Stepping out in a cheery shade of yellow, the brand new Ford Puma Gen-E is the Blue Oval’s new entry level to electrical automobiles in firm’s European vary.
Outwardly, the Gen-E shares all of its physique panels with the petrol-powered facelifted Puma that was unveiled in the beginning of this yr.
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The largest visible change takes place up entrance, with the Puma Gen-E sporting a novel entrance fascia with a pretend grille harking back to the one featured on the bigger Mustang Mach-E.
These with eager eyes may even discover the extra aerodynamic alloy wheels, and a distinct rear spoiler.
Below the bonnet there’s a electrical motor making 124kW and 290Nm, and driving the entrance wheels. That’s solely a kilowatt lower than the Puma ST, which is powered by a 125kW 1.0-litre turbocharged three-cylinder engine.
In line with Ford, the Puma Gen-E is able to dispatching the 0-100km/h commonplace in 8.0 seconds, or 0.6 seconds slower than the ST. High velocity is electronically restricted to 160km/h.
Though the Gen-E is second solely to ST within the Puma’s efficiency hierarchy, Ford is eager to speak up the Puma Gen-E’s “distinctive effectivity” of 13.1kWh/100km.
With a 43kWh battery pack residing underneath the ground the Gen-E has WLTP vary of as much as 376km. Regardless of ceding 7kWh to the Peugeot e-2008, the electrical Puma has 35km extra vary.
The Puma Gen-E helps DC quick charging as much as 100kW, permitting the automobile to be recharged to 80 per cent capability in 22 minutes.
Due to the compact nature of its EV drivetrain, the Gen-E sports activities not solely a 43L frunk underneath the bonnet, however extra boot house. The realm underneath the boot flooring has been enlarged, and rechristened the GigaBox, permitting the electrical Puma’s derriere to carry up 574L price of stuff with the rear seats in place.
The remainder of the Gen-E’s cabin is carried over from the petrol-powered fashions, and features a utterly redesigned dashboard with a 12.0-inch touchscreen and a 12.8-inch instrumentation show.
Within the UK, the Gen-E carries a premium of round $7000 over an equal petrol variant.
Manufacturing of the Puma Gen-E will happen in Romania alongside the petrol-powered Puma, and the intently associated Transit Courier.
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