{"id":183484,"date":"2026-03-27T12:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=183484"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:28:01","slug":"fords-new-transit-city-uses-a-chapter-from-chinas-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/2026\/03\/27\/fords-new-transit-city-uses-a-chapter-from-chinas-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Le nouveau Transit City de Ford s'inspire de la Chine"},"content":{"rendered":"Avec le Transit City, Ford Pro a choisi une strat\u00e9gie aussi surprenante que logique : un fourgon \u00e9lectrique qui tire sa structure de co\u00fbts d'une coentreprise chinoise et sa cr\u00e9dibilit\u00e9 de d\u00e9cennies d'h\u00e9ritage du Transit.\r\n\r\nDans un segment qui passe lentement mais irr\u00e9m\u00e9diablement \u00e0 l'\u00e9lectrique, Ford mise sur une technologie de pointe. <div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nag_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nmn-logo-long-transparent-small-4.png?w=300&#038;ssl=1\"  alt=\"Actualit\u00e9s sur les nouvelles mobilit\u00e9s\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"text-center\">\r\n\tLisez cet article gratuitement d\u00e8s maintenant !\r\n<\/h2>\r\nCr\u00e9ez un compte gratuit pour acc\u00e9der \u00e0 cet article et profiter pleinement de New Mobility.\r\n\n\t\t<div id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register\" class=\"inline\">\n\t\t\t<form id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register-form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"\" data-trp-original-action=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"form-field email-field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"email\">Courriel<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"email\" type=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Entrez votre adresse e-mail\" value=\"\" required>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"form-field password-field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"password\">Mot de passe<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"password\" type=\"password\" name=\"password\" placeholder=\"Cr\u00e9er un mot de passe\" value=\"\" required>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"company_url\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:none !important; position:absolute; left:-9999px;\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"level_id\" value=\"20\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Inscrivez-vous gratuitement\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"fr\"\/><\/form>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register-errors\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>\u2014 OU \u2014<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>Abonnez-vous d\u00e8s maintenant<\/strong> B\u00e9n\u00e9ficiez d'un acc\u00e8s illimit\u00e9 au contenu original de nos partenaires \u00e9ditoriaux, recevez des alertes sur les derni\u00e8res actualit\u00e9s et obtenez chaque jour un r\u00e9sum\u00e9 r\u00e9dig\u00e9 par nos journalistes sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s des articles incontournables sur votre secteur.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"nag_buttons\">\r\n\t<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/abonnement\/\">Abonnez-vous d\u00e8s maintenant<\/a> \r\n\t<span class=\"nag_button_divider\"> ou <\/span> \r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/log-in\/\">CONNEXION<\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Transit City, Ford Pro has chosen a strategy as surprising as it is logical: an electric van that draws its cost structure from a Chinese joint venture and its credibility from decades of Transit heritage. 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