Most likely, Ford’s iconic SUV will go electric before the end of the decade.
Ford doesn’t comment on future products. But there have been some quasi-official hints that a Bronco EV is in the works. Ford CEO Jim Farley intimated that the brand was exploring EV options for the Bronco back in 2021. One of the silhouettes Ford used when previewing vehicles on its new EV platforms was a boxy SUV with a spare tire fixed to the rear.
Additionally, when the new SUV was launched, there was a leak that the Bronco had an “EV Coaching” mode in its virtual gauge cluster. That said, it would arguably refer to a hybrid with an EV-only mode rather than a fully electric vehicle. .
We don’t know yet. Anthony Lo, Ford’s vice president of global product design, actually proposed to Newsweek a possible target distance of 400 miles for a hypothetical Bronco electric vehicle; That could simply be moderate diversity that Ford could try to achieve.
We’d also bet that an eventual Bronco EV output will be higher than the 418 horsepower and 440 lb-ft of torque from the Bronco Raptor in top spec, based on the fact that Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning makes more power than the F-150 Raptor.
It could take a while. An AutoForecastSolutions projection has electric Bronco and Ranger vehicles arriving on a new TE1 platform (alongside combustion models) in 2029. The projection has the Bronco EV entering production in November 2029, which would likely make it a 2030 model-year vehicle.
This turns out to be a moderate period of time. Automotive News expects the existing Bronco to receive an update for the 2025 design year, which would mean a full refresh would be implemented at least 3 to 4 years from now. And Ford has narrowed its guidance for electric vehicles, so we don’t see the logo. rush production of a Bronco EV.
Ford has revived the Bronco as a family of vehicles, so the first electric vehicle from the Bronco brand may not be a full-fledged Bronco. Newsweek believes Ford is more likely to launch a more conventional Bronco Sport EV sooner. the all-electric Bronco.