Ford has a new compact EV on the way — and it's based on the VW ID.4

Ford has a new compact EV on the way — and it's based on the VW ID.four

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Ford has a new electric car on the mode — and it'll infringe more than than a few things from the Volkswagen ID.iv all-electric crossover.

The all the same-unnamed crossover volition go far in 2023, and is being produced nether a manufacturing deal with VW. It's all part of Ford'due south plan to electrify its entire European machine portfolio past 2030 — although the bad news is that it won't exist coming to the U.S. someday soon.

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The crossover will be the offset Ford to be congenital on VW'southward MEB EV platform, and will share a significant portion of its design with the ID.4 every bit a result. This too means Ford will be able to follow Volkswagen'southward example and offer several different models of the new crossover; rear and all-wheel drive variants have already been confirmed.

We'd also expect that it will therefore offer a similar level of power and range to the ID.4 — namely, a base model with between 146bhp and 201 bhp, plus a 52 kWh battery with 213 miles of driving range.

However, there are more than powerful variants of the ID.4 that come with upwards to 295 bhp, and can utilize a 77kWh bombardment to travel 300 miles on a single charge — pretty impressive for a mid-size automobile.

AutoCar is likewise reporting that Ford will take inspiration from the Chinese-market Ford Evos crossover for its new EV. The Evos features a ane.1-meter 4K infotainment brandish that sits across the dash, rather than a unmarried touchscreen panel as seen in the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning. The new crossover will likely run an Android-based system, which Ford has previously announced will be installed on all its new cars from 2023.

There's nonetheless a lot we don't know about this EV right now, though its similarities with the ID.4 do give u.s. a skillful idea of what to await. Unfortunately, Ford isn't fix to officially unveil the new crossover until early side by side year, gear up for a wider European release in 2023, so nosotros're probably going to have to wait a while for farther news.

It also appears that this machine is existence specifically congenital for the European market, and won't be coming to the U.Southward. While that may disappoint some people, it is understandable: with various European countries pushing ahead with bans on the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2030, Ford needs something to make full out its line-upwards.

Afterwards all, the newly-announced F-150 Lightning will only be bachelor in the U.South., and so Ford needs to pick up the pace if it wants to hitting that 100% electric target elsewhere by 2030. In other words, expect to exist hearing a lot more nigh other new Ford EVs, such as the all-electric Explorer and the rumored all-electrical Bronco, very soon.

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