Ford pick-up to launch new era of in-house EVs

Cutting-edge EV platform aims to revolutionise Ford manufacturing, with a new mid-size pick-up the first vehicle to be built on it

- By Jordan Katsianis

FORD has announced a new electric-vehicle platform that it's hoping will be its next Model T moment. As part of a £3.8 billion investment, the brand has confirmed that it'll produce a new, flexible and profitable family of cars that will be introduced in 2027, starting with a midsize truck costing just $30,000 (£22,380) in the US.

The new pickup will be similar in size to the existing Ford Ranger, although the two won't be related under the skin; instead the forthcoming truck will be built on the new universal EV platform. Aside from it being “faster than a turbocharged Mustang,” we don't yet know much about the pickup. Ford hasn't revealed what it will look like or the specification of its technical components, other than the fact that it'll share nothing with the company's existing models.