Ford is getting into the MD- and HDEV game with the new Ford F-Line E electric semi truck that will be rolling onto Westerm European roads in either 4×2 or 6×2 configurations this summer, with 26-ton ratings and up to 1,820 lb-ft of Earth-moving torque!
Earmarked for production at Ford’s Turkish truck plant, the electric F-Line truck packs up to four modular, 98 kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery packs (392 kWh total) developed by German Tier 1 supplier ZF. The biggest packs are is good enough for up to 300 km (~185 miles) of loaded range in the heaviest, 6×2, 26 ton (~52,000 lbs.) Class 8 configuration. Those batteries send power to a ZF-developed eAxle solution that delivers 390 kW (~525 hp) and an astonishing 2,470 Nm (~1,820 lb-ft) of torque.
The big Ford truck’s batteries can DC fast-charged at up to 285 kW on the 6×2 version and over 200 kW on the shorter, 4×2 model, enabling them to go from a 20% state of charge to 80% in ~45 minutes – or, in about the time it takes to unload and re-load the truck at a regional depot.
That’s lucky, because it’s exactly what the Ford F-Line was built for.
“The F-Line E has been designed primarily for regional distribution, urban logistics and municipality operations,” Burak Hoşgören, Ford Trucks’ Head of International Markets, told Electrive. “Its configuration makes it suitable for operations with predictable routes, frequent stops and returns to base, such as city deliveries and waste collection. The vehicle supports body-builder applications through its electric architecture and e -PTO capability, enabling zero -emission operation of auxiliary equipment. These use cases align with the increasing demand for low -noise, zero -emission vehicles in urban environments.”
In addition to the advanced electric power take-off (e-PTO) mentioned by Hoşgören in the Electrive interview, the F-Line trucks ship with air suspension on the rear axle and an electric air compressor as standard. Refuse bodies are already in development, and trailer-towing units are rated for up to 10 tonnes of hauling.
Production is already under way and the first wave of European deliveries is believed to be scheduled for summer, 2026.
Electrek’s Take
When Tesla announced the Tesla semi in 2017 with a promised mass production start in 2019, Ford didn’t even have an electric truck on its radar – let alone a full electric MD- and HDEV line. Almost nine years later, it seems like just about everyone from MAN to Mercedes to Renault to Volvo has an electric semi in the red-hot European and Asian markets, and anyone getting a Tesla Semi is still headline-worthy news.
I think you can read between those lines.
SOURCE | IMAGES: Ford Trucks, Electrive.
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