Ford E-Transit and Mustang Mach-E at Fleet & Mobility Live

By Tom Seymour

2 October 2023

Ford will be at Fleet & Mobility Live this week (October 3 and 4) with its E-Transit and Mustang Mach-E on display.

The Blue Oval brand will also have a medium wheel-base Transit on display as part of its large presence at the show.

The E-Transit has been a crucial part of Ford’s electrification strategy, which will see a further four all-electric commercial vehicles join the line-up in 2024, with electric versions of the Custom, Courier, Tourneo Custom and Tourneo Courier all confirmed to hit UK roads in the coming months.

Mandy Dean, Ford’s commercial vehicle director for Britain and Ireland, told Fleet News at the time of the E-Transit launch: “Transit has been market leading for 56 years, so we’ve had to take that winning formula and put it into an electric future.

“We've absolutely got to deliver it right.”

The model features a max gross 1,711kg payload and a 68kWh usable battery as standard, providing an official WLTP range of up to 196 miles. The E-Transit can also be rapid charged from 15% to 80% in 34 minutes.

Ford also introduced a new type of battery for the Mustang Mach-E this year, which has made the car more affordable.

The car maker is offering lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries alongside the existing nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) units.

The move will allow Ford customers to choose an electric vehicle (EV) with battery performance characteristics most aligned with their needs.

LFP batteries are very durable and tolerate more frequent and faster charging while using fewer high-demand, high-cost materials.

The company is aiming to deliver an annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles globally by the end of this year and 2 million globally by the end of 2026 as part of its Ford+ plan.

Ford has committed to sell only electric cars in Europe by 2030, with all Ford cars sold in the continent by 2026 expected to be zero-emissions capable.

The brand’s entire commercial vehicle range will also include a zero-emissions capable option, electric or plug-in hybrid, by 2024, with two-thirds of Ford’s commercial vehicle sales expected to be all-electric or plug-in hybrid by 2030.