DAILY: Ford Plots Five Affordable Models, VW ID. Polo and Sweden Keeps Tesla Offline | 15 Feb 2026
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Martyn Lee
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🗓️ 15 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to EV News Daily. Today, Ford plots five affordable models, VWID Polo, and Sweden keeps Tesla offline. |
| 0:10.5 | Plus, stay tuned. Later in the show, I'll tell you how a German project wants to cut EV charging times by pushing high voltage technology beyond 800 volts. |
| 0:19.2 | No, EV News China spin-off podcast today. It's the weekend. Returns |
| 0:24.2 | tomorrow morning. Ford plots five sub-40K models by the end of the decade, starting with an electric |
| 0:32.7 | four-door pickup next year. The CFO Sherry House confirmed the range will span gas, hybrid and electric. |
| 0:39.7 | The US average new car price is now a smidge over $50,000. That was in December 2025. Ford's |
| 0:48.1 | average sale price, though, is $55,000. Ford currently sells two sub-40K models. There's the Mavericka pickup and the Broncosport |
| 0:58.4 | SUV. Cost reduction centres on Ford's universally the platform unveiled last August and described as a |
| 1:05.7 | model team moment. Beyond the planned $30,000 pickup, which if it does arrive at that price, will be an exceptionally priced vehicle. |
| 1:16.4 | The platform reduces parts and fasteners, uses prismatic LFP cells and applies an assembly tree process, cutting workstations by 40%, assembly time by 15%, 48 volt systems, sort of low voltage |
| 1:34.0 | battery system, getting rid of the old 12 volt battery. Many people call the $30,000 Ford Maverick electric |
| 1:41.9 | truck. It's not called a Maverick, but that's what we'll call it. |
| 1:44.7 | A cyber truck in disguise, because there are so many people that used to work at Tesla, |
| 1:49.9 | now working on Ford's similar architecture. Ford will also build an affordable pickup at its |
| 1:58.1 | Tennessee plant from 2029. Mr. Farley, the CEO, citing a significant |
| 2:05.3 | technology and affordability lead amongst Chinese automakers, warning that Western firms |
| 2:10.7 | need to restructure their cost bases, referenced Ford's past failures to anticipate disruptions |
| 2:16.5 | from international rivals. Ford denied talks with |
| 2:19.4 | Xiaomi over US EV production, but did not deny discussions with Gile about potentially producing |
| 2:26.4 | Goli vehicles at their Valencia plant. Now, Ford also confirming plans to add EREV's extended range electric vehicles and using |
| 2:37.6 | EREV technology on its lineup, including the updated F150 Lightning. |
| 2:41.7 | If you ask me, that's very sensible. |
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