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- Okay, for all of you at home.
This is the part of the show
where we leave our sensibilities at the door.
I had to phone a friend for this.
In fact two, joining me in the studio
are Alex from Ford Performance
and a SEMA mainstay who needs no introduction.
Vaughn Gittin Jr.
For team dealt with RTR vehicles to hatch the crazy awesome
and slightly terrifying Mustang Mach-E 1400.
And it is a magnificent machine.
Welcome gentlemen.
- [Alex] Hello. - [Vaughn] Hey,
- You guys really took this to the next level.
Let me get this right.
We're looking at the Mustang Mach-E 1400
where the 1400 is the amount of horsepower.
People let me put it to you this way.
If the Mustang Mach-E moves like a rocket ship,
this car is like light speed.
You know what?
Let's make this a little easier to visualize.
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(whooshing)
Alex and Vaughn.
Can you tell the audience at home
a little bit more about this beast?
- Sure.
- To start off three motors are attached
to the front differential
and four are attached to the rear
in a pancake style with the single drive shaft,
connecting them to the differentials,
which have a huge range of gearing adjustability
to set the car up for everything from drifting
to high speed track racing.
It's a pairing of beauty and performance
that really pushes the edge of what's possible.
- The chassis and powertrain are set up
so that we can investigate different layouts
and how they affect energy consumption and performance.
Drift and track setups have completely different front end
configurations like control arms and steering
to allow for extreme angles during drifting.
- In all wheel drive power delivery can be split
between the front or the rear
and completely switched between either one.
- It takes a little more than off the shell batteries
to power this beast.
These are very specialized batteries.
The 56.8 kilowatt hour battery
is made up of nickel manganese cobalt pouch cells,
ultra high performance and high discharge rate.
The battery system is also designed to be cooled during
charging, using a dielectric cooling.
Decreasing the time needed between our runs.
- A production-based electronic brake booster
is integrated to allow for regenerative braking
and ABS which optimizes performance.
Mustang Mach-E 1400 features, Brembo brakes,
like we use in our GT Ford Mustang
and a handbrake system designed for drifting,
which integrates with the control system
shutting off power to the rear motors.
It's aerodynamics are designed to no rule book
with a focus on cooling, a front splitter, dive planes
and this massive rear wing.
- This thing looks amazing.
What is it like to drive?
- You know, the first time I felt the Mustang Mach-E 1400
at full power, it literally scared me.
You know, this thing was built to no rule book
like Alex just mentioned that doesn't happen anymore.
You know, this puts down 2300 pounds of down force
at a 160 miles an hour.
And since we're moving so fast,
we've also designed the intakes
to cool the electric motors and inverters.
See what I mean?
- Thanks guys.
And that's our cue to see this thing do its thing
with SEMA canceled.
We can't show this baby off at Ford Out Front.
So we decided to have some fun with it right here in the D.
Many of you watching at home
have already made a reservation for,
or even ordered the all new Mustang Mach-E.
That means you put some money down.
You've got some skin in the game
and we want to show our appreciation.
So we picked one lucky reservation holder
to come to the studio tonight,
jump inside the Mustang Mach-E 1400 Lavon
and take it for a spin downtown.
All right, everybody meet Rich.
Welcome Rich.
- Hello.
- How are you feeling tonight?
Excited are a little bit nervous.
- (indistinct) drive I'm excited.
Definitely scared.
- Don't worry Rich.
You'll be in safe hands Vaughn is a legend.
And of course, an expert driver.
Vaughn, you're gonna take it easy on my man, right?
- Absolutely not.
- Okay off you guys go.
- Let's do it.
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