In just over a week’s time, we’ll get our first look at the future of Lincoln with a new “global” electric concept car. On Monday, the brand announced that on April 20th, it will debut a vehicle that serves as inspiration for fully electric vehicles coming in the near future. They even dropped a very cryptic teaser that gives us a little hint of what to expect about the concept that will likely preview the brand’s first production EV. We’ve known for a while that Lincoln plans to release a number of new EVs in the coming years. Back in February, we highlighted a report that five new Lincoln EVs, including some all-new models, are slated for production by 2026. Right now, the company only makes four vehicles so this is a big shift.
Introducing a new EV concept is the
brand’s way of testing the waters so to speak. “This is the best way to
understand whether this new direction we’ve decided to take is acceptable and
if people will fall in love with them,” says Ford’s chief design officer,
Anthony Lo speaking to Autonews. From the short teaser, it seems that this new
Lincoln EV concept will be another SUV-shaped vehicle much like the new Lotus
Eletre or the Cadillac Lyriq. Unlike those vehicles though, this one looks
boxier.
The roofline of the concept is one
defining feature that can be made out in the video and it’s sharp and angular
in a way that most other SUVs aren’t. We can also be sure that Lincoln will
heavily emphasize its brand logo which seems to have been inverted since the
last teaser we received. It’s found both on the front but also on each quarter
panel. In the recent past, we’ve seen odd-looking Mustang Mach-E test mules
that could’ve been Lincolns under the skin though we can’t be sure that the two
are connected. Regardless of what the inside looks like, we’re excited to see
it on April 20th.
Lincoln could potentially release its very
first EV later this year as a 2023 edition so the reception this concept gets
could play into that schedule. It’s a fitting way to celebrate Lincoln’s
100th-anniversary taking place this year.
