Ford plant in Cologne: Production of two electric cars is scheduled to start in 2024. 524,219 BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles) were newly registered in Germany in 2023.

Ford is not the only car manufacturer experiencing delays: the affordable VW ID.2 electric car is also delayed. Tesla's Cybertruck was also a long time coming: Elon Musk's extravagant electric car was introduced in 2019, but the first models were not delivered until the end of 2023, reports Handelsblatt.