silverelan
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In the Autoline After Hours interview on YouTube, Dave Pericak, Ford's Director of Icons, pointedly said that unlike other manufacturers who claim 300 mile range but can't get there, the Mach-E will legitimately get 300 miles of range. Here's why I think they might be going conservative on range and other specs:
1) Range -WLTP range for the RWD Extended Range is 373 miles but EPA is 300 "targeted". Even with nearly a 20% fudge factor for WLTP, that's still over 300 miles and beats Tesla Model Y.
2) Charging - Ford's website says that the Standard Range will charge from 10% to 80% in 38 minutes at 115kW. Extended Range will charge up to 80% in 45 minutes at 150kW. It may be that Ford will adjust that downwards for the ER pack to match the SR charging profile or even beat it.
3) Acceleration - 5.5 secs is good for any CUV but they're matching up against Tesla. Surely they won't push it a bit more to close the gap to sub-5secs, especially with more power to draw from on the batteries?
What do you guys think, am I being overly optimistic or am I on to something?
1) Range -WLTP range for the RWD Extended Range is 373 miles but EPA is 300 "targeted". Even with nearly a 20% fudge factor for WLTP, that's still over 300 miles and beats Tesla Model Y.
2) Charging - Ford's website says that the Standard Range will charge from 10% to 80% in 38 minutes at 115kW. Extended Range will charge up to 80% in 45 minutes at 150kW. It may be that Ford will adjust that downwards for the ER pack to match the SR charging profile or even beat it.
3) Acceleration - 5.5 secs is good for any CUV but they're matching up against Tesla. Surely they won't push it a bit more to close the gap to sub-5secs, especially with more power to draw from on the batteries?
What do you guys think, am I being overly optimistic or am I on to something?
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