Harley Lover Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Ford won a contract to build 2500 Transits with electric drivetrains. Although this sounds like the Focus Electric build from Magna, I wonder if perhaps Ford could do more with this on the continent: Ford has won an important contract to further electrify Deutsche Post’s fleet of delivery vehicles. Deutsche Post has already been deploying electric vehicles in its fleet, but this new contract should quickly add 2,500 all-electric vans on the roads. They will use the chassis of the Ford Transit, which will be equipped with a new battery-electric powertrain. Ford had already announced plans for a plug-in hybrid version of the Ford Transit for 2019, but it looks like this new contract is changing the plan by using an all-electric version built on the same chassis. Production is set to start next month and expected to be completed by the end of 2018. https://electrek.co/2017/06/14/ford-all-electric-vans-deutsche-post/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justins Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 From what I read, Ford is supplying the chassis, while DP is contracting the actual battery and body production to another party. Much in the same way Ford provides chassis to RV & specialty body makers in the states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I wonder if Deutsche Post is using the FWD or RWD Transit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 If you look at the photo of the Transit in the link, it's hard to imagine it's anything other than RWD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) The image in the link is poorly photoshopped. It's not a real photo. Edited June 19, 2017 by bzcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Listen to this "Autoline Daily." Go to the 6'50" mark. The opening story is worth a listen too. http://www.autoline.tv/journal/?p=49610 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Listen to this "Autoline Daily." Go to the 6'50" mark. The opening story is worth a listen too. http://www.autoline.tv/journal/?p=49610 I was LOLing at the comments there... Though this has been bothering me for a while...Fields was one of the first people to embrace the changes that Mullally was doing to Ford...but yet once he got the position, it seemed like they regressed again into "Old Ford" quickly. Makes you wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Either he was trying to maximize short term results to make himself look better or get more compensation or he allowed his direct reports to do that. Why would you cut back on new products when you're making close to $10B/yr and you have $27B in cash? Poor business decisions any way you look at it. I'm sure someone will write a book about it pretty soon..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Why would you cut back on new products when you're making close to $10B/yr and you have $27B in cash? Poor business decisions any way you look at it. An expected downturn that didn't fully materialize (yet)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 An expected downturn that didn't fully materialize (yet)? I'm starting to wonder if that is going to happen. Seems like the gloom and doom about the economy starting to tank when poof after Trump came into office...the Stock Market is at all time highs...unemployee is low. The Auto market is going to start to shrink since we are at the height of the market now...but how far is the real question...I think it might have been much deeper if Hillary got elected...maybe maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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