One other DLC (downloadable content material) simply dropped for the 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E. A Efficiency Improve just for the GT trims unlocks one other 100 pound-feet of torque from the 2 electrical motors, taking complete output to 480 horsepower and 700 pound-feet. That additional grunt obtainable from standstill drops the 0-to-60 time by half a second, from 3.8 seconds to three.3 seconds. Ford would love you to know that this vitesse makes the GT faster to 60 than the Porsche Macan 4S Electrical, which wants 3.9 seconds, solely the Macan Turbo S Electrical dipping beneath the overclocked Mach-E GT. The Ford additionally beats Tesla’s Mannequin Y Efficiency by 0.2 seconds. The Mach-E GT beats the Mannequin Y by one mile within the vary stakes, too boot; we’re nonetheless ready on Porsche to launch estimated vary figures for the higher Macan trims.
The quarter-mile is available in 11.8 seconds at 114 mph.
The improve may be added as an choice to any new Mach-E GT; it will also be downloaded by way of the FordPass app for any 2024 Mach-E GT already on the highway. It prices $995 plus tax by way of the app, so determine on over a grand relying on the place you reside.
Any who may complain that Ford held again functionality of the Mach-E so it might promote an improve later, nicely, that is what all automakers have performed with virtually each mannequin they’ve ever bought. Should have an improve ramp for the approaching mannequin years, proper? The distinction is that with a purely mechanical improve, anybody who’d already purchased their electrical crossover can be caught at 600 lb-ft until they visited a tuner. Now they will press just a few buttons and meet up with the random Joneses who examine the choice field on the dealership. And anybody not joyful about this higher avert their eyes from what’s forward, as a result of options are more and more dictated by what is going to make analysts joyful throughout the quarterly earnings calls, which implies discovering methods to extend income alternatives after the sale since analysts solely communicate two languages, English being their second.
As Chet Dhruna, the overall supervisor of Ford’s Built-in Providers crew, wrote on LinkedIn, “Software program ‘is’ the differentiator. Quickly, we’ll offer seamless, always-on supply of software program updates to allow extra new apps and companies, and we’ll proceed to create wonderful, personalised experiences.” Hold your checkbooks helpful!
