Ford is reportedly slowing production of the electric Capri and Explorer at the company's Cologne factory in Germany owing to slowing EV demand.

New VW ID-based Capri crossover and its boxy Explorer brother are being throttled back as employees at the Cologne, Germany, plant are now only working alternate weeks

Around 2,000 employees in Germany are to be affected by short-time work at the US carmaker Ford, the company's works council told dpa in Cologne on Wednesday. News of this measure had already become public on Tuesday evening,

The Blue Oval blames the "rapidly deteriorating market conditions for electric vehicles." Although the Explorer Electric was unveiled in March 2023, Ford didn’t start production until June this year.