![]() ![]() ![]() The GT Performance version, expected next year, will arrive with 480 horsepower, 634 pound-feet of torque, and a 0-60 time of 3.5 seconds. The First Edition model delivers 270 miles of range, and a 4.8-second 0-60 time. It has an EPA-validated range of up to 300 miles with the 88-kWh extended-range battery pack, or as low as 211 miles with the standard 68-kWh pack with all-wheel drive. Its permanent magnet motors deliver, in the AWD First Edition version I tested, 346 horsepower and 428 pound-feet of torque. The key questions: How is it as a car? How is it as an electric car? And how is it as an electric Mustang?įirst, a refresher: The Mach-E comes in both standard and extended-range variants, in either single-motor rear drive or dual-motor all-wheel drive. We’ve already gone over the technology in detail, so now it’s time to try it on actual roads. The new car debuts this month, a little more than a year after its reveal. I had many such moments driving the new Mustang Mach-E over the Thanksgiving holiday, when roads were much quieter than normal for this time of year, allowing plenty of room to evaluate the racy steed. You feel that seamless torque surge and enjoy the brief hints of instability, the little wiggles as the car feels like it’s about to break traction, yet always recovers instantly, as though nothing were ever wrong. Electricity races from the battery to the motors, which spin the wheels with startling ferocity. There comes a moment, while driving any new electric car with sporting pretensions, where you settle in, take a shifty glance around you, and pin the throttle. ![]()
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