Harley Lover Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) This is a development to which Ford should be paying keen attention, Mercedes have reversed course and will sell the eSprinter in the U.S.: Quote (Mercedes) announced earlier this week it would begin selling its eSprinter here, after initially announcing it would not. It appears the eSprinter will be much more versatile than first thought in terms of range and capability: Quote Mercedes’ new platform uses three modules to allow for maximum flexibility when it comes to design and development of future products. In short, it removes some of the restrictions electric vans faced previously that didn’t allow for certain body configurations offers by gasoline- and diesel-powered models. Edited December 11, 2020 by Harley Lover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Attribution for above: https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2020/12/mercedes-shows-off-new-electric-versatility-platform-for-vans/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Will be interesting to see how this competes with e transit. BYW - where is Tesla? I guess vans are too boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailhiker Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, akirby said: BYW - where is Tesla? I guess vans are too boring. Not s3xy enough too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 I recall that part of Ford's Turkey plant announcement included building for the Transit electric. Found it: "The investment in Turkey includes money to build a battery assembly facility that will produce packs for an electric version of the Transit that will go on sale in 2022." I don't know if Ford have envisioned this much variety (as shown by the Mercedes announcement) with its development of the Transit EV. I hope this type of evolution is on the drawing boards (at least). I can't imagine Ford would have left that off the table in its planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, Harley Lover said: I recall that part of Ford's Turkey plant announcement included building for the Transit electric. Found it: "The investment in Turkey includes money to build a battery assembly facility that will produce packs for an electric version of the Transit that will go on sale in 2022." I don't know if Ford have envisioned this much variety (as shown by the Mercedes announcement) with its development of the Transit EV. I hope this type of evolution is on the drawing boards (at least). I can't imagine Ford would have left that off the table in its planning. They said there would be multiple ranges and configurations later but I don’t think they’ll be doing a flatbed. I expected a Transit connect version but maybe that will end up as a VW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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