SONOMA, Calif.—The US industrial pickup market is usually dominated by the numerous variations of Ford’s F-series. However since 2014, Ford has had another for industrial drivers preferring one thing extra van-like. That is when the corporate began constructing Transit vans in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. Since then, Ford has constructed one million of them.
Now, Ford has created an electrical model of the Transit—or relatively, I ought to say, variations, because the E-Transit is available in eight totally different physique kinds, similar to its dinosaur-powered predecessor. In reality, the latter chassis is equivalent, which signifies that the E-Transit is completely suitable with the huge ecosystem of upfitters on the market. Ford says to suppose past last-mile supply vans, which solely account for 10 % of the industrial van market—a not-so delicate dig at startup rivals, maybe.
And Ford’s not simply right here to promote what you are promoting an electrical van, both. The corporate has give you a complete plug-and-play telematics answer which is able to handle not simply E-Transits however another automobiles, electrical or inner combustion, Ford or in any other case.
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