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- [Adam] There's certain conditions
that you can only really achieve
in winter time, right?
Slippery roads,
icy conditions.
So unless you actually subject a vehicle
to those conditions,
you never really know how it's gonna behave.
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We're currently finishing up
all of our fine-tuning.
We finally have everything
in the right place at the right time.
And every single one of those things
can affect all-wheel drive performance.
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People don't think about electric vehicles in winter
because there really isn't an electric vehicle out there
that satisfies the needs
of an all-wheel drive SUV in winter.
And the Mach-E, for the first time,
really does satisfy those needs.
The all-wheel drive's ability
to adapt to changing conditions,
that means that if you happen to be
in a higher-grip condition,
like on a highway or something,
you have all that acceleration.
But as soon as you turn off of that highway
onto a snow-covered road,
you have the control that you would expect.
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(snow crunching)
- [Rob] Man, it gets real cold here, right?
It's extreme.
And,
no matter how we stress the battery pack
with cold temperatures,
this vehicle's able to perform.
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(wind howling)
Our teams have worked
to have this tight coordination,
between the brake controls
and all-wheel drive
and propulsion controls.
And, snow, slippery surfaces,
the vehicle tracts amazing.
In all environments.
(wind howling)
- [Adam] Before we started this program,
we drove every one of the competitive products
that are out there.
And we immediately began to notice
that there was a lot of opportunity for improvement.
We've continued to improve the Mach-E along the way
so that it will be
one of the best electric vehicles out there.
- I mean, it blows you away
how this car accelerates in the snow.
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- [Adam] We've got something
that anybody can get behind the wheel of it
and immediately be surprised
at how well it performs.
They'll get behind the wheel and they know
that there's just something different about it.
And I don't think they're ever gonna be disappointed.
We've got two weeks left of winter development
and we're finishing up a few things.
But I'm really excited about where the car is
and I just can't wait
to see what people think of it.
- [Rob] They're gonna be so impressed
with how the vehicle drives,
with the space they have,
with seeing it in their driveway,
showing it to their families.
It's gonna be pretty awesome.
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