Managing director Lisa Brankin has taken on the additional role of chairing Ford’s UK operations, effective immediately.

Ford Pro in Europe today announced significant vehicle performance and productivity-enhancing upgrades coming in 2024 to Transit

For the first time in its nearly six-decade history, Ford is taking Mustang where it never has gone before.

Ford is set to release the reins on the hottest new road and race variants from its iconic Mustang family as the company heads back to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2023.

Ford Performance has raced and won from Le Mans to Monaco, Daytona to Bathurst and Finke to Ensenada. But it has yet to take on one of the toughest races on the planet – the iconic Dakar Rally.

Ford today opened the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, a hi-tech production facility in Germany that will build Ford’s new generation of electric passenger vehicles for millions of European customers.

Ford executive chair Bill Ford and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will officially open the Ford Electric Vehicle Centre on Monday, June 12.

Tim Slatter, who has been chair of Ford in Britain since January 2022, has a new global Product Development role as head of Vehicle Programs for the Ford Blue combustion and hybrid vehicle business, a group previously led by Trevor Worthington who has retired.

Since the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement was signed in 2020, Ford has invested heavily in electric vehicles across Europe.

Ford is spearheading research into the potential for hydrogen as an on-board energy source for its acclaimed E-Transit. The project will establish if hydrogen fuel cell technology can deliver more zero-emission range to heavy-use E-Transit customers travelling high mileages, with maximum loads, ancillary equipment such as chillers and with limited charging opportunities in the working shift.