{"id":6357,"date":"2019-01-15T14:53:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ford-and-vw-agree-alliance-to-build-vans-and-pickups\/"},"modified":"2019-01-15T14:53:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:53:54","slug":"ford-and-vw-agree-alliance-to-build-vans-and-pickups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/ford-and-vw-agree-alliance-to-build-vans-and-pickups\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford and VW agree alliance to build vans and pickups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Ford range of Light Commercial Vehicles in various bod styles including the Transit Van and Transit courier on display at Brussels Expo on January 13, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8BF5\/production\/_105192853_gettyimages-1053922696.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Ford and Volkswagen have agreed to co-operate on the development of vans and pickup trucks in a bid to reduce costs.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies said they would also look into co-operating on developing electric and self-driving cars.<\/p>\n<p>Sales from the partnership will begin in 2022 and will boost profits from 2023, the carmakers predict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over time, this alliance will help both companies create value and meet the needs of our customers and society,&#8221; Ford boss Jim Hackett said. <\/p>\n<p>The deal is not a merger and the companies will not own any shares in each other, the two said as they announced the deal at the Detroit motor show.<\/p>\n<p>The joint projects will be overseen by a committee including Mr Hackett and Volkswagen chief executive Herbert Diess.<\/p>\n<p>The companies expect demand for commercial vans and medium-sized pickup trucks to grow, and sharing van designs will save them money &#8220;while maintaining distinct brand characteristics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ford will design and build medium-sized pickups for both companies and larger commercial vans for European customers, while Volkswagen is to design and build a smaller van. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-46880937\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Ford and Volkswagen have agreed to co-operate on the development of vans and pickup trucks in a bid to reduce costs. The two companies said they would also look into co-operating on developing electric and self-driving cars. Sales from the partnership will begin in 2022 and will boost profits from 2023, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}