Ford’s Low-Cost EV Platform May Skip Europe, Report Says

According to recent industry reporting, Ford’s new affordable EV platform designed to underpin cheaper electric vehicles may not be launched in Europe. Factors like engineering cost, lower pickup demand in Europe, and reliance on partner-built EVs are creating uncertainty about a European rollout.

Mustang Mach-E

Ok, I still can’t decide if I like the name. Mustang and “electric” just rub weird together. It’s fast, fine, but the front kinda looks like it’s trying to smile awkwardly at you. Every time I see one parked, I imagine it apologizing for not sounding like a real Mustang. Pricey too, like, what, fifty-something grand ($55k+ maybe)? And I swear the cabin smells too clean, like a hospital. No soul, just sanitizer.

F-150 Lightning

This thing’s like your gym bro friend who suddenly started eating tofu and talking about his carbon footprint. I like it though, it’s huge, shiny, makes zero noise but still somehow feels like it wants to wrestle you. Starting around $50k-ish? I don’t know, depends where you live. Oh, and that frunk, absolute chaos. You can put like a cooler, laptop, and probably a toddler in there (don’t though, obviously).

Ford Explorer Electric

Honestly, I keep mixing this up with all the other SUVs Ford has. It’s like trying to remember all your cousins’ names. I sat in one once, felt nice enough, but the seats were trying too hard to be “ergonomic.” Can’t they just be, like, comfy? I think it’ll run you about forty-something thousand ($45k maybe), which feels like paying extra for a glorified family couch.

Escape Hybrid

Oh man, my aunt has one of these. She loves it. Keeps calling it her “city baby,” which is weird because it’s literally just a mid-size SUV that hums quietly. But she gets 40 mpg, so whatever. Cost’s around the mid-$30k range, which isn’t terrible, but I swear I’d fall asleep driving it. Like, zero personality.

Maverick Hybrid

This one’s cute though, I don’t know why I’m calling a truck cute but it just is. It’s got this tidy shape like it wants to be practical but also fun. Costs like, what, $25k? Maybe $27k now? And it’s one of those cars that makes you feel productive even when you’re just buying groceries. I can smell the faint new-plastic odor just thinking about it.

Fiesta (RIP)

Ok, so it’s gone now, right? Still annoyed about it. Europe had it, we didn’t. Small, cheap ($20kish back then), and fun, like that one friend who didn’t care about impressing anyone. I drove one once forever ago and it rattled weirdly when idling, like a soda can with an attitude. Miss that. The new Ford EV plans skipping Europe feels like déjà vu.

Focus Electric

Remember when that existed? Barely anyone does. It was like Ford’s awkward experimental phase, all earnest energy but no real idea what it wanted to be. Quiet, heavy, and always looked like it had somewhere more important to be. Think it was around $35k at launch, which was too much for what it was.

Bronco Sport

Not really electric, but still, I see people drive these and every time I think, “you definitely camp once a year and post about it.” I actually kinda like the boxy look though, reminds me of old Polaroids for some reason. Smells like mud and coffee. Around $30k or so but you know people always mod them out and end up spending fifty.

Ranger Plug-in (maybe future?)

I heard whispers of a plug-in Ranger and if that happens, oh man, trucks will finally stop judging Prius drivers. Probably gonna hit the $40k+ mark though, because nothing’s cheap anymore. I like the idea though, a small-ish truck that doesn’t make your wallet cry every time you pass a gas station.

Ford Edge EV (kinda tired name)

This one’s supposedly coming too, maybe, maybe not. Edge has always been fine. Just fine. Like cold fries that still kinda taste good. Expecting it’ll land around $45-$50k easy. If it ever makes it, Europe will probably not see it, which is bizarre but maybe Ford’s just cutting costs where the math says so.