Ford Focus in Europe to cease production by 2025
Stuart Rowley, CEO of Ford Europe, told the media that the current Focus model line will be discontinued by 2025! He also said that there are no plans to develop the Focus into an electric car for the time being. Stuart Rowley said that he is currently looking for other opportunities, including a sale to another car manufacturer, which would be bad news for the 4,600 employees at Saarlouis. It is expected that the development of the new generation Focus will be handled by Changan Ford in China after the European production line ends and that the Focus will become a domestic car in the future.
Kuga, Focus ready for transformation!
Ford and VW have joined forces to develop electric vehicles, taking advantage of their shared platform resources. The partnership is in fact setting the stage for the Kuga and Focus to be transformed into electric vehicles. Using the Focus MEB all-electric platform, Mobil Ford is following in the footsteps of the VW ID all-electric range with a significant expansion of its EV line-up, and will soon follow up the Mach-e Mustang with a number of all-electric vehicles, including an electric version of the eye-catching mid-sized Kuga.
Ford is moving into the all-electric market and is targeting the hotly anticipated electric range first.
It shares the MEB platform with the Fuchs ID, but the exterior will be differentiated from the Fuchs ID range by adding Ford family features. In addition to the crossover and Touring grades, there will also be a small electric version of the Puma crossover. In fact, Ford had launched the third generation Focus electric car in North America in the past, but due to technological developments at the time and the rise of Tesla, the range was not as good as Tesla’s and the car was eventually withdrawn from sale. The rise of pure electric power, coupled with the use of the brand’s partnership resources, not only laid the groundwork for the Focus electric car’s return.
With Ford and Volkswagen working together, Murat Guler, a senior executive at Ford of Europe, mentioned that the fourth-generation Focus had been a success and that in order to make up for that and to offer more purely electric options around the world, the company had hinted that the Focus was set to return as an all-electric vehicle.
