Deliveries of the 2021 Mustang Mach-E were delayed Stateside, but this hasn’t stopped Ford from looking further beyond the ‘quality checks’ issue and announce that its electric SUV will be put together in China too.
Set to be manufactured by by Changan Ford,
the Chinese Mustang Mach-E will be strictly limited to the local market, where
it will launch later this year with all the bells and whistles and a
performance edition that will sit at the top of the range.
Ford said the Mustang Mach-E GT offered in
the People’s Republic will feature a dual-motor layout for a 0 to 100
km/h sprint of around 3 seconds. They didn’t go into specifics, but its
American equivalent has 480 hp and up to 860 Nm of torque, a
targeted 0-96 km/h of 3.5 seconds and an EPA-estimated driving range
of 378 km with the 88 kWh battery fully juiced up.
The Mach-E will feature a suite of driver
assistance systems, Level 2+ semi-autonomous driving function that will allow
hands-free driving in certain scenarios, over-the-air updates, SYNC+
infotainment system and others. Ford claims that it is the first automaker in
China to offer the cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in a mass
production vehicle, a feature that will be included in the Mach-E. Based on
local standards, the most frugal version of the Mustang Mach-E built in China
will have an estimated autonomy of more than 600 km.
