It's time to check in with Jim_Holder, who is four months into life with the Ford Mustang Mach-E ⚡
London to Norwich and back, over about 320 miles. I worried right up until I learned of Gridserve’s new facility in the region, with 36 charging points, 22 capable of charging at 350kW – far in excess of the Ford’s 107kW maximum. I stopped, went to Costa, checked a few things on the internet and returned to find the car full again. Amazing.
And while the firmness does lend it a pseudo-sporty edge, I soon get fed up with my head playing Buckaroo on a motorway run or dealing with the constant undamped pitter-patter of driving down an uneven road. Part of the answer is selecting the Whisper driving mode.The suspension doesn’t adjust on the standard Mach-E , but this setting dampens the sharpness of the steering and throttle, and the result is that when the car bounces and thuds, your resultant movements don’t exaggerate the impacts.
The Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 have nailed it, their supremacy so clear that they are providing a halo effect for all future electrified products from the Korean brands. In contrast, good though the Mach-E may be, these shortfalls mean questions about Ford’s electrified future remain. The giant touchscreen looks like a gimmick, but its scale and font sizes suit my middle-aged eyes.Swapping door handles for push buttons seems like a solution to a problem that didn’t existHello, sunshine.
Coming late to the electric party, as Ford is, this is also a car with which it needs to land a Fiesta, Mondeo or Focus-like sucker punch. Should the Mustang Mach-E slide into the depths of automotive purgatory alongside the Ecosport, B-Max or second-generation Ka, it won’t threaten just the Mustang name but potentially Ford itself, such is the importance of establishing itself as a key player in EV market.
One that I will highlight straight away, as I believe most drivers will notice similar in a short space of time, however, is the ride quality. I’ve seen it described by one overenthusiastic commentator as “beautiful”, but I simply can’t concur. In anything other than its mildest setting, it’s everything from unsettled to downright uncomfortable. Bumps and thumps nag away at your neck and torso to the point that even my passengers brought it up and I started to wonder if I could live with it.
Adding a touch of jeopardy to that statement is the fact that we have opted for the Standard Range model, rather than the Extended Range one that offers 379 miles of official range, which tops Tesla’s best, and has set a string of headline- grabbing records including an efficiency rating that equated in the real world to about 500 miles of range if driven especially carefully.
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