Ford wants to sell only fully electric passenger cars in Europe by 2030

Automaker Ford says it wants to bring only all-electric consumer cars to the European market by 2030. To make that possible, the company is investing a billion dollars in its German car factory in Cologne.

By mid-2026, 100 percent of passenger cars for the European market should be able to drive at least partially electrically. That means either a fully electric drive or a plug-in hybrid. By 2030, Ford says it will only sell all-electric consumer vehicles.

This step does not mean that Ford Europe will no longer make combustion engine cars altogether by 2030. This is related to the European plans for commercially deployable cars, which are not intended for passengers. For this category, Ford wants to be at the point by 2024 that it only offers plug-in hybrids or fully electric vehicles. Ford expects that by 2030 two-thirds of commercial vehicles will be able to drive at least partially electrically.

To realize these plans, the company is investing a billion dollars in its existing Cologne factory to convert it into a factory that makes electric vehicles. This would be Ford’s first factory in Europe to focus on the production of electric vehicles. The first fully electrically powered consumer car should roll off the production line here from 2023. It is still a single, undisclosed model, but Ford is also considering making a second electric model there.

Ford, like many other car manufacturers, is in the process of converting part or all of its production to electric cars in the coming years. The company recently announced that it would invest considerably more in the development of electric and self-driving cars. Where the company spoke in 2018 about an investment of nine billion euros up to and including 2022, Ford recently indicated that it would invest 24 billion euros until 2025.