Ford: Ranger comes as plug-in hybrid 🎥
FUTURE What does the Ford brand actually stand for? In America, every child knows the answer: pickups. Ford's large F-Series flatbed trucks have been the best-selling cars there for decades.
The little brother of the F-Series, the Ford Ranger, is by far the market leader in Europe, at least in the pickup segment. From 2025, Ford will also offer the model as a plug-in hybrid. The combination of gasoline engine and electric motor will finally turn the workhorse into an all-rounder.
Loading area for implements
Unlike in the U.S., where pickups are popular as recreational vehicles, customers in Europe tend to be tradesmen, farmers or gardeners who transport their work equipment on the open load floor and give colleagues a lift in the double cab. That's why the Ranger is also sold in this country by Ford Pro, the brand's commercial vehicle division.
A powerbank on wheels
As a plug-in hybrid, the Ranger becomes even more versatile and a power bank on wheels. The battery not only allows 45 kilometers of purely electric driving, it can also be used to power electric tools via sockets in the interior and on the cargo bed. Ford Pro Power Onboard can also be useful when camping. Like its diesel and gasoline brethren, the electrified Ranger tows up to 3.5 tons of towing capacity, so it's not afraid of large caravans. The all-wheel drive provides five driving programs.
Delivery from the beginning of 2025
The Ford Ranger, which is currently being built in South Africa and Thailand, is scheduled to go into production as a PHEV at the end of 2024. Deliveries to customers will begin in early 2025. Ford is not yet able to provide performance and consumption data. It is also not clear whether Volkswagen will adopt the PHEV drive. VW sells the Ranger with a modified look as the Amarok.
Source: auto-medienportal.net
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