our alliance with Ford is becoming more and more promising," said Herbert Diess, chief executive officer of Volkswagen. Creating synergies in so many areas is beneficial for both parties, and if you were wondering, the Ford Motor Company plans to build the first MEB-based model in Europe.
So far, paying a license fee for utilizing the MEB sounds like a good idea for the American automaker. But going forward, Ford needs to either work together with Volkswagen or develop an electric platform of its own.
The Mach E sounds promising on paper, but in the long run, we have this feeling that the ID. family of models will surpass the Mustang-inspired electric crossover in every respect. Volkswagen and Ford are also developing self-driving technologies with the help of their Munich and Michigan subsidiaries, which goes to show that both companies are gearing up for the future.
Volkswagen is particularly pleased with the MEB, claiming that ID.3 is as important as the Beetle and Golf were back in the day. We wouldn’t be so sure about that, not when the charging infrastructure in Europe, battery technologies, and price of electric vehicles could be a whole lot better.
Turning our attention back to the second MEB-based model, Diess told Handelsblatt that the second supply contract would allow Volkswagen to “almost double deliveries of MEB kits to Ford.” Want to bet a tenner that the second electric vehicle will be the Ford-badged remake of the ID.4 Crozz?
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