The US car manufacturer led by Jim Farley (60). ford wants to go beyond the partner’s concepts in new generations of electric vehicles in Europe Volkswagen use other platform technologies in the medium term. From the middle of the decade, cars should also roll off the assembly line with a proprietary system, as Ford’s electric vehicle boss in Europe, Martin Sander (55), said in an interview with “Financial Times
“At the same time, no “final decision” was made about further cooperation with the Wolfsburg team, it said.
Ford also uses VW technology for its light commercial vehicles. Two models are also planned by 2023/2024, which will contain the modular electric drive system from VW. After that, Ford also wants to use its own technology that is not compatible with that of Volkswagen, Sander said. The US company has corresponding plans for a Ford electric platform at its Valencia location in Spain. Volkswagen, on the other hand, builds its Amarok pickup based on a Ford Ranger.
This ended the story of one of the most ambitious robo car projects in the world. Similar to the last to the US automotive group General Motors belonging rival Cruise or the Googledaughter Waymo, Argo AI had already undergone extensive tests on public roads.