Ford will cut production of passenger cars in favor of pickups and SUVs

Ford decided to reveal their strategic plans to the production of automobiles. The American car manufacturer Ford plans to significantly reduce the production of passenger cars in favor of SUVs, pickups and sport models.

At Ford say that at the present time the most popular car class SUVs, crossovers, sports cars and pickups. In addition, a very rapidly growing market of electric vehicles. Therefore, the leadership of the group stated that the production of sedans will be significantly reduced in favor of more popular models. Also, there is speculation that some models will no longer be produced at all.

Despite the fact that the American brand for the past several years shows record sales of their machines, yet there is reason for concern. The company lags far behind international manufacturers in terms of development and implementation of modern innovative technologies. In this regard, in the next five years the world will see 13 new machines with electric units.

In addition, the us company plans to cut development time for new cars to 20%. This can be achieved through the use of robotics, virtual reality and 3d printing. Another way of saving would be the reduction in the production of different variants of a car. For example, the U.S. model Fusion can be found in several thousand performances.

Thus, according to the new scenario, Ford will allocate $ 7 billion for production models such as Bronco, EcoSport, Ranger and the electric version of the F-150 pickup truck.