At a deep-water terminal on China's east coast in late September, rows of electric Transit City vans — fresh off Ford's China assembly line — stood in tight formation, waiting to climb aboard a giant roll-on/roll-off ship whose horns were sounding at the quay. Soon, those electric cargo vans, built by Ford in partnership with Jiangling Motors for modern urban logistics, will embark on a voyage of more than 15,000 kilometers, heading for developed markets such as Europe. Eventually, the export market for the electric van will expand to 52 countries and regions across five continents.