In Beijing in May, you can see a real beast in Ford's IKEA City Store, Blue Harbor City Store, and Qinghe Vientiane City Store, which is fierce, muscular and full of exaggerated aerodynamic kits, which is the Mustang Mach-E 1400 created by Ford Performance and RTR based on the Musicang Mach-E GT model.
A car has two axles in front of and behind, a total of four tires, even if each wheel is equipped with one motor, the whole car has only 4 motors. But does it make sense that the Mustang Mach-E 1400, a powerful electric vehicle, has 7 motors? Of course, in the joint research and development cooperation between the Ford Performance team and the RTR, after many tests, it was finally found that if you want to be powerful enough, you also need to take into account the control and use a variety of competitive modes, then 7 motors are the best solution.
The 7 motors are arranged in the form of 3 motors in the front axle and 4 parallel array coaxial motors on the rear axle, connected to the left and right wheel differentials, which can achieve the best flexibility of four-wheel torque distribution, and can meet all drive forms of front drive, rear drive and four-wheel drive. To know that straight-line acceleration, track racing, drift chase, there are different requirements for the power output of the vehicle, and the Mustang Mach-E 1400 can be met, which is one of the reasons I call it a monster.
The flexibility of torque distribution, the diversity of drive forms, needs to have a very strong premise, that is, power. This premise must be done well enough for the Mustang Mach-E 1400, and the pride of the R&D team can also be seen from the name of the model, and 1400 of the Mustang Mach-E 1400 is touting the maximum horsepower of the vehicle to reach 1400 horses. Such a powerful power also made the Mustang Mach-E 1400 one of the fastest Mustangs in history.
With strong power, the increase in the thrust-to-weight ratio is a crucial parameter improvement, and reducing its own weight under the same power is even more effective than lifting the power itself. The Mach-E 1400 body coverings are made of carbon fiber composite materials, which effectively reduces the weight of the vehicle under the premise of ensuring the strength of the coverings. The material of the front hatch is even more special, using a unique linen composite material, which is a new type of renewable organic composite fiber. The huge rear wing has a super load-bearing capacity, and it should be known that the Mustang Mach-E 1400 can produce 1043kg of downforce when driving at extreme speed. Although the downforce of this 1043kg comes from components such as cooling ducts, front deflectors, front spoilers and tail fins, the tail fin must be the single component with the most stress.
In terms of battery management, the Mustang Mach-E 1400 also uses a ternary lithium battery with 800V voltage and high-performance charge-discharge rate for the first time. In a few tens of minutes, this performance monster with a battery capacity of 56.8kwh can be fully charged and re-battled. In the face of such exaggerated high power, the ability to control the temperature is particularly important, and for the first time, the battery system uses insulated coolant, which quickly cools down while charging, thus fully shortening its "skill cooldown time". The above two points, we can also see Ford's technical reserves under the 800V high-voltage electrification, and the future application of civilian vehicles.
During this trip to China, the Mustang Mach-E 1400 also introduced a special livery for the Chinese market. The track elements are integrated with the traditional Chinese Year of the Tiger elements, the whole vehicle adopts black and gold colors, and the front hatch of the vehicle is sprayed with "Ruhu Tian E" pulling flowers, which perfectly integrates high performance with traditional culture.
Compared with the Performance Monster of Mustang Mach-E 1400, for ordinary consumers, the Already domestic Mustang Mach-E is more suitable. It is the original version of the Mustang Mach-E 1400, if the Mustang Mach-E 1400 is a grumpy performance monster, then the Mustang Mach-E is a performance beast, although not as grumpy as the Mustang Mach-E 1400, but it is not at all the obedient pet personality of those family cars. The acceleration performance of 0-100 km/h of 3.65 seconds is dominant in the class, and the maximum CLTC's endurance level of 619 km meets the requirements of daily long endurance. At the same time, Ford's new generation OF SYNC+ 2.0 Intelligent Mobility Interconnection System, all standard with L2-level Ford Co-Pilot360 Intelligent Driving Assistance Professional Package, using ADAS maps specially customized for China, can easily realize the BlueCruise active driving assistance function on highways and specific fast roads in cities, which is outstanding in practicality.
It is the first production model to be tuned by Ford's global performance team using a professional racing simulator. The mustang Mach-E has an extraordinary comprehensive strength, and the more practical benefit is that through simulator tuning, the track technology can be more quickly transported to the field of civilian vehicles. Through the phenomenon to see the essence, we see the determination of Ford electric vehicles and strong technical reserves, I believe that in the future development, Ford in the transformation of electric vehicles, will also come up with a good product.