Ford to drop Fiesta, bring forward EV launch

Ford will end production of the Fiesta small car earlier than planned as the automaker electrifies its European lineup. 

Ford will stop building the Fiesta small car in Cologne, Germany, by next summer, a year earlier than planned. At the same time as Fiesta output stops, production of Ford's new Volkswagen-based all-electric crossover will begin, also a year earlier than planned.

"The electric car will be built in Cologne from summer 2023," a company source familiar with the plan told Automotive News Europesister publication Automobilwoche.