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Ford builds Transit and Transit/Tourneo Custom light vans in Turkey with joint venture partner Otosan. (Murad Sezer/REUTERS)
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New disruptors in the electric-van segment will struggle to compete with Ford on costs, said Hans Schep, the automaker's head of commercial vehicles in Europe.

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