Aside from the Cologne factory, Ford wants to convert its Valencia, Spain, plant to make software-defined EVs on a new electric architecture later this decade. The EVs made in Valencia will not employ VW’s MEB architecture, but will instead rely on the automaker’s own software with enhanced driver-assistance functions. Ford has indicated its passenger lineup in Europe would become all-electric by 2030 and it anticipates two-thirds of commercial van sales to be all-electric or plug-in hybrids by the same date.
