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Fuck I'm slow today. I was just gonna say I WOOD with both.
Even if the specs are decent and people wanted it, they don’t have the battery manufacturing capacity to make it in any real numbers yet.
Even if the specs are decent and people wanted it, they don’t have the battery manufacturing capacity to make it in any real numbers yet.
LG Chem or Panasonic do though. Ford has partnerships with both.
im going to assume they are using custom pouch style batteries instead of 21700 or 18650 cells and sure, other companies can make them (much like LG makes batteries for GM) but you severely overestimate the capacities that those companies can put out. Gigafactory makes the batteries for tesla and it can barely even keep up with demand of 100,000 cars a year. And it is regarded as the highest producing battery manufacturer around. Not to mention tesla has more experience with chemistry than anybody else, which translates into higher energy density which equals less batteries required for a particular range. Look it up, nobody really comes close to tesla in battery efficiency and MPG-E. This means other manufacturers will need more cells to go a certain distance which means it’ll be even harder for them to make enough cars. They will eventually get there but it’s not gonna he just one day they think “hey let’s finally make an electric car”. They will need a huge amount of growing pains and infrastructure will need to be built.
While we fully expect the final specs could change between now and the car’s actual debut, and that the information you’re about to see could be a placeholder of some sort, here’s what we know: the Mach E comes in five trims, starting as low as the $43,895 Select model. It goes from there to the Premium at $50,600, onto the California Route 1 at $52,400, the limited First Edition at $59,900, and finally capping off with the top GT model at $60,500.
All prices are before the $7,500 federal EV tax credit.
The Mach-E comes in rear- or all-wheel drive. Ford says the extended range RWD version of the Mach-E will be capable of 300 miles of range, while the GT model with select options will be able to hit a mid-three-second 0-60 mph sprint. Not bad at all.
Range is estimated at 270 miles for the First Edition, about 230 for the GT and Select, and then 300 for the others. Also not bad. The upper-trim cars seem to be AWD only.
Interestingly, the site says that the car will be able to gain 47 miles of range in just 10 minutes of charge. That’s still not quite as convenient as a gasoline fill up, but considering most EV charging is done at home overnight, it’s a nice time for a top-up to get you the final few miles home if you need it.
Good to know the people who designed the Assstek were able to get a job at Ford.Here it be.
This Is The Ford 'Mustang-Inspired' SUV Caught Almost Totally Undisguised
It’s a little unclear what the hell Ford is talking about when it calls its first all-electric SUV “Mustang inspired,” especially seeing as how it’s an all-electric family crossover whereas the Mustang, well, is not. But maybe seeing the thing in the flesh, caught almost completely uncovered...jalopnik.com