Even though it’s been on sale for almost three months, the all-electric Europe-only Ford Explorer wasn’t being mass-produced. Until now, as the blue oval automaker kicked things into high gear at its revamped factory in Cologne, Germany. Revealed last year, the battery-powered Explorer shares zero things with the U.S. model with the same name. It’s based on the same MEB platform that underpins the Volkswagen ID.4 and costs less than the Mustang Mach-E, making it Ford’s entry-level EV in Europe.
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