Great review mate

Looks great! It is on my list!

I enjoyed watching the Video 😀

Cool review. Just a question, do the thigh support extenders come with all trim levels? These should be standard in all cars (me being 6'4")😁

Any information on whether it will have bi-directional charging?

Your comment "slightly better job than the VW thing" 5:50 is the understatement of the century. It's nicest way of putting it. And that's from an ID.3 driver. The explorer is the ID.4 VW should have given people.

Would love one. Thanks

Liking this… it’ll be on my first EV Shortlist. Keen to watch first of the detailed road tests.

Looks cool

I am amazed with Ford, they know how to make very good looking vehicles. I have ordered the Puma. The Explorer looks great. Let’s wait and see how it will drive.

Nice, would it be much smaller than Peugeot 3008? Need some more tests to verify the actual range but this looks pretty tempting...

Looks great. Any idea when you'll get to review the new Transit Custom ?

Will it support bidirectional charging?

Agree first impression is it looks better than the ID4, especially the inside. All will come down to process as is the case with everything. Excluding Ford lovers. Usual great video. Des

It looks really good. I think these will be very popular in Ireland. I'm not crazy on the Ford badge myself but this car has turned my head ever since the first pictures were released. You can see how much it is based on the ID4 in the boot and behind the seats.

Jeez it's the Volvo EX30 on steroids.

HUD available?

Ford invented the electric car 100 years ago in 1908. MAKE FORD GREAT AGAIN.

Looks like the typical Head-Up-Display box under the front window on the driver's side. But didn't they say all the time, the Explorer EV won't have a HUD?

Will it be cheaper than ID4? Need to be, to compete really??

Great looking car! I could easily see myself in one of these. And I'm not even a fan of the SUV vehicle styling. Sadly it'll probably out of my price range at the moment 😢.

With the headrests the way they are how could you attach a tablet for a kid? Crucial for long journey!

Great review as usual Derek,not very exciting though imo.🥴

daaaaang i can't wait to see the 80k msrp + 25k market adjustment for this!

Hello mate it has a look of the old ford C-max

Smaller than a Kuga? I thought the Explorer was supposed to be a big car..

They killed the ford mondeo and fiesta for this #comebackfiesta

I like it. Love the style. Currently have a Kuga and would be interested in this. Only reservation would be the price. If it's going to be over £40,000 in the UK, it will be way too expensive. I think a Volvo EX30 at prices from £34,000 would be my preference.

Got to wonder what idiot thought it was a good idea to save a few Euros on not having rear window controls on the door, but electric seats that rarely move are better to add (wieght!) 🤦‍♂

Nice romanian Design by Liviu Tudoran 🇷🇴

First off, no EV is on my list just yet - the cynical overpricing has a way to go for the majority of us. It will be at some stage though, it’s the way to go. Having said that, I really like the look of this. Far superior in styling to some of the odd designs that KIA is turning out just now and way less cumbersome than VW’s ‘bread van’ theme. A shame that they’ve included the VW things on the interior that are regularly criticised in those cars, the window switches, haptic buttons etc: hopefully they’ll evolve out eventually. Friends and neighbours - both young and older - who have id3 and id4 models all, without exception, talk of those as annoying and unnecessary. Then there’s the software issues that, apparently, VW still cannot fix. Minor things in the bigger picture of ownership of course but 5 of said owners, 2 who have been VW buyers for many years, have stated they will end their relationship with VW after their current cars and have actively dissuaded others from buying one. Poor interior quality of the new cars in so many ways being what they are. Especially as they’re expected to pay premium prices for cars that have obviously been built ‘to a price.’ That would have been unthinkable at one time. They also say that VW after sales has always been sub standard but they could live with that because the cars were so well built: well, the bits you looked at and touched anyway. So darned solid. But not now it seems which is a shame. This though looks really promising and a design that will age well. (Unlike myself) Let’s hope Ford use their own software though. Nice review.

the design look similar to EX30 Volvo

She's a bit longer than the kuga.. I'm looking at buying one of these... I'd rather a better colour selection though....

2024.

Would have liked the vehicle to be a bit larger. The rear seat legroom looks a bit tight to me. Not really an ‘Explorer’ with respect to the U.S. version. I know it’s been designed for the European market. Just a bit too small - shame!! I think by the time it’s officially released and production is underway, it’s going to be already in ‘catch up’ mode. Other manufacturers & models are going to be better.

Don't forget your laptop, it's on the passenger seat! Car looks ok. Too much VW in terms of buttons with no feel. Is the Fisker Ocean coming to Ireland? That looks like a lot of car for the money.

Well done Derek Mmm I don't know, nice but a bit American for me. Good first look

Did I hear you right Derek...no frunk??? Considering the Mach-e and Ford 150 Lightning both have frunks and quite big as well. That sounds odd to me will be interesting to see it once you can open it all up and do the full drive review. What the heck is the music playing when you close the back of it...dooo dee do dooo de dooo dooo de dooo...really Ford!! Sorry of course this is made or licensed by VW so no wonder there is no frunk...ridiculous VW! Seats are very Tesla-esque looking.

Actudlly it does look quiet classy inside with a nice dash. My Dad used to drives Fords he had a Mondeo LX MK 3 🤮 then an S-Max Zetec better then a C-Max titanium was class. Then after that has had 3 Kia Sportages. Fords biggest probkem is there sales people were just crap. Did not care. Imagine telling a potentual customer that you look small in a car they were thinking of buying. They need to do better if they want to sell cars at 50k.

I hate it. Touch buttons all over the place and hardly any space in it. Not much of an explorer - try taking this down the beaten path. I think not.

2 rows SUV😢

Pity the car has the usual cheap and ergonomically very poor all touchscreen controls. All Chinese EV builders make the same mistake. Not to mention Tesla. Amazing how experienced legacy builders just copy such bad designs.

A re-badged v w… 👉💩

Why no trunk on an EV, stupid decision

Ford an VW join together to be able to compete with Chinese cars 🙃