Ford shows off with ‘insane’ electric race car
Ford wanted to show what an electric car can do, so it created the all-electric Mustang Mach-E 1400.
At 1,400 peak horsepower, this track monster should show quite a bit.
The prototype race car is powered by seven motors and a 56.8-kilowatt-hour battery.
It’s a vehicle that should help generate continued interest in both the upcoming production version of the Mach-E, which is slated to be available later this year, and the $11.5 billion Ford said it’s investing in electric vehicles worldwide.
The car is a 10,000-hour collaboration of Ford Performance and RTR Vehicles, which builds upgrade packages for Ford models, such as the Mustang, F-150 and Ranger. The Mach-E 1400, which Ford called a one-off, was built off a Mustang Mach-E GT body in white at RTR’s facility near Charlotte, North Carolina.
“Now is the perfect time to leverage electric technology, learn from it and apply it to our lineup,” Ron Heiser, chief program engineer for the Mustang Mach-E, said in a news release. “Mustang Mach-E is going to be fun to drive, just like every other Mustang before it, but Mustang Mach-E 1400 is completely insane, thanks to the efforts of Ford Performance and RTR.”
Vaughn Gittin Jr., founder of RTR Vehicles, also offered his assessment of the Mach-E 1400, which is slated to make an appearance at an upcoming NASCAR race.
“Getting behind the wheel of this car has completely changed my perspective on what power and torque can be,” Gittin said in the release. “This experience is like nothing you’ve ever imagined, except for maybe a magnetic roller coaster.”
The power and configurations available provide lots of opportunities for experimentation, Ford said.