Designed with an eye towards helping cost-conscious contractors and delivery fleets, the all-new Ford Transit City electric van is the perfect tool to navigate the challenges of clean air zones, rapidly rising fuel costs, and increasingly strict neighborhood noise restrictions while still delivering for their customers.
The electric Ford eTransit work van is a pretty well-known commodity, but the newest generation of Transit City vans from Ford Pro ditch both the “e” designation and the internal combustion options, following the new Toyota Highlander‘s lead and launching a whole new era of blue oval-branded commercial vehicles.
Designed around a 56 kWh from its lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery sending power to a 110 kW (~150 hp) electric motor driving the front wheels, the new Ford Pro Transit City electric work trucks offer commercial customers range of up to 254 km (~160 miles).
While not exactly impressive compared to today’s bladder-busting Lucid Air or China’s more advanced range-max EVs, 160 miles nevertheless works out to more than double the distance Ford Pro’s commercial customers report needing.
“With the right battery, load area and equipment levels, we could offer a super-simple vehicle that still ticks every box,” explains Simon Robinson, chief program engineer for the Ford Transit City. “To the point that you wouldn’t need a single optional extra.”
The alll-new Ford Pro Transit City’s LFP battery is also reportedly more suited to the sort of frequent 10-80% in ~30 minute DC fast charging over lunch sessions than conventional li-ion chemistries, making it is a practical choice for those urban businesses that might require mid-shift charging with minimal downtime.
Built like a tech product
VanReviewer‘s George Barrow calls the new Transit City, “something a tech company would make,” citing the vans’ simplified L1H1 and L2H2 body configurations and how Ford’s deliberately down-specced meets most of its customers’ needs at a lower price point in a market segment that’s increasingly pushing upwards in price and complexity. Barrow asks his readers to, “think iPhone SE or the latest MacBook Neo.”
Other tech-forward features include a 12″ central touchscreen paired with a smaller digital instrument cluster behind the wheel. Both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard, as are heated seats to help keep drivers more comfortable more efficiently in cold climates.
Adaptive cruise control and a rear-view camera are also called out a safety features, though it’s likely that lane-keeping assist, blind spot detection, and beepy-beepy backup sensors are also in the mix somewhere.
Ford Transit City gallery
SOURCE | IMAGES: Ford.
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