Ford Puma EV

 The Ford Puma will gain an all-electric variant, the American firm has revealed. 

However, details of the car remain scarce, with Ford of Europe boss Stuart Rowley saying: ”There’s nothing further to say about Puma today other than that we will have an electric version of that vehicle.”

That raises the prospect of it sitting on an adapted version of today’s platform or using potentially different underpinnings altogether.

The decision also raises questions about the future of the Ford Fiesta, on which the Puma is based and which could theoretically therefore make use of any electric conversion, although its lower stance would undoubtedly complicate such a move.

However, Rowley again declined to comment, saying: “Today we're making a series of very important announcements on vehicles that will bring through to 2024.

“Of course, this will not be the end of the journey. You know, we will only sell electric passenger vehicles by 2030 and electric commercial vehicles by 2035. So we look forward to developing future plans.”

The Puma was Ford’s best-selling car in the UK last year. It dethroned the Fiesta which suffered a drop in sales having been heavily impacted by semiconductor shortages and factory closures. 

The impacts were so severe that the supermini dropped out of the UK’s top 10 best-sellers list altogether for the first time in 12 years. The Puma’s success continued in Europe, where 134.431 cars were registered.