Ford to Offer All-Electric US Transit in 2022

Customers in Europe will have 18 Ford EVs to buy at the end of 2021. 

Ford Transit will debut an all-electric model in the U.S. and Canada for the 2022 model year. Ford says that the regulation prompted line will help businesses lower the cost of ownership while improving city air quality and reducing noise levels. An all-electric Transit is about to go on sale in Europe where cities are increasingly restricting or banning internal combustion engines.

Built in the U.S. with imported parts from lower wage areas, the all-electric Transit will be “connected,” providing fleet owners with in-vehicle high-speed data architecture and cloud-based services to offer unspecified new ways to optimize fleet performance.

“The world is heading toward electrified products and fleet customers are asking for them now,” said Jim Farley, chief operating officer, Ford Motor Company. “We know their vehicles operate as a connected mobile business and their technology needs are different than retail customers. So, Ford is thinking deeply on connectivity relationships that integrate with our in-vehicle high-speed electrical architectures and cloud-based data services to provide these businesses smart vehicles beyond just the electric powertrains.”