Ford will Elektroautos in Köln herstellen. In den kommenden zweieinhalb Jahren werde hierfür eine Milliarde Dollar (rund 830 Millionen Euro) in den Standort investiert, um ihn «zu modernisieren und zu verwandeln in das Kölner Ford-Elektrifizierungs-Zentrum», sagte Ford-Europachef Stuart Rowley am Mittwoch in der Domstadt. In der zweiten Hälfte 2023 soll das Fahrzeug auf den Markt kommen.

In fact, the F-150 Lightning is by far the most familiar-looking of the electric pickups announced to date. And Ford is betting big that this unchallenging boxy design — which Elon Musk poked fun at during the Cybertruck announcement in 2019 — will pay off.

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Palmer said that Ford is not sharing planned production capacity, but he made it clear that they are aiming for volume production of the electric truck:
“I think you can see we are not in this to build a couple of trucks and the facility that you saw President Biden visit this week, where the truck is going to be built, is significant. We also need to get the batteries to do this. We are doing that and you are going to see more about that at the capital market day next Wednesday, but again, we are not in this for a couple of trucks.”

• Ford expects 40% of its sales globally to be electric vehicles by the end of this decade under a new plan to increase investment in EVs to $30 billion through 2025.
• The automaker announced the plans as part of a new “Ford+” initiative under CEO Jim Farley ahead of its investor day.
• Other details included achieving an 8% adjusted profit margin in 2023 and significantly increasing its commercial vehicle business.