Final evening, Ford launched a pair of electrified Ford Bronco fashions – a pure battery-electric model packing an enormous 105.4 kWh battery pack and an EREV model with its personal whopping 43.7 kWh battery and 800 miles of mixed vary. That’s the excellent news.
The unhealthy information? You’ll in all probability by no means see both them.
Ford Authority reviews that these Bronco New Power fashions (“new vitality” is title typically given to electrified autos in China) will probably be produced in China by Jiangling Ford completely for the Chinese language market. However, whereas the New Power variations could appear to be their ICE-powered cousins, that’s the place the similarities appear to finish.
It’s its personal factor
Developed particularly for the Chinese language-market and apparently designed for extra on-road driving, the Bronco New Power is visually much like “our” Bronco Sport, however reportedly a lot, a lot bigger. “At roughly 198 inches lengthy,” reviews The Drive, “this Bronco is about 9 inches longer than a fuel four-door and has greater than two toes on a Sport. It additionally carves a wider footprint than all Stateside fashions besides the widened Wildtrak, and weighs round 5,800 kilos.”
The EREV model of the Bronco New Power reportedly weighs in a bit below that, at “simply” 5,500 lbs.
Powering the large battery-electric Ford Bronco includes a pair of electrical drive motors, a 130 kW (~175 hp) unit up entrance and a 202 kW (~270 hp) unit on the rear for AWD efficiency. They’re powered by a 105.4 kWh LFP “blade” battery from BYD’s FinDreams subsidiary, which additionally supplies comparable batteries to Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai.
That battery/motor configuration is reportedly environment friendly sufficient to offer Ford Bronco EV consumers as much as 650 km of driving vary, or simply over 400 miles on the Chinese language WLTP cycle.
The EREV model makes do with “simply” 43.7 kWh of battery – however that’s an EV battery all by itself in some markets, and with greater than 200 km of electric-only vary (over 130 miles), the 1.5L turbocharged ICE genset in all probability gained’t get a lot use. That stated, as soon as it does kick on the mixed gas-electric hybrid system will reportedly journey greater than 1,220 km (~750 miles) earlier than it needing to get topped off.
These specs come from Chinese language auto trade analyst Tycho de Feijter, and I’ve included his unique tweet in regards to the reveal, under.
Ford Bronco goes EV and EREV in China – with lidar – MIIT July
The Ford Bronco is made in China by Jiangling (JMC) -Ford. Till now, it was an ICE-only automobile. However no extra.
Quickly, Ford will add two new variations to the Bronco line-up: an EV and an EREV.
The EV will get an AWD energy… pic.twitter.com/CssOE3hMVd
— Tycho de Feijter (@TychodeFeijter) July 16, 2025
The images, from the Chinese language Ministry of Business and Info Know-how (MIIT) additionally hints at a brand new ADAS cluster above the windscreen that appears to include LiDAR and sensors on the entrance fenders. There’s no phrase on whether or not that is the rumored “Stage 3” autonomous tech stack Ford has been teasing since final June, however a high-profile launch like the corporate’s first-ever electrical Bronco in a crucial market like China makes a ton of sense to me.
The Ford Bronco New Power EV and EREV fashions are anticipated to launch in China later this 12 months. Pricing and choices have but to be introduced.
Electrek’s Take
An all-electric and even EREV Ford Bronco like this one – a bit extra mainstream and fewer off-road targeted than the 60s-inspired now we have now – would do nice numbers within the US as a rival to the Kia EV9, Rivian R1S, or six-passenger Mannequin Y (I do know the X is a greater comparability, however nobody’s shopping for these). Below the present Trump Administration and franchise supplier physique, although, an EREV would possibly obtain a hotter welcome. However whereas Ford has stated that it plans to supply extended-range EVs within the US below a wide range of nameplates, these are at the very least two years away.
IMAGES: MIIT, Ford.
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