Ford Built another Cobra Jet Mustang, But It's Another EV
Posted by kstetter@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 28 comments
Posted by kstetter@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 28 comments
Simon676@reddit
Cool! Do think they could do better than "just" 2200 hp though. :p
CWRules@reddit
I thought that too. If electric street cars can make 2000 hp, then surely a car that only needs to accelerate for a few seconds can do better than 2200?
Simon676@reddit
No you're really not missing anything in my opinion. Batteries designed for this kind of load (LTO, super high-discharge LFP or NMC) can easily output much more than this. And motors with much more horsepower than this aren't that hard to find either.
Rough_Cancel7265@reddit
I don't see the issue with this. Ford is doing a lot with their public facing ICE cars. And not to take away anything from the Coyote, but making big power with it and going fast has kind of been done already. It's a sorted motor, they don't need to do super in depth testing to work out issues with them. And a multi hundred thousand non street legal drag car with a turbo V8 is already irrelevant to the masses, and there are plenty of those being raced already. So why not lean into the other direction and do something different.
erbot@reddit
Its honestly insane how much power is available to the Coyote especially once you get into forced induction. Coyote just flows and flows and flows.
shloppin@reddit
They’ve been uploading some shit about the mark iv Ford GT the last little while. Neat as well.
thefanciestcat@reddit
WTF is this article? I had to look elsewhere to find out anything other than the name and the writer was pissed off to be writing about an EV.
Unlike the Cobra Jet 1400 and 1800, this was purpose built instead of putting EV gear into the existing ICE Cobra Jet, and it ran a 6.87 second quarter mile (NHRA PR piece, video at the bottom). Each version has improved by almost a full second over the last. I don't care much about drag racing, but that's it's impressive.
Antique-Dragonfly615@reddit
Crappy ad pretending to be conversation
thefanciestcat@reddit
Yeah. I'm sure Ford paid good money to have quarter mile times from the wrong car listed while the writer calls it too boring to talk about.
/s
lostboyz@reddit
Like every vehicle reveal/announcement ever? How is this one unique?
V8-Turbo-Hybrid@reddit
It’s real car, as we all know Cobra Jet 1400 existence. It’s exactly an update Cobra Jet 1400.
mach1mustang2021@reddit
I dig it. This is a second gen EV cobra jet. Hopefully the learnings from the rigorous track usage makes it into their mainline products. I know the Mach E has been getting steady improvements since launch.
DocBigBrozer@reddit
Is the mach e worth a buy now?
lostboyz@reddit
No EV is worth buying today, but I'd lease plenty of them including the MachE
DocBigBrozer@reddit
They are the highest depreciating cars, which seems irrational. Batteries last for a decade at least, if you drive 50 miles a day or less on average, why not?
lostboyz@reddit
It's not a perfect analogy but they're in a similar paradigm as modern smart phones. Each release is a considerably better product than the last. Range is going to grow, prices will drop, reliability goes up, and each improvement depreciates everything that came before it.
DocBigBrozer@reddit
Still irrational for people driving less than 50miles a day. Technology connections has a nice vid on that!
Oo__II__oO@reddit
I had a 2022 Mach-E GT, which I loved, but it suffered growing pains ( replaced it with a Lightning, as they offered me a deal I couldn't refuse)
I wouldn't think twice to replacing it with a modern MME GT now that the kinks have been worked out.
Abba_Fiskbullar@reddit
Buy, no. Lease or used, yep. You want the 2nd year refresh because the suspension tuning on the first year is bouncy and nausea inducing.
orksonak@reddit
I traded a s550 gt for a Mach e standard range base model and saved myself a tonnnn of money in the last year. If you can charge at home it’s very much worth it.
Fridian@reddit
My wife and I bought a used '24 Mach E premium with 6500 miles and was $10k less than MSRP. It is a great vehicle and we have been very happy with it as a commuter and family car.
I have a friend with a '22 model well loves it.
SharkBaitDLS@reddit
Pretty slow charging speed and range for the money but BlueCruise is quite good and they have really good CarPlay integration. Depends on what you value.
mach1mustang2021@reddit
I’d have zero reservation buying a 2024 or newer Mach E. We owned a 2022 and simply out grew it. There was major improvements in 24 and 25. I’m waiting for the 25 rally edition to dip below $35k. Should be just a year.
DocBigBrozer@reddit
Nice. I know Ford invested a lot in their EVs but the news was mainly on how bad the Mach e was in the first year or 2
franzn@reddit
I feel like most of the news was focused on the GT trim and the 5 second power limit. The other trims weren't really affected by that and really it didn't affect day to day. I don't think I would consider a GT from before 24 but that's because the limiter was largely eliminated, not because the older ones were actually bad. I wouldn't have any hesitation recommending any year Mach-e to people except maybe the first year just because it was a brand new vehicle.
pale_blue_problem@reddit
We have a ‘23 Mach e GT and it’s been great. Zero problems and a blast to drive. My understanding is that the 2nd half of ‘23 has a number of initial issues from the first 2 years ironed out. I can also say that with the OTA updates the car is actually better than when I bought it
V8-Turbo-Hybrid@reddit
It’s considered a third model for shop who built this car. E-Copo was actually their first EV drag race car.
triddlyso@reddit
……….drag racing………torque…..simple.