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If you cannot beat them, sometimes the smarter move is to join them. That seems to be part of Ford\u2019s thinking with the expansion of its European commercial vehicle range through the launch of the all-electric Transit City.<\/p>\n
At first glance, it looks like just another addition to the familiar Transit family. Under the skin, though, the story is a little different. The Transit City was developed with Ford\u2019s longtime Chinese partner Jiangling Motors Corporation, and it is built in Nanchang, China, as Ford\u2019s first joint venture product to join the core European Transit range.<\/p>\n
That approach has a clear purpose. Ford is positioning the Transit City as a more cost-focused electric van for urban fleets, sitting below the larger E-Transit Custom while giving buyers a more capable step up from the smaller electric Courier. Ford has not released official pricing yet, but it has made the model\u2019s role obvious: this is meant to be a simpler, lower-cost entry point into battery-electric van ownership for operators who do not need the bigger Custom\u2019s higher price and broader capability.<\/p>\n