Ford Explorer EV revealed (Europe only)

[JohnFoxeSheets]

I was trying to paint a picture so absurdly ridiculous that no one would take it seriously. Guess I was wrong!

FWIW, I got the joke

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[Auto Motive]

It looks like they must be buying from VW

Ford Turns VW ID.4 Into Explorer EV For Europe | Carscoops

Very small compared to ice explorer. VW platform and battery sizes are small like kia and Hyundai. If VW offers a 100kwh battery in the AWD version of the micro van to achieve AWD range 300 miles if could be a good seller. Rumors of a 200 miles range is difficult to sell at 75000.

 

[notaek]

Wonder if this is the new Ford Android interface or a spin of whatever VW uses?

And yes, I understand this won't be the version we get, but we should still be looking at it carefully to see what's in store. Elements of it will probably used in future Ford EVs.

Doubt this is the new interface/stack. We still haven't seen the next-gen EVs Ford has been talking out.

My guess this is the last of the Sync 4/4A stack for EVs.

 

[npgeorgeuw]

I was trying to paint a picture so absurdly ridiculous that no one would take it seriously. Guess I was wrong!

And I was taking a sarcastic jab at you for doing so. Likewise on taking me seriously.

 

[AlpaChino]

And I was taking a sarcastic jab at you for doing so. Likewise on taking me seriously.

 

[phil2kx]

Doubt this is the new interface/stack. We still haven't seen the next-gen EVs Ford has been talking out.

My guess this is the last of the Sync 4/4A stack for EVs.

I do think it’s Android Automotive! In some pictures you can see the navigation and that’s Goolge Maps (not like in our Mach-E). Everything looks very much like Android Automotive, too. Take a look at pictures of the Polestar system for comparison…

I don’t really like it. And I don’t like VW and Android.
Ford should have stuck with their own system...

 

[hybrid2bev]

Something cool in the lobby today! Explorer EV for Europe.

 

[SWO]

Hard to get excited about this seeing as how it's a VW under the skirt. I do like those wheels, though.

 

[hybrid2bev]

Hard to get excited about this seeing as how it's a VW under the skirt. I do like those wheels, though.

Interesting that it’s not a square setup. 235 in front and 255 in the back.

 

[SWO]

Interesting that it’s not a square setup. 235 in front and 255 in the back.

Same as ID4. Typical German engineers. This is why they lost WW2.

 

[su-ch+mache]

Typical German engineers. This is why they lost WW2.

I think you missed something in school

Without german engineering you would have never reached the moon nor would have completed the A-Bomb and so much more.
Your comment is just

 

[SWO]

I think you missed something in school

Without german engineering you would have never reached the moon

German engineering led to rockets reaching London neighborhoods. Operation Paperclip led to the US reaching the moon.

The V1/V2 program is actually a great example of wasted German resources (like having 2 different wheel sizes because you want 20mm more rubber in the rear) in the pursuit of technology contributing to the ultimate demise of Nazi Germany.

 

[su-ch+mache]

Keep believing in your nonsence.

 

[generaltso]

The V1/V2 program is actually a great example of wasted German resources (like having 2 different wheel sizes because you want 20mm more rubber in the rear) in the pursuit of technology contributing to the ultimate demise of Nazi Germany.

Godwin's Law strikes again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

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