Betting everything on electric motors for the next few years is not the right solution. Among the many countries and the many car manufacturers that have recently decided to support this thesis, making a real turnaround compared to what was previously announced, it is now also added Ford. Jim Farley, the CEO of the US brand, has no doubts about it: the future holds big plans for thermal engines that will continue to equip the blue Oval models, which will accompany the Ford offensive for a while longer.
“Ford doesn’t stand still on internal combustion vehicles either. We have big plans for that too, including the radical reduction of complexity – said Farley during the Wolfe Global Auto Conference, a meeting dedicated to financial analysts – Less complexity would also simplify choices for consumers and reduce time from order to delivery “. Reducing the complexity of internal combustion engines would entail a number of significant advantages for Ford, including a better quality of the offer at lower costs for future models powered by these engines. In this sense, it is also possible that Ford is considering the hypothesis of cooperate with other automotive manufacturersas the CEO of the US brand himself admitted that greater commonality of parts would save costs and accelerate product development.
“We recognize that we have an edge in the ICE industry. There is room for improvement in vehicles with heat engines in terms of quality and development costs – Farley added – But at Ford we have too many people. Too many investments, too much complexity “. In the frame of the same conference, Ford’s number one is back on the possible spin-off of the EV division of the company, reiterating once again that this hypothesis is not currently under consideration. “There is no such plan”, concluded the CEO of the US brand.
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