Ford is blazing a new trail for plug-in hybrid pickups with the Ranger PHEV that today makes its global public debut at IAA TRANSPORTATION in Germany.

Ford today announced that it has submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Government of Tamil Nadu, confirming its intention to utilize the Chennai plant for manufacturing for export.

The Ford Everest was designed and developed to deliver family-friendly on-road comfort and off-road capability. Sold in more than 110 markets around the world, every single Everest is built at Ford’s AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT) plant.

Under the searing summer sun, temperatures in the soft dunes of Dubai can soar to over 140 degrees F by midday. For Ford’s engineers, it’s the ideal time to head into the desert and torture test trucks and SUVs to ensure they’re built to take the heat.

“If you use your Ranger for work, family or play, then you’ll know the hard life lived by the door of your vehicle,” said Tim Griffiths, test engineer, Ford Australia. That’s why Ford slams the front and rear doors on Ranger more than 100,000 times to simulate a decade of hard use in the hands of customers

The Ford Ranger is built for work, family and play and boasts a selection of segment-first features to help owners get the job done, no matter what.

Working shoulder-to-shoulder with workers on the door assembly line at Ford Thailand Manufacturing are two cobots (collaborative robots) responsible for the installation of weatherproof shields into Ranger doors, a process requiring pin-point accuracy, strength, and dexterity.

Ford is committed to building a more sustainable, inclusive, and equitable transportation future, announcing that it is working toward sourcing 100 per cent carbon-free electricity for global manufacturing by 2035. The brand is well on its way, achieving 70.5% of carbon-free electricity used in global manufacturing operations in 2023.

The Ford Ranger has been built to help you get more out of life, whether you’re on the worksite, the campsite, or the school run. It’s full of smart features and ingenious design, like a drop-in bedliner1 on selected Ford Ranger variants that allows you to create partitions in the load box.

The Ford Ranger is engineered for a life of tough work and adventure, with customers in more than 180 markets around the world depending in Ranger’s unique blend of capability, versatility, smart technology and comfort to enable them to explore new places and take on new challenges.