How Ford cut cost of making Mustang Mach-E by $1,000 - by changing frunk and heated seats option

[Golfer]

How Ford cut cost of making Mustang Mach-E EV by $1,000
Mustang Mach-E savings found through fewer parts in cooling system and frunk

Via Automotive News

https://www.autonews.com/design/how-ford-cut-cost-making-mustang-mach-e-ev-1000

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[TruWrecks]

Pity some of those changes will be be available upgrades to the Job 1 and early Job 2 cars already produced and sold.

 

[MellowJohnny]

Well, given my Mach-E likely has not even been built yet, and assuming these changes make their way into my car, I'm happy about it. And although it would be nice to see that $1k in savings passed on to customers, I suspect it will be passed on to shareholders

 

[generaltso]

The team also realized it could save money by adding heated seats to a trim that did not originally include them: the California Route 1 edition. Ford monitored social media posts calling for the option, and it discovered through connected-vehicle data that those who did have heated seats used them often.

So they noticed people on the forum without heated seats saying they would have liked them. Then they used connected data to determine that people who had heated seats actually used them. Doesn't seem like much of a stretch.

 

[OWG]

Well, given my Mach-E likely has not even been built yet, and assuming these changes make their way into my car, I'm happy about it. And although it would be nice to see that $1k in savings passed on to customers, I suspect it will be passed on to shareholders

As a shareholder I approve.

 

[Carsinmyblood]

Mach E 2.0 inside the old skin.

 

[Jimrpa]

Apparently, they read the forums and discovered nobody could figure out how the hands-free lift gate worked so that got de-contented. Thanks a lot guys! ?

 

[SashaLondon]

I’m addicted to the heated seats.

 

[Murse-In-Airy]

Apparently, they read the forums and discovered nobody could figure out how the hands-free lift gate worked so that got de-contented. Thanks a lot guys! ?

Now we have to start daily threads about how we were going to upgrade to 2022 models, but without a hands free liftgate, we’re going to keep what we have.
Maybe three threads a day. Like the winter range threads.

 

[Jimrpa]

Now we have to start daily threads about how we were going to upgrade to 2022 models, but without a hands free liftgate, we’re going to keep what we have.
Maybe three threads a day. Like the winter range threads.

We need many more threads about how invaluable ventilated seats would be and how we would use the AC a lot less if we had them. And for our European friends - run those heated windscreens 24/7. Slam them on even when it’s 35 (centigrade) outside! Let ford know people love them. Maybe they’ll let us Americans have heated windscreens then ?

 

[kindofblue]

I have to wonder if Ford was paying attention to what Sandy Munroe said about this:

"eliminating two of four motors and about one-third of the hoses it used."

 

[macchiaz-o]

Another "big thing" from this article is the visual of Darren Palmer's height. ?

 

[NewGuy]

Think how much money they're saving this week by not even building any Mach Es!

 

[MetrowestZ]

When I saw the mention of heated seats I thought they were going to eliminate them from my Rt. 1

 

[ARK]

So my takeaway from this article is, Darren Palmer knows every time a Mach-E owner wants to warm their @$$

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