I mean no, not really. As much as I like the Mach-E, Ford doesn’t play in the same ball field as BMW. Lincoln maybe.
Charging speed is a benefit of the 800V architecture on the BMW platform.
They are within industry normal for lower cost and mainstream vehicles.
At this stage Lincoln could disappear and be replaced with another ford trim level for what they currently offer
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You are 100% correct. At $60k and the specs BMW is offering, it makes it a no-contest vs MME 4X at a similar price point.At this stage Lincoln could disappear and be replaced with another ford trim level for what they currently offer
Hyundai / Kia already moved to 800v at ford prices and while 400v is fine for entry level & city cars, if ford want to be competitive overall in the EV market going forward in this segment putting an suv / crossover top hat on CE1 doesn't cut it which unless it is priced very very cheap and even then for a lot of people range will be a determining factor.
As much as I like my mach-e its highway range isn't really good enough, when you get to 400 miles epa range, even taking into account how optimistic that can be for a vehicle this size and price point, it is going to make future vehicles in this segment regardless of how much cheaper in price point not very appealing, the same way 300 miles of range was the expected norm for a lot of people this could easily make 400 the new norm.
E-GMP cars are about $5-10k more than the equivalent Mach-E trim. An Ioniq 5 Limited AWD is $59k MSRP. More than a Mach-E GT, much slower, and less range. The Ioniq 5N is like $69k with much less range than Mach-E GT. But yes it does charge faster if that’s an important factor for you.At this stage Lincoln could disappear and be replaced with another ford trim level for what they currently offer
Hyundai / Kia already moved to 800v at ford prices and while 400v is fine for entry level & city cars, if ford want to be competitive overall in the EV market going forward in this segment putting an suv / crossover top hat on CE1 doesn't cut it which unless it is priced very very cheap and even then for a lot of people range will be a determining factor.
As much as I like my mach-e its highway range isn't really good enough, when you get to 400 miles epa range, even taking into account how optimistic that can be for a vehicle this size and price point, it is going to make future vehicles in this segment regardless of how much cheaper in price point not very appealing, the same way 300 miles of range was the expected norm for a lot of people this could easily make 400 the new norm.
$10k more is a big difference for most buyers.
Seriously…… that grill design seems to be universally hated and yet BMW keeps sticking with it. Are people in that organization scared to speak up?
Ugly station wagon. And station wagons are already ugly.
I was looking at an i4 the other day. Why? Well it was parked 2 spots over from my Mach-e. There was nothing between the two cars.
