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Mustang "Lithium" Battery Electric Prototype Signals Future With 900+ HP / 1000 FT-LBS Torque!

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It should be a pretty big disaster for Ford,the dealerships can hardly do an oil change without an issue
this electric shit is way over their heads
 

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Electric vehicles are NOT zero emissions. They give off heat and sound like anything else and simply shuffle the carbon emissions to a different location via high tension cable. The losses between coal and tire make the losses between gasoline and tire seem silly.
Which is why coal is on its way out also. It's been long proved that even including recycling the battery over the life of an electric car its still better for the environment than a gas car.
 

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Electric vehicles are NOT zero emissions. They give off heat and sound like anything else and simply shuffle the carbon emissions to a different location via high tension cable. The losses between coal and tire make the losses between gasoline and tire seem silly.
With EV's your shifting the emissions from the tailpipe the electric power plant. The more the demand for electricity to charge EV's the more emissions from power plants.
 

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WEBASTO AND FORD TEAM UP FOR MUSTANG ‘LITHIUM’: BATTERY ELECTRIC MUSCLE CAR LIGHTS-UP SEMA, SIGNALS FUTURE OF PERFORMANCE

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  • Built in collaboration between Ford and Webasto, Mustang Lithium project vehicle generates more than 1000 ft.-lbs. of instant torque and more than 900 horsepower for new levels of performance and technology with its 800-volt Webasto battery system with EVDrive technology
  • Best of both worlds, Mustang Lithium accelerates the next generation of performance: unique 6-speed manual shifting, track handling and stunning quarter-mile acceleration with instant electric torque, and zero emissions
  • Ford is investing more than $11.5 billion in electrified vehicles by 2022, including an all-new Mustang-inspired fully electric SUV in 2020 with targeted range of 300 miles and an all-electric F-150 in a few years, a hybrid version of the best-selling F-150 pickup available in 2020 will join all-new Ford Escape and Explorer hybrids launched this year
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Nov. 05, 2019 – Ford and Webasto today reveal Mustang Lithium, an ultra-high-performance battery electric Mustang fastback prototype. With more than 1,000 ft.-lbs. of torque and more than 900 horsepower instantaneously available, this Mustang amps muscle car performance to a new level and helps gauge the level of interest the next wave of performance customers have in lightning-quick performance that only fully electric powertrains can deliver.

The Mustang Lithium build is not only a one-off prototype to showcase electrification on the world’s best-selling sports car but also a testbed for battery and thermal management technologies Webasto and Ford are creating for the growing e-mobility automotive segment.

“Ford has made no secret of the fact that we are electrifying our most popular nameplates,” said Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s Chief Product Development and Purchasing Officer. “This one-off Mustang prototype is a great opportunity for us, together with Webasto, to showcase to our customers what a new electrified powertrains can do for performance in a car they already know and love.”

An electrified street-ready beast, Mustang Lithium is low and sleek, with custom carbon fiber body components, a 1.0-inch lowered stance and 20-inch staggered fitting forged wheels. Under the hood, the differences are electrifying: a Phi-Power dual-core electric motor and dual power inverters – all powered by an 800-volt Webasto battery system with EVDrive Technology that can discharge a mega-watt of electrical energy.

At 800 volts, that’s twice the voltage of most electric cars on the road today. This allows the system to be lighter, more powerful and generate less heat, and more electric force than most battery-electric systems on the road today.

In a unique twist, Mustang Lithium features a manual transmission and uses a drag-strip proven Calimer-version of the Getrag MT82 6-speed transmission with billet internals to handle the 1,000 ft.-lbs. of torque. Ford Performance half shafts and Super 8.8 Torsen® differential help supply power to the road via lightweight Forgeline wheels wearing Michelin® Pilot® Sport 4S tires.

Additional features include Ford Performance’s Track Handling Pack and strut tower brace, Brembo six-piston front brakes from the Shelby GT350R, Sankuer Composite Technologies side splitters and rear diffuser, plus Webasto hood with see-through polycarbonate windows, TurboDX charging solution and TurboCord portable charger.

Mustang Lithium features a unique set of drive modes that apply a controlled amount of torque for different driving scenarios including: Valet, Sport, Track and Beast, and are instantly available on demand via a custom in-dash 10.4-inch touchscreen display.

“Very similar to Ford’s push for vehicle electrification, this is an innovative way to further the technologies we’re developing to enable vehicle electrification while creating a vision of how cool the future of electric performance will be,” said Mark Denny, Webasto Customized Solutions North America President and CEO.

Electric drive is essential to the future of Ford

For more than 20 years, Ford has brought electric and hybrid-electric vehicles to the masses and has produced more than 800,000 around the globe.

Ford is investing more than $11.5 billion in electrified vehicles by 2022, including an all-new Mustang-inspired fully electric SUV in 2020 with range of 300 miles and an all-electric F-150 in a few years.

As Ford actively refreshes its lineup, the all-new 2020 Ford Explorer and Escape hybrid SUVs feature the company’s fourth-generation lithium-ion battery technology, similar to the energy storage system used on the Mustang Lithium. An F-150 Hybrid also arrives next year. More than the instantaneous torque of these electric drive powertrains provide, greater levels of torque management and driver control can be enabled, plus zero emissions.


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I wonder what the MSRP would be on this All Electric 900HP/1000FT LB of Torque Mustang GT would be?...Sounds like it would give the 2020 Tesla Roaster a run for its Money!...0 to 60 in 1.9 sec.s, 1/4 mile in 8.8 sec.s, Top Speed is over 250mph and a range of 600 miles!...I am Just Saying!...God Bless America!
 

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I am wonderiing what the weight would be on such car.

Most certainly we will see hybrid versions either with V8 or 4 banger.

I was looking at a really bad review of the Bullitt in Sweden. Ford Swedens marketing manager was in the review and he was saying something like "the future will be fun" he was pointing to hybrids and was saying the sound and experience from a V8 would remain, whatever that means.

Just play with the thought of the current version of the GT would weigh 1500kg ohh my :). This would of course be an expensive exercise but it would really haul.
 
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I wish Ford would have spent all this $ on something useful. I believe only millenials and folks younger would show positive support for electric vehicles or actually buy one.. ...My wish list for that money would have been production facilities and workers trained who can actually build cars with body panels that line up properly, and paint that doesn't crater and pit when bugs (sometimes seemingly just a gust of air) hit the front of the car and cause chips/damage at a rapid rate. Watching Ford spending money like this on a future that is uncertain while year after year ignoring the lack of quality issues that already plague our brand is all I see right now. Rant over...
 

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Electrics are far and away more efficient than gas cars - as in you can go 2000 miles on the equivalent of maybe one tank of gas - Jason Fenske has a video up on it.

I love the idea of a manual - and you can probably start in any gear, and keep it in that gear the whole time. You can probably save the clutch by keeping it it a gear the whole time too - since an electric doesn’t idle, there’s no need to be in neutral.
 
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Tell that to the chinese kids working in the lithium strip mines and all the dead birds under the windmills.
 

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Tell that to the chinese kids working in the lithium strip mines and all the dead birds under the windmills.
Sure thing! Nice to see someone thinking about those poor Chinese kids! And I’m pretty sure the current crop of lithium batteries are recyclable - might put one in my 5.0 to save some weight. I’ll also grant you that solar makes more sense than the current windmill designs - pretty sure there are technical ways around that - maybe drones that chase the birds away - like the RC planes that do it at major airports to help keep them from getting sucked into jet intakes.
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