More Mach-E GT 1/4 mile track results

[sotek2345]

Looks like the Lightning falls of at highway speed as well, but may got up higher than the GT.

https://www.autoblog.com/2021/09/21/2022-ford-f150-lightning-prototype-first-ride/

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[CharleyCarlos]

We may be in luck - the performance will improve as the windshield and glass roof are ejected at speed. This will reduce a lot of weight!

https://electrek.co/2021/09/21/ford...ss-roof-falling-off-mocking-tesla-same-issue/

 

[blue92lx]

Looks like the Lightning falls of at highway speed as well, but may got up higher than the GT.

https://www.autoblog.com/2021/09/21/2022-ford-f150-lightning-prototype-first-ride/

Yeah sounds like they're really going to need to figure this out and it's not just the GT then.

"Steady, hard acceleration continued to just over 70 mph, but it seemed to drop off a bit above highway speeds. We hit 82 mph on the straightaway at M1 Concourse, but Adewusi didn’t stay in the throttle to the very last second, so there’s no way of knowing what the truck feels like above 80 mph."

Right, they "just happened" to let off at 80 mph where the GT has issues.

 

[Ghost Ryder]

If Ford can not fix the acceleration issue, is this a Deal breaker? How many of you will cancel your order vs. take delivery and accept as is?

 

[Mach E JT]

If Ford can not fix the acceleration issue, is this a Deal breaker? How many of you will cancel your order vs. take delivery and accept as is?

The deal is already broken for me. Over a month of silence on the issue was enough for me to back out. It isn't going to affect anything, someone already wants to buy the car I have on its way, but that person won't be me.

Clean up the software, mature the power delivery technology, and drop it into a mustang body? I'll be first in line.

 

[secretvampire]

If Ford can not fix the acceleration issue, is this a Deal breaker? How many of you will cancel your order vs. take delivery and accept as is?

If I had gone for the PE I would MAYBE feel differently, but the reasons I didn't kind of negate that feeling anyway. The number of folks "living their lives a quarter-mile at a time" is way, way smaller than Internet forum warriors will have you believe.

Again, I do think Ford should at least answer the questions about the top-end, but I'm not so insecure in my life that I give a shit if a Model Y can beat me on some fictional racetrack, I can count on one hand the number of times I've felt the need to take my car above 85-90 (and barely at that) on public roads in the past five years.

I went for the GT because I wanted:
- The better low-end power and 0-60 time, as in, 95% of the driving I do
- The metal roof
- The better looking front-end
- The (in my opinion) nicer interior

 

[Mach1E]

If I had gone for the PE I would MAYBE feel differently, but the reasons I didn't kind of negate that feeling anyway. The number of folks "living their lives a quarter-mile at a time" is way, way smaller than Internet forum warriors will have you believe.

Again, I do think Ford should at least answer the questions about the top-end, but I'm not so insecure in my life that I give a shit if a Model Y can beat me on some fictional racetrack, I can count on one hand the number of times I've felt the need to take my car above 85-90 (and barely at that) on public roads in the past five years.

I went for the GT because I wanted:
- The better low-end power and 0-60 time, as in, 95% of the driving I do
- The metal roof
- The better looking front-end
- The (in my opinion) nicer interior

Cool, you bought a performance car and don’t care about performance.

Good for you.

I see your condescending post and match you with a condescending post.

We are insecure because we want a car to be faster. Then you are insecure because you want it to be better looking with a nicer interior. It’s a good thing our cars can compensate for these sad feelings we have inside.

 

[harrysiii]

Here's the video from my drag run last Friday.
2021 Mach-E GTPE Drag Run 9-17-2021

 

[sotek2345]

Here's the video from my drag run last Friday.
2021 Mach-E GTPE Drag Run 9-17-2021

Nice run!

 

[CharleyCarlos]

Here's the video from my drag run last Friday.
2021 Mach-E GTPE Drag Run 9-17-2021

sure does look fun

 

[Mach1E]

Here's the video from my drag run last Friday.
2021 Mach-E GTPE Drag Run 9-17-2021

It LOOKS LIKE and 11 second car that lets off the gas halfway through.

Nothing will touch it and 1/16th mile race!

Thanks for sharing

 

[pt19713]

We are insecure because we want a car to be faster. Then you are insecure because you want it to be better looking with a nicer interior. It’s a good thing our cars can compensate for these sad feelings we have inside.

And losing sucks.

 

[harrysiii]

Nice run!

Thanks! I was racing my neighbor and we should have been neck and neck but he obviously got a horrible start. Another day soon we'll run them again!

 

[Mach1E]

Thanks! I was racing my neighbor and we should have been neck and neck but he obviously got a horrible start. Another day soon we'll run them again!

Instant torque and awd means we will never have to make excuses for a bad start.

I can’t count how many times I’ve seen a Corvette or something like it get beat by a VW or Honda. The race was lost in the first 60’.

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

Yeah sounds like they're really going to need to figure this out and it's not just the GT then.

"Steady, hard acceleration continued to just over 70 mph, but it seemed to drop off a bit above highway speeds. We hit 82 mph on the straightaway at M1 Concourse, but Adewusi didn’t stay in the throttle to the very last second, so there’s no way of knowing what the truck feels like above 80 mph."

Right, they "just happened" to let off at 80 mph where the GT has issues.

Count me as one of those that says “Do people expect linear positive longitudinal G from 0 to Infinity?” It’s just not realistic. I understand the worry because of the GT trap speed issue, but, we’re talking about a truck with the frontal area and drag coefficient of, a truck. And what does it weigh, 6000 lbs? Really fast cars (say 11.0@130mph) will start to taper off hard at around 65-75mph, EVs especially so because of their 1-speed direct drives.

The other thing people forget is that because the initial launch G in a powerful EV with AWD is so high (.90- 1G), the natural tapering off of acceleration as mph increases is going to feel even more pronounced.

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