Ace
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I agree, having ICE + BEV is pretty much impossible on one car. You have to develop two completely different platforms for that. If you want to see why, take a look at the Mach-E. You can easily spot the big amount of batteries stuffed in the floor of the car, from the ground to the interior floor there is about a 4 inch gap where the batteries are. But the overall ground clearance of the car is not higher than the regular S550 Mustang. Which works on an SUV since a high seating position fits, but you don't want your regular mustang to gain 4 inch of heigth to be BEV ready.
I already think the seating position in the Mustang is a bit too high, which takes away a proper feeling of sitting in a sportcars. But what would you do with the neccessary battery space (to reach a good electric range) if you put an ICE engine in the front? Also weigth distrubition would be really though to get right for both engines.
Dodge recently confirmed that the current Challenger & Chargers are the last ICE ones. Their nextgen E-Muscle Car will run parallel to them for a while, but after that the ICEs are gone for them. Rumors about the Camaro also say the next one (mabye even named differently) will be a BEV. So i am a bit worried with production start not before January 2023 what Ford is actually doing with S650. Releasing a new ICE or Hybrid car only a year before the competition brings their BEV car seems like a huge risk since it have to sell until around 2030. I think they pretty much have to release pure BEV Mustang (not Mach-E) around 2025 to have something on the market, so I am not sure how far Ford wants to push ICEs/Hybrids for the future
I already think the seating position in the Mustang is a bit too high, which takes away a proper feeling of sitting in a sportcars. But what would you do with the neccessary battery space (to reach a good electric range) if you put an ICE engine in the front? Also weigth distrubition would be really though to get right for both engines.
Dodge recently confirmed that the current Challenger & Chargers are the last ICE ones. Their nextgen E-Muscle Car will run parallel to them for a while, but after that the ICEs are gone for them. Rumors about the Camaro also say the next one (mabye even named differently) will be a BEV. So i am a bit worried with production start not before January 2023 what Ford is actually doing with S650. Releasing a new ICE or Hybrid car only a year before the competition brings their BEV car seems like a huge risk since it have to sell until around 2030. I think they pretty much have to release pure BEV Mustang (not Mach-E) around 2025 to have something on the market, so I am not sure how far Ford wants to push ICEs/Hybrids for the future
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