
Image: EVCentral


Image: EVCentral
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If you can’t wait for the 2027 Volkswagen Amarok battery electric ute, a petrol-electric version is potentially due as soon as 2025. The PHEV is set to use a Ford powertrain in line with the collaboration under which the new VW ute was developed alongside the Ford Ranger. The second-generation Amarok arrives in Australia from April with orthodox Ford turbo-diesel and turbo-petrol powertrains. It is underpinned by Ford’s third generation T6 ladder frame that is also employed by the Ranger, Everest SUV, and the Bronco off-roader sold only in North America. Going electric with the Amarok makes sense because VW is committed to a global electrification push. The PHEV plans for Amarok were confirmed by VW Commercial Vehicles product manager Peter Sulc during a media roundtable. He said the upcoming Euro 7 emissions legislation due no sooner than 2025 were shaping VW’s plans. Regulations also dictated the push toward petrol-electric rather than diesel-electric PHEV technology, Sulc added. Ford has spoken of delivering a Ford Ranger PHEV in Europe as soon as 2024. Drivetrain speculation has centered around the use of the 2.3-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine that is most commonly sighted in Australia in the Ford Mustang. The PHEV drivetrain will also be used in the US version of the Ranger and the top-spec version of the Amarok, the Aventura, in Australia.
Brands mentioned: Volkswagen, Ford, Everest, Bronco, Mustang.
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