Introducing the All-Electric Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 Dragster, Capable of 8 Second Quarter Mile

[Spork3245]

No SOUND, no smell, just whine, boring.

Yup! Suuuuuuper boring when all the torque kicks in the moment the pedal is pressed and pins you into your seat and damn near slips the atlas out of your skull and spinal cord. SOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOORING rocketing to 60mph in the blink of an eye and hitting a 1/4 mile in 8-seconds!!! THE MOST BORING THING EVER

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[Templarum]

I appreciate the technology and engineering, but in the end it seems like a glorified slot car. On/off. I/O.

 

[13GetThere]

A cobra jet...With the soul of a golf cart?

Now that's funny.

 

[Deleted member]

No SOUND, no smell, just whine, boring.

I wish there was a dislike button, how the tf Is an 8 sec car boring? Have you ever felt the launch in a Tesla? There's absolutely nothing boring about it, different yes. Boring absolutely not.

 

[Sivi70980]

I appreciate the hardcore drag racers here that dislike this thing however, I implore you all to test drive a Tesla Model S. The motor whine is actually closer to a supercharger whine and the things screams! Most fun I've had on 4 wheels? No. But it's not as bad as you may think, wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. All my gripes revolved around the interior.

 

[Erik427]

I could've sworn there was a gear change.......

 

[boB]

To produce this kind of power for even a full minute takes about 18 KWH, a Tesla 3 can have almost 4x that much so it really doesn't take a large battery to make an 8 second pass. Electric motors can be run at 10x (and more) normal power for a short time before they overheat.
It's cool technology and could be used to get a 40 mpg 1.4 liter Mustang to still make sub 10 second 1/4 mile passes.

 

[Silver Bullitt]

I appreciate the hardcore drag racers here that dislike this thing however, I implore you all to test drive a Tesla Model S. The motor whine is actually closer to a supercharger whine and the things screams! Most fun I've had on 4 wheels? No. But it's not as bad as you may think, wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. All my gripes revolved around the interior.

Well, if I got to choose between this or one of the gasser versions, I don't think it would take me long to choose.

 

[Timeless]

I could've sworn there was a gear change.......

EVs can have multiple gears...believe the Porsche Taycan has two gears.

 

[Cobra Jet]

The EV 1400HP CJ is headline news everywhere...

https://www.google.com/search?q=electric+cobra+jet&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

Just bring it to a coupe production platform ... this is what Ford should have done instead of that sorry ass abomination MACHE.

just think....

No oil pump gears to shatter
No malfunctioning VCTs
No malfunctioning IMRCs
No liquid mishaps

 

[MX5Racer]

Just bring it to a coupe production platform ... this is what Ford should have done instead of that sorry ass abomination MACHE.

No doubt this is the next step in marketing a fully electric Mustang. Of course we are headed to an all electric Mustang , like it or not. Ford was getting the practical people on board before the enthusiasts. Since the Neanderthal Trolls couldn't see the potential in the Mach-e (as applied to a Mustang), Ford needed to spell it out in simple obvious ways, like the 1400. I'm willing to bet a production reveal is not far off.

 

[GoranRC]

I'd love to see the name FORD, furthermore "MUSTANG" as the car that competes with the long-anticipated Tesla Roadster. Good shit!

 

[zackmd1]

EVs can have multiple gears...believe the Porsche Taycan has two gears.

Yep. Taycan has a 2 speed gearbox. The second gear is used for higher speeds meaning most of the time in city driving, the card does not use gear 2.

 

[zackmd1]

So my question is “how much battery can you put in a S550 and how fast would it go?

I think Ford is getting everyone used to the idea of an electric Mustang but that a full electric coupe is still a few years off. Hybrids are coming (obviously) but I do not think the Mustang will go all electric in the S550/650 chassis. That does not rule out a coupe based on the Mach E platform sooner then S750 though.

 

[Balr14]

Now I don't know about drag racing today's cars. But back in my race days, when you were barreling down the track on a 9 second run, the last thing you thought about was how cool it sounded! The only sound you listened for was something blowing up! If you didn't hear that sound you were grateful as hell. I am hearing impaired now, so if sound was the only thing I paid attention to, I guess I'd always be bored.

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