Ford to go almost entirely electric by 2030
The car maker is focusing on EVs and will start by modernising its 90-year-old plant in Cologne as consumers demand cleaner vehicles
17 February 2021 - 13:06
New York — Ford will drastically overhaul its business in Europe, where it did not sell a single fully electric vehicle (EV) in 2020, vowing to go almost entirely electric by the end of the decade.
One of the first steps in the transformation announced on Wednesday will be to plough $1bn into a German assembly plant that will start making an all-electric model in two years. By mid-2026, all passenger cars Ford sells will be plug-in hybrids or fully electric...
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