In this era of gradual electrification, any new car that does not have something to do with electricity is embarrassed to say that it is a new car or that it has advanced technology. Although this sentence is a bit ironic, as far as the author's attitude is concerned, I just don't want the era of fuel vehicles to leave us at such a fast speed. Maybe in five years’ time, it will be difficult to find pure fuel vehicles for new cars. For internal combustion engine cars that have existed on this earth for more than 100 years, it can’t help but make people feel sad...
Have you ever seen this? Do you think that the author is a die-hard fan of fuel vehicles and cannot accept electric vehicles at all? Then you are too young. In the context of electric vehicles, which have low entry barriers but can easily create extremely powerful models, even if you really don’t like these electric vehicles, there is no reason to refuse. For example, today The Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400 I’m going to talk about!
Just by looking at the name, Mustang Mach-E 1400 can tell that it is exaggerated and powerful. It is another high-performance pure electric model launched by the company after Mustang Cobra Jet 1400. " "E" stands for electricity, and "1400" means that it has an ultra-high horsepower of up to 1,400 horses. If we look back at the field of fuel vehicles, it is extremely rare for mass-produced vehicles to achieve such high horsepower in their original factory state. The most famous ones are Bugatti's models. However, Bugatti is the top car company in the automotive industry. This is enough to show the power of Mustang Mach-E 1400.
Looking at the appearance of the Mustang Mach-E 1400, we know that it has extremely strong track genes. It is positioned as a high-performance pure electric SUV and is based on the Mustang Mach-E. Come, with an extremely exaggerated aerodynamic package, the front lip, air intake, large rear wing, rear spoiler, etc. make the appearance of the Mustang Mach-E 1400 look very fighting. It is no exaggeration to say that, This momentum has surpassed the Lamborghini Urus, the king of supercar SUVs.
To be specific, there are very large spoilers installed on both sides of its front face. Wide-body kits are installed on the front and rear wheel arches, and they are designed with air guide channels, which increases the overall appearance of the vehicle. stability. At the rear, the huge rear wing can bring sufficient downforce to the rear wheels to improve the grip of the tires and bring stronger cornering performance. The size of the diffuser under the rear apron is also very exaggerated. These kits are not "fashionable". According to the official introduction, the car's aerodynamic design can provide 1043kg of downforce, which is extremely helpful for the Mustang Mach-E 1400's ultimate performance on the track.
As for the interior, the Mustang Mach-E 1400 has gone beyond the scope of a pure production car and is completely built for competition and lightweight needs. Its center console is made of rich carbon fiber materials. At first glance, in addition to retaining the center control screen integrated with the vehicle control system, basically no other parts in the ordinary version of the model can be seen. These The changes are completely reasonable for a racing car. Mustang? Mach-E? 1400 adopts a full LCD instrument specially designed for racing. There is no fancy UI design. Everything is mainly to display various vehicle data. In addition, its seats use RECARO's competition-grade bucket seats, which ensure sufficient wrapping capacity and support. In addition, as a racing car, basic roll cages are not missing.
The exterior and interior have been introduced, but the most fascinating thing is its power system. Although it is just an electric car, it still uses electricity to show its unique appearance.
The electric drive system of Mustang Mach-E 1400 consists of 7 drive motors, of which 3 motors are arranged on the front axle and 4 motors are arranged on the rear axle. This number of motors can already dominate the crowd. , but the horsepower is even more exaggerated. Its power system can instantly release an astonishing maximum power of 1,400 horses! The maximum speed can reach 257km/h! The specific 0-100km/h acceleration time has not been announced yet, but it won't be too slow if you think about it.
In addition, its power battery has a capacity of 56.8kWh. It uses a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material battery and uses a unique battery liquid cooling temperature control system to achieve better cooling effect to maintain the battery's sustained high power. output.
Of course, as a racing car, the power alone is not enough. To run fast on the track requires the coordination of the overall performance. The Mustang Mach-E 1400 undoubtedly achieves this. It is equipped with a Brembo braking system similar to the Mustang GT4 racing car, and a hydraulic handbrake specially designed for drift racing. The whole thing was jointly developed by the Ford Global Performance Vehicle Team and RTR ***, giving it a super high performance Racing skills, according to officials, the car took more than 10,000 hours from the initial design to the overall adjustment of the chassis and powertrain! The experience accumulated in the era of fuel vehicles in terms of comprehensive performance coordination, research and development, and cooperation are unparalleled advantages of those new power brands.
To this day, the author still insists that perhaps new energy vehicle manufacturing forces such as Tesla have certain advantages in electronic control technology, but when established car companies such as Volkswagen and Ford are strong When entering the game and conducting in-depth research and development, the advantages of new car-making forces will be extremely diluted. The reason is also very simple. Traditional car companies may have some disadvantages in electronic control technology at present, but this is only the only disadvantage of traditional car companies. Everyone knows that building a car is a systematic project. They can use optimization in other places to make up for the current disadvantages and achieve still strong overall performance.
Moreover, this disadvantage is only temporary. Traditional car companies have more talent reserves, capital investment and industrial chain supply. Over time, traditional car companies will still occupy the vast majority of the electric vehicle market. From the Mustang Mach-E 1400, we can see Ford’s industrial and technological advantages in building this extremely electric vehicle. Coupled with Ford’s rich racing experience, the Mustang Mach-E 1400 will be promoted to other countries. It makes sense that high performance is difficult for car companies to match.
There may be many consumers like the author who are not so accepting of electric vehicles at the moment, but if we look at the development path of the times, electric vehicles do have many advantages that are difficult to match with fuel vehicles. Electric vehicles can realize many possibilities that cannot be achieved with fuel vehicles. We only need to give electric vehicles time to mature and stabilize. That is when electric vehicles enter thousands of households.
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.