{"id":13061,"date":"2021-11-07T00:02:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T04:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=13061"},"modified":"2021-11-07T00:02:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T04:02:34","slug":"ford-etransit-pilot-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13061","title":{"rendered":"Ford Launches E-Transit Pilot Program Ahead Of Production Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ford<\/a> announced that Ford Pro – its commercial products, services and distribution arm – launched a pilot program with the upcoming all-electric Ford E-Transit<\/a> van.<\/p>\n

The plan is to “help companies begin integrating all-electric E-Transit vans into their fleets to evaluate vehicle performance, understand charging solutions and experience advantages of Ford Pro connected software.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The first pre-production vehicles were already deployed with Penske Truck Leasing and National Grid, among the first companies.<\/p>\n

The company does not reveal how many businesses participate in the nationwide pilot program nor how many vehicles will be delivered.<\/p>\n

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“Operating in fleets that span industries such as rental, delivery, service, maintenance, telecom and utilities, these E-Transit pilot vans will give companies the opportunity to experience how battery-powered vehicles coupled with Ford Pro Intelligence and Ford Pro Charging solutions can help improve fleet efficiencies.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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According to the press release, Penske plans to evaluate and validate E-Transit van capabilities, driving experience and charging strategy for specific applications, including rentals to small- and medium-sized commercial businesses. It will test the E-Transit in the Reading, Pennsylvania, area.<\/p>\n

As we can see, National Grid has selected a low-roof cargo van version. The company explains that it will be tested on regular home meter-reading routes to ensure it can perform the same operations now performed by the company\u2019s gas-powered vehicles.<\/p>\n

The series production of the Ford E-Transit will start by the end of this year, alongside the Transit at Ford\u2019s Kansas City Assembly Plant.<\/p>\n

The vehicle will be available in a total of eight configurations, including a cargo van with three roof heights and three lengths, plus chassis cab and cutaway versions.<\/p>\n

The 67 kWh battery pack (usable capacity) is expected to offer a range of 126 miles (203 km) in the low-roof cargo van variant. The bigger and heavier versions most likely will have lower range, but Ford assumes that it will still be enough for daily use in many applications.<\/p>\n

The first Ford E-Transit will arrive at dealerships in early 2022, but according to a recent update, the electric van is “sold out”<\/em><\/a>, which probably means that the entire production allocated for 2021 is already reserved. The prices start below $45,000.<\/p>\n

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Ford E-Transit specs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • range of 126 miles (203 km)<\/strong> in the low-roof cargo van variant
    the range rating in Europe is up to 349 km (217 miles) WLTP<\/li>\n
  • usable battery capacity of 67 kWh<\/strong> (LG Chem cells)<\/li>\n
  • payload target: up to 3,800 pounds (1,724 kg) for cargo van and up to 4,290 pounds (1,946) for cutaway versions<\/li>\n
  • up to 487.3 cubic feet of cargo space inside the high-roof, extended-wheelbase variant<\/li>\n
  • rear-wheel drive<\/li>\n
  • electric motor output: 198 kW (266 hp) and 430 Nm (317 lb.-ft.) of torque
    200 kW according to some press releases<\/li>\n
  • AC charging: in around 8 hours
    in Europe, it will be equipped with a 11.3 kW on-board charger<\/li>\n
  • DC charging: up to 115 kW (15\u201380% in 34 minutes)<\/li>\n
  • Pro Power Onboard – a 2.4 kW electric outlet (2.3 kW according to some press releases)<\/li>\n
  • three roof heights and three body lengths, as well as in cargo, cutaway and chassis cab versions<\/li>\n
  • comes backed with an eight-year, 100,000-mile electric vehicle component warranty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Ford announced that Ford Pro – its commercial products, services and distribution arm – launched a pilot program with the upcoming all-electric Ford E-Transit van. The plan is to “help companies begin integrating all-electric E-Transit vans into their fleets to evaluate vehicle performance, understand charging solutions and experience advantages of Ford Pro connected software.” The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}