On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Transit, the commercial vehicle manufacturer Ford has delivered 100 electric models to a total of six charitable organizations, including Caritas, the Malteser, and SOS Children's Villages. For up to twelve months, the organizations can now deploy the vehicles where they are most needed. The vehicles have a loading volume of up to 15.1 cubic meters and an emissions-free drive with a range of up to 315 kilometers for
use in low-emission zones.
The 40 E-Transits that Caritas alone receives will be deployed nationwide in more than 150 services and facilities. Among others, the Cologne bike station Invia will benefit from the free loan for transporting donated bicycles. With the soup restaurant “KostBar” in Bonn, another qualification project receives support in which people with mental impairments are prepared for the primary labor market under real working conditions. The E-Transit will transport food and meals for the
catering service. In Görlitz, the E-Transit will be used, among other things, in homelessness assistance, at a dementia care facility, and at a food bank for people in need, while in Stuttgart those in need are assisted with relocations.
“As a family business, charitable projects are very close to our hearts. About 10 percent of our Ford Transit models go to charitable organizations,” says Claudia Vogt, Director of Commercial Vehicles Ford DACH. “To support charitable organizations, we
make our E-Transit available for free for up to twelve months so that they can stay emissions-free and help even more people.”
“The handover of the 40 fully electric Ford E-Transits shows what is possible when business and civil society jointly take responsibility. This helps us reach and support people in need even more effectively: flexibly, emissions-free and with a clear signal for sustainable action,” adds Friedrich von Schönfeld, Board member for Finance and Legal, German Caritas
