Plainly Ford is shifting full steam forward with the electrification of its international mannequin lineup. Simply yesterday, the automaker introduced its plans to promote solely electrical passenger vehicles in Europe from 2030. Earlier than that, the model will electrify its whole vary on the continent by the center of 2026, and apparently, preparations for the next-gen EVs are already underway in the US as properly.
CarsDirect stories Ford has despatched a letter to its US sellers, informing them they’ll must make an funding with the intention to obtain what the model calls “next-generation” EV certification. The corporate estimates each supplier eager about promoting Ford’s new electrical automobiles should make investments roughly $35,000.
Initially, the funding will probably be non-obligatory for many sellers across the nation. The estimated determine may change as it’s an early calculation, overlaying chargers, service tools, and set up. sellers reportedly must reveal a working 240V charging station and order crucial service tools by the tip of April this 12 months.
It’s not clear whether or not sellers should make investments $35,000 with the intention to get certification from Ford to promote the Mustang Mach-E, although CarsDirect suggests this would be the case. Extra importantly, the upcoming electrical model of the nation’s hottest automobile, the F-150, is taken into account a next-gen electrical automobile, which implies it’ll require the brand new certification.
CarsDirect notes that $35,000 shouldn’t actually be a shock to any supplier eager about getting the upcoming crop of all-electric Fords. Nonetheless, there is perhaps smaller sellers who aren’t actually eager about providing zero-emission vehicles so long as they’ve the F-150, Mustang, and some different combustion-powered fashions on sale.
