Idea for Ford’s Mustang-inspired electrical SUV reportedly coming this yr
Ford will launch an electrical crossover SUV boasting a 300-mile vary in 2020. The mannequin might be a performance-oriented providing with a design impressed by the Mustang and previewed within the teaser above that Ford launched final fall.
The Mustang inspiration may even stretch to the automobile’s identify, as there are rumors it will likely be labeled a “Mach E” or perhaps a “Mustang Mach E,” which had been lately trademarked by Ford. Nonetheless, we might suppose Mustang Mach E is extra applicable for a plug-in hybrid Mustang at present within the works and likewise due in 2020. Initially, Ford was going to name its electrical crossover a Mach 1, however backlash from Mustang followers persuaded the automaker to drop these plans.
We’ll have a greater indication as to what Ford is planning later this yr as an idea is ready to be unveiled, Autocar reported on Tuesday. The British publication additionally claimed Ford will supply a number of battery choices, suggesting the 300-mile model might be a range-topping choice.
Invoice Ford and the 2015 Ford Mustang
As for efficiency, Ford Chairman Invoice Ford Jr. in February stated the crossover is “going to go like hell,” a reference to Henry Ford II’s order to drivers competing at Le Mans within the 1960s.
Underpinning the electrical crossover might be a devoted EV platform. The brand new platform might be one in all 5 modular platforms the Ford and Lincoln manufacturers will use for future autos. Ford’s new C2 platform discovered within the newest Escape and Lincoln Corsair will even assist battery-electric powertrains.
Ford is engaged on many extra EVs. A extra mainstream electrical crossover primarily based on the C2 platform and related in dimension to the Escape can also be considered within the works, and the automaker has confirmed it’s growing an electrical F-150 pickup truck. Ford additionally in April introduced a $500 million funding in Rivian, and stated it will use the American EV startup’s modular platform for a future mannequin.