Automotive Fleet, January 2021

AUTOMOTIVE FLEET I JANUARY 2021 22 DEEP DIVE ANALYSIS OF THE THE E TRANSIT IS AVAILABLE IN EIGHT BODY STYLE CONFIGURATIONS INCLUDING CARGO VAN CHASSIS CAB AND CUTAWAY VERSIONS WITH THREE ROOF HEIGHTS AND THREE BODY LENGTHS THE E TRANSIT CARGO AREA IS THE SAME AS THE CURRENT GASOLINE POWERED TRANSIT VAN BY MIKE ANTICH W ith the reveal of the upcoming 2022 all electric Ford E Transit the fleet industry enters a new era of commercial vehicles which includes electrification connectivity overthe air updates and cloud enabled services designed to better serve their customers and improve fleet productivity We are creating a whole new digital business of services and data to unlock an unlimited set of solutions for customers to help them reduce cost increase uptime improve productivity and grow their businesses said Jim Farley president CEO of Ford Motor Company last November 2020 at the reveal of the 2022 E Transit all electric van Ford has committed to being carbon neutral by 2050 If were going to do our part we must transition commercial vehicles to zero emissions For us it starts with the E Transit Full size high roof cargo vans are in strong demand especially as the pandemic changed the way companies do business In the U S alone e commerce sales rose nearly 50 in the second quarter of 2020 and demand for delivery vehicles rose with it We expect that global demand for fullsize vans will grow another third by the end of this decade including a potential market for 11 million full size fully electric connected commercial vehicles worldwide said Ted Cannis general manager North American Commercial Business for Ford Motor Company VARIETY OF CONFIGURATIONS The 2022 E Transit will be available in eight bodystyle configurations including cargo van chassis cab and cutaway versions with three roof heights and three body lengths While the E Transit looks the same on the exterior as the current gasoline powered Transit it is new underneath with optimized zero emissions driving range for service and delivery jobs The E Transit is rated at 266 horsepower and more than 300 lb ft of torque This is similar power but significantly more torque than the standard gasoline engine During the design process much consideration was given to determining the right range and battery capacity for the E Transit One of the benefits of having north of 40 market share is that we were able to look at 30 million miles of telematics analysis for work vans In the U S the average commercial van actually drives only 74 miles on the average day said Yaro Hetman global marketing director electric trucks vans and commercial vehicles for Ford Of course we also recognize that there are days when these range needs are higher And the customers will also need to adjust for factors such as cold weather and payload We took all this into account when designing E Transit It was created with the targeted estimated range of up to 126 miles The cargo area in the E Transit is the same as the gasoline equivalent Transit van and was designed with the same easy access points and dimensions offering minimal impact to upfit configurations The battery is packaged under the load floor and is protected by the chassis side beams in an insulated case Payload capacity for the Transit cutaway is 4290 pounds and for the cargo van its 3800 pounds So its still a very credible payload When you look at an internal combustion engine Transit van that tops out at 4650 pounds While were below that in con 2022 MODEL We are creating a whole new digital business of services and data to unlock an unlimited set of solutions to help customers reduce cost increase uptime improve productivity and grow their businesses said Ford President and CEO Jim Farley at the reveal of the 2022 E Transit While the 2022 Ford E Transit looks the same on the exterior as the current gasoline powered Transit it is new underneath with optimized zero emissions driving range for service and delivery jobs