Ford Mustang Mach-E EV manufacturing ramping up

Ford has produced its 150,000th Mustang Mach-E electrical SUV after virtually two years – because the battery-powered crossover rolls out throughout extra markets.

The Blue Oval model say it plans to scale complete EV manufacturing to 600,000 per yr by late 2023 and greater than two million by 2026.

The 150,000th Mustang Mach-E was produced on the Blue Oval’s Cuautitlán stamping and meeting plant in Mexico, which just lately obtained some upgrades to help extra manufacturing.

“The plant is buzzing,” stated Ford director of producing Deborah Manzano.

“There’s a brand new battery line, new chassis line, extra meeting line, we’re actually maxing out the area to make extra Mustang Mach-E autos. We most just lately added a brand new paint store, too. Nothing is standing nonetheless for lengthy!”

Ford additionally produces the Mustang Mach-E in China as a part of a three way partnership with Changan Ford for the Chinese language market.

The Mustang Mach-E shall be out there in a complete of 37 nations in 2023, together with new confirmed markets resembling New Zealand, Brazil and Argentina.

Lacking from this checklist is Australia, which isn’t but formally confirmed by Ford to obtain the Mustang Mach-E. However as just lately reported, CarExpert understands the Mustang Mach-E shall be one of many beforehand introduced 5 electrified Fords due right here by 2024.

It would probably observe the Escape plug-in hybrid (PHEV) which launched this yr, and the electrical E-Transit and E-Transit Customized vans, due in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

It’s no nice shock the Mustang Mach-E is about to return right here ultimately, contemplating right-hand drive deliveries started within the UK and Eire final yr.

Ford Australia has beforehand stated the electrical SUV’s possibilities for a neighborhood launch have been dampened not by the dearth of demand, however by lack of provide.

It’s unclear what variants will make the journey to Australia, however within the UK it’s supplied in RWD, AWD and GT guise.

The RWD and AWD fashions are supplied with a selection of 75.7kWh (Normal Vary) and 98.7kWh (Prolonged Vary) batteries, with the GT solely providing the bigger of the 2.

Normal Vary RWD fashions produce 198kW of energy and 430Nm of torque, with a variety of 439km on the WLTP check cycle. Choosing the Prolonged Vary bumps energy and vary to 216kW and 610km, respectively.

Normal Vary AWD fashions produce 198kW and 580Nm, with a variety of 399km. With the Prolonged Vary battery, energy is bumped to 258kW and vary to 539km.

Ford claims outputs of as much as 358kW and 860Nm for the GT, in addition to 499km of vary.

From a standstill the RWD does the 0-100km/h sprint in 6.9-7.0 seconds, the AWD in 5.8-6.3 seconds, and the GT in 4.4 seconds.

Most DC cost energy is 115kW on fashions with the smaller battery and 150kW on these with the bigger battery.

Inside, there’s an infinite 15.5-inch portrait-oriented central touchscreen, in addition to a normal 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster.

Normal gear on all UK-market fashions contains LED headlights, heated and power-adjustable entrance seats, a surround-view digicam, hands-free energy tailgate, and a 10-speaker B&O sound system, with AWD and GT fashions upgrading to adaptive LED headlights.

The introduction of the Mustang Mach-E would give Ford a rival to not solely the Tesla Mannequin Y, but in addition the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 and upcoming Subaru Solterra and Toyota bZ4x.

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