The new Ford E-Transit, an all-electric version of the Ford Transit commercial van, is now shipping to customers. Ford says it currently has more than 10,000 orders for the van placed from 300 individual customers. The Ford E-Transit is a rival for GM’s BrightDrop.
The new Ford E-Transit is offered through Ford Pro, the automaker’s business brand focused on providing government and commercial customers with solutions to “accelerate productivity, improve uptime and lower operating costs through connected services and work-ready gas and electric vehicles.”
The Ford E-Transit is available in eight unique configurations, with a variety of roof heights and body lengths, as well as both cutaway and chassis cab configurations. The interior cargo dimensions and most of the mounting points match those of the internal-combustion version of the Ford Transit. Available cargo room is measured at 487.3 cubic feet inside the high-roof, extended-wheelbase model.
Powering the Ford E-Transit is a 68-kWh battery with an estimated range of 126 miles in low-roof cargo van configurations. The Ford E-Transit cutaway model has a starting price of $43,295. The Ford E-Transit is also equipped with the Pro Power Onboard feature, which acts like a mobile generator providing up to 2.4 kilowatts of power for external accessories, such as a belt sander or circular saw.
The Ford E-Transit is produced at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly plant. Notably, the Kansas plant is Ford’s first production facility to produce both vehicles and batteries in-house. Ford recently invested $100 million into the facility, adding roughly 150 full-time jobs.
Further all-electric Ford offerings include the Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning, and F-150 Lightning Pro. Ford is aiming for a global capacity of 600,000 battery electric vehicles annually by the end of 2023. That includes more than 200,000 units of the Mustang Mach-E and 150,000 units of the F-150 Lightning. Ford is now developing new production capacity for the E-Transit van.
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Comments
One full month after GM’s BrightDrop, with less than 116 miles. Not surprising, this not an electric van, it is rather an electrified van. What a disappointment!
What a joke! Drive it in a Wisconsin winter and you get 50 miles! I wouldn’t pay $43 for this piece of crap.
Then, don’t. Buy something that suits your needs and requirements.
Like it or not, EV’s is the future. For now it is not for everyone and not for every part of the country. Range for this van seems short but for thousands of customers that do less than 100 miles a day for local deliveries it’s a money saver. I’ll bet in a short time the range will increase with more batteries. The van has plenty of room but to get product out the door and supply issues, Ford or GM needs to get a cash flow, pay assembly line workers and hundreds of other to get the product out.
Just yesterday, my 5000 miles Ram truck had its first oil change at the dealer, $94 with tax. That is an expense that goes away and the electric bill increases slightly. Also, no down time to get the vehicle serviced.
$94 for an oil change? I would kill for that amount. Try paying +$300 for an oil change on a Porsche.
You pay that because you have a Porsche.
I can see this van being ideal for local business activities among tradespeople – contractors, plumbers, electricians, etc., as well as for local delivery use. I’ve owned a Transit since 2015 and it has been a great asset to both my business and personal activities. It drives and handles well. However I do have 250+ mile days which makes the Transit EV a no-go for me. I’ll stick with my twin-turbo ICE Transit.
I’m confused is this GM authority or Ford authority????????