LFP-Powered 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Vs. Outgoing SR Battery Version via insideevs.com
2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E in Carbonized Gray Mettalic2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E SYNC 4 center stackThe side effect of the LFP battery type is increased weight . The curb weight of the base versions is now 6-7 percent higher . Because of that, the RWD version is now slightly slower than before.
The LFP-powered Mach-E RWD requires 6.3 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour , compared to 5.8 seconds previously. That's 0.5 seconds slower. In the case of the AWD, the new LFP-powered version does 0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds, compared to 5.2 seconds previously. One would ask, how it's even possible that acceleration improved? Well, Ford increased the peak power output of the Standard Range AWD versions from 198 kW to 232 kW to mitigate the increased weight, it seems. Unfortunately, the higher weight will not be mitigated in corners or in terms of potentially a bit faster degradation of tires.
An interesting thing that we discovered is that the LFP-powered, Standard Range versions of the car are almost as heavy as the NCM-powered, Extended Range versions of the car, which have over 26 percent more energy content . This one data point clearly shows why we don't see LFP-powered Long Range versions of various models, but only the good-enough, entry-level ones. By the way, the NCM-versions probably even don't have a cell-to-pack solution , which would potentially help a bit too.
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