The partnership between Ford and VW may not be entirely satisfactory
- The partnership between Ford and VW may not be entirely satisfactory. Initially, this partnership focused on:
• supplying Ford Europe with Volkswagen MEB platforms dedicated to battery electric vehicles for the production of the Ford Capri and Explorer.
• the production in Turkey at the Ford plant in Kocaeli of Volkswagen Transporter vans newly derived from the Ford Transit Custom.
• the production in Poland at the Volkswagen plant in Poznan of the Ford Transit Connect vans newly derived from the Volkswagen Caddy.However, the two productions did not obtain the expected results from this partnership.
- For Ford:
• The Ford Capri and Explorer produced at Ford's Cologne plant (Germany) are failing to meet their sales targets, which were well over 200,000 units. Inovev had only projected 100,000 units per year, and 2025 will end with a volume of less than 75,000 units. The target of 600,000 Ford BEV sales by 2026 appears unattainable.
• The Ford Transit Connect produced at the VW site in Poznan (Poland) will not exceed 50,000 units in 2025, compared to 72,000 in 2024 and 90,000 in 2019. This is half of what was planned.
- For Volkswagen:
• VW Kombi and Transporter vans at Ford's Kocaeli plant in Turkey will fall short of 75,000 units in 2025, compared to 112,000 in 2023 and 114,000 in 2022 when these models were produced in Germany by Volkswagen. This represents a decrease of almost 40% compared to projections.
- It is therefore not unusual that Ford is turning to another carmaker (Renault) to relaunch itself in the market of electric cars, when it could have continued its partnership with Volkswagen (based on ID1 and ID2).