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Ford’s first all-electric vehicle will have ‘over 300 miles of range’, be affordable, and mass-produced, says CTO
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The only all-electric cars that Ford currently sells are compliance cars built on existing gas-powered platforms. Earlier this year,
the automaker announced that its first all-electric car built to be electric from the ground up will come out in 2020.
In an interview with
Business Insider this week, the CTO emphasized that the vehicle will be “mainstream”:
“To get electrification volumes where we would all like them to be we have to make sure we make the affordability targets or otherwise they are going to stay as a niche item or a pure luxury item,”
The all-electric crossover utility vehicle (CUV) is expected to be available in 2020. While it is not expected to be the only mass-market all-electric vehicle at that time, several other automakers are still only planning low-volumes for EVs on the same timeline.
Also differentiating itself from other EVs, Nair is promising a longer range than the current competition:
“We think we have a technology path that will get us a 300 plus miles range and an affordable crossover utility that will be fully competitive,”
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