Ford will release the first electric car in China in the second half of 2019

11 June 2019

Ford launches into the Chinese market elektroversiya crossover Ford Territory

The Ford Motor Company plans to start selling its first electric car in China in the second half of this year.

New Ford Territory EV is elektroversiya compact crossover Territory with batteries. According to the statement of Ford power reserve of new items is 360 kilometers (224 miles).

Crossover Territory last year became the first passenger model of Ford branded manufactured by the company Jiangling Motors Corp. – Joint venture for production of trucks Ford, together with the company Changan Automobile Co.

As the original gasoline model electric EV Territory will be developed on a plant of Jiangling Motors, and not the company Changan Ford Automobile Co. – Ford JV with Changan.

Electrocreaser EV Territory will be the first battery electric vehicle (BEV), which will be launched in accordance with a food plan for the Chinese market, which Ford announced in April this year.

In the next three years Ford Motor company will present in China more than 30 new and modernized cars, including 10 models of electric vehicles (BEV) under the brands Ford and Lincoln.


Currently Ford sells in China, only one model with an electric drive, a hybrid version of the sedan Ford Mondeo.

In addition, the agreement signed in 2017 Ford company Zoyte Automobile Co. on the joint development of cheap electric cars, and was not approved by Chinese regulatory authorities.

This year, in Beijing launched a program called "carbon credits" that have led to increased pressure on Ford to speed up the deployment of production and sales of electric vehicles in the Chinese market.