In late 2020, Ford’s Team Fordzilla esports team unveiled a full-scale model of the P1 race car that was designed in collaboration with gamers1. Now, it’s giving people the chance to get behind the wheel and take to the virtual track by turning it into the ultimate racing simulator. The P1 racer – complete with vivid new gaming-inspired livery – is powered by an HP Z4 workstation with players controlling the game via an in-built gaming steering wheel and pedals. Upgraded lighting, both front and back, pulses gently like the breath of a sleeping person when the P1 is waiting for the next race. They then come alive during race time as the rear lights synchronise with braking moments during gameplay to connect viewers outside with the acti...

Ford’s all-electric Transit is starting work on European roads as customer trials commence with a selection of major fleet operators ahead of the volume sales launch in spring 2022. The trial kicks off with ten E-Transit prototypes being put to the test across a variety of intensive real-world operating scenarios in the postal, municipal and utilities, last mile and grocery delivery sectors within Germany, Norway and the UK.

Ford and its Team Fordzilla e-sports team is returning to gamescom for the fifth consecutive year with a live show at the virtual event. Based on its monthly TFZ:TV live streaming show on Twitch, the Team Fordzilla event will be broadcast from Ford’s Cologne site just a few miles away from gamescom’s usual location.

Initial construction work is now underway to transform Ford’s Niehl assembly plant in Cologne, Germany, into the new Cologne Electrification Center.

More people than ever are set to explore Europe in an electric vehicle this summer, with sales increasing by more than 50 per cent so far in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. For new owners of Mustang Mach-E at least, range anxiety need not dampen the excitement of their summer getaway.

People using Google Maps for efficient and reliable journey planning are now able to discover Spin e-scooters and e-bikes when given route options for their journeys.

Ford has been putting its 118-years-worth of vehicle torture testing know-how to use as it aims to demonstrate how durable electric vehicles can be. From extreme car washes and power sprayers to robotic butts and sharp gravel roads, a team of Ford engineers put Mustang Mach-E through torture tests designed to stress it beyond typical consumer use.

As a tribute to the Ford GT supercar, the prototype vehicle that gave life to the program more than a half-century ago, Ford is introducing the 2022 Ford GT ’64 Prototype Heritage Edition.

Ford’s state-of-the-art Weather Factory has never been busier. Used to simulate a range of extreme conditions under one roof, it has enabled engineers to test vehicles in a way that is less impacted by travel limitations than real-world testing.

The Ford Kuga Plug-In Hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) was the best-selling PHEV across all segments in Europe during the first half of 2021,1 and customers are making the most of their vehicles’ 56 km WLTP pure-electric driving range, new data shows.