Ford’s subsequent “Mannequin T” is a midsize electrical pickup that can begin at round $30,000. The brand new mannequin would be the first of a household of inexpensive electrical autos based mostly on the brand new Ford Common EV Platform. As Ford shifts to lower-cost EVs, a number of fashionable SUVs chances are you’ll acknowledge are getting axed.
Ford’s new $30,000 EV pickup will substitute fuel SUVs
At its Louisville, Kentucky, plant on Monday (see our recap of the occasion), Ford revealed plans to construct a brand new midsize EV pickup, claiming it would have a decrease price of possession than a Tesla Mannequin Y.
It’s going to even have extra inside house, due to its new “Ford Common EV Platform,” which was additionally unveiled throughout the occasion.
The platform will underpin a sequence of recent inexpensive electrical automobiles that Ford guarantees will compete with one of the best. Ford is about to start manufacturing of the brand new midsize EV pickup in 2027 on the Louisville Meeting plant, which means it might want to clear room.
Ford at the moment builds the Escape and Lincoln Corsair on the facility, each of which can be retired. The Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair will formally be discontinued after the 2026 mannequin yr.
The announcement got here as a shock to some, because the Escape is Ford’s second-best-selling SUV, behind the Explorer. It even outsold the Bronco Sport within the first half of the yr (82,589 vs 72,438).
The Corsair is the second-best-selling Lincoln model mannequin by June, behind the Nautilus, with 13,096 items offered.
Though manufacturing is slated to finish later this yr, Ford confirmed the SUVs will proceed to be offered nicely into 2026.
Ford has invested round $5 billion in its Louisville Meeting Complicated, creating practically 4,000 jobs, because it prepares for its subsequent technology of electrical autos. It’s going to start with Ford’s new midsize EV pickup, which is predicted to launch in 2027 with a beginning value of round $30,000.
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