SONOMA, Calif.— Selling vehicles is just the first step in Ford’s plans to make money off its first electric delivery van that the automaker is rolling out this month.
Between plans to sell 150,000 electric Transit commercial vehicles annually from 2023 onward (after building fewer to sell the first year) and creating “charging depots” to help customers manage their fleets, the company’s new Ford Pro group will generate $45 billion by 2025 and more after that, CEO Jim Farley said Tuesday at an elaborate unveiling of the E-Transit and Ford Pro’s strategy.
“Half our commercial-vehicle revenue could be software and services,” Farley said as he announced a pilot program in which the Sonoma County Winegrowers association will test its EVs and services.
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