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The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs
Plagued by delays, tied to a rival’s electric platform, yet somehow still being clever and innovative, Ford’s European EV experiment embodies the automaker’s failure to commit to electric cars.
This will result in additional short-time working days at our Cologne plant in the first quarter of 2025.” But later in the announcement, Ford added that it would “offer … customers a range of ICE, hybrid, and fully electric vehicles” going forward. Ford wanted this EV to “lead in its class” in this respect, so much so part of the delay in production was to ensure the Explorer got a better battery, one not just for that large range but that could also fast charge from 10 to 80 percent in 28 minutes. It's a good-looking cabin, with innovative touches, most notably the powerful 10-speaker B&O sound system with its dashboard soundbar and the moveable 15-inch portrait central touchscreen capable of running full-screen mapping, which can tilt up to 30 degrees being either flush to the dash or lowered to cover a “secret” storage area behind.
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