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’ 35 miles WLTP pure-electric driving range, new data shows.

Spin, the micromobility subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, and Moovit, an Intel company, a leading Mobility as a Service (MaaS) provider and creator of the #1 urban mobility app, are announcing a partnership in three European countries.

Vertigo sufferers should look away now, because Ford has scaled new heights with an ambitious sport climbing challenge that involved a Ford Explorer Plug-In Hybrid atop the tallest free-standing climbing tower in the world. Inspired by the adventurous "explorers are never done" concept that embodies Ford's electrified, go-anywhere, seven-seat SUV, the automaker invited Norway’s climbers to ascend the 47-metre OVER climbing tower on July 31, and set the fastest time to win a free, two-year lease on the vehicle.

Ford returns to this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show to introduce customers and visitors to its extended range of advanced services and market-leading products. The Ford stand will host a digital introduction to Ford Liive – a new connected system designed to help operators increase productivity and maximise vehicle uptime.

Ford and MS-RT, the Ford Pro commercial vehicles conversion partner and design-led automotive engineering company that creates specialised Ford vehicles that stand out on the road, today announced that MS-RT is to establish a new £4 million vehicle conversion facility at Ford Dagenham.

Ford’s latest all-electric car, the Mustang Mach-E, is a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD™ holder after demonstrating its ultra-efficiency between John O’Groats and Land’s End

The Ford Mustang Mach-E GT – the most exciting, most driver-focussed version of Ford’s all-new, all-electric SUV – is now available to order in the UK from £67,225. Propelled by more torque than any production Ford road-vehicle ever offered to customers in Europe, the Mustang Mach-E GT can sprint from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 3.7 seconds – making it Ford’s fastest accelerating European five-seater ever.

The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team (WRT) today revealed for the first time a prototype of the new Puma Rally1 rally car that will help usher in an exciting new era of electrified competition in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) from 2022. Making its global public debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, West Sussex, U.K., the M Sport Ford Puma Rally1 features a next-generation hybrid powertrain that seamlessly combines the performance of a championship-winning, turbocharged 1.6-litre EcoBoost petrol engine with a sophisticated 100 kW electric motor and 3.9 kWh battery.

Ford is today pledging to car enthusiasts across Europe that the acclaimed “fun-to-drive” character that has helped define generations of the automaker’s vehicles will remain at the heart of a new era of electrified and connected products.