Ford Mustang Mach-E 4X / AWD extended range - Bjorn Nyland's range test [video]

Bjorn Nyland tested the Ford Mustang Mach-E AWD with an extended battery, that is, in the Extended Range version. Tests were carried out in winter conditions at -5 degrees Celsius, so the Mustang Mach-E 4X's range should be about 15-20 percent higher during the warmer months. We'll try to calculate them based on the data provided by the car, but let's start with the results of the experiment:

Ford Mustang Mach-E AWD ER / 4X: range 343 km at 90 km / h, 263 km at 120 km / h. In winter in the cold

Recall: The Ford Mustang Mach-E is a crossover in the D-SUV segment, a car that competes with the Tesla Model Y, Jaguar I-Pace or Mercedes EQC. The variant tested in Nyland has Batteries capacity 88 (98,8) kWh, It has drive on both axles (1 + 1) i 258 kW (351 HP) power. Base Mustanga Mach-E dinner in this configuration it starts in Poland from 286 310 PLN, the car with the driver weighed 2,3 tons.

Weight of Ford Mustang Mach-E 4X with driver. The car is slightly lighter than the Porsche Taycan 4S with a smaller battery and heavier than the Tesla Model S Long Range “Raven” (c) Bjorn Nyland

On 100% battery charge, the car achieved 378 kilometers, which in itself looked quite optimistic at temperatures below 0. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) procedure, this model should travel 434,5 kilometers in mixed mode. mode with the best weather.

At the very beginning of the ride, one could see interesting statistics on the car screen: Mustang Mach-E uses 82 percent of the energy for movement, 5 percent for lowering the external temperature (heating the battery due to lack of heat pump?), and 14 percent for heating the cabin . A little later, when Nyland started using the windshield defroster, another 4 percent was used up. accessories - on the Driving so it stayed 78 percent... Let's remember this number, it will come in handy now:

Range test at 90 km / h

During the first experiment movement at a speed of 90 km / h (GPS) average consumption the car shown was 24 kWh / 100 km (240 Wh / km). range when the battery is discharged to zero, it will 343 km... The battery capacity, calculated on the basis of consumption, was 82-85 kWh, that is, less than the 88 kWh declared by the manufacturer, which, however, happens quite often.

We assume that in the best weather the energy consumption is Driving it can go up to 97 percent, so in the best possible conditions the car will reach [theoretical calculations, for practice we will have to wait until spring]:

• 427 kilometers of run with the battery discharged to zero,
• 384 kilometers with a discharge of up to 10 percent,
• 299 kilometers when driving in the 80-> 10-> 80 percent range [www.elektrowoz.pl calculations].

Range test at 120 km / h

After stopping at the station where we managed to get 110 kW charging power – the maximum charging power during another test is at least 140 kW – Nyland did the second test at a speed of 120 km / h... Served by car power consumption was 32 kWh / 100 km (320 Wh / km), Nyland rated the range at 263 km when the battery is discharged to zero. This time, the transmission consumed 87 percent of the power, air conditioner 10 percent, accessories 3 percent, there was also no need to heat up the components:

If we were to assume that the weather is better and that the drive consumes 97 percent of its power consumption instead of 87 percent of its power use, the range would be [again: this is just a theoretical calculation]:

• 293 kilometers when the battery is discharged to zero,
• 264 kilometers with 10 percent battery discharge,
• 205 kilometers when driving in 80-> 10-> 80 percent mode.

What did the youtuber pay attention to? He liked the silence in the cabin, the free space and the sound system. However, he didn't like the almost vertical arrangement of the display - he would have preferred it to be slightly more inclined. The Polestar 2 (C segment) and I-Pace (D-SUV) were more comfortable to drive.

Ford Mustang Mach-E rear, image (c) Ford

A competitive Tesla Model Y promising a similar range under the WLTP procedure should be available for an equivalent price of around 270 units. Unfortunately, the car is not yet sold in Europe, so Nyland hasn't tested it - so it's hard to compare it to the Mustang Mach-E based on this exact procedure. While Nextmove's Y Performance test shows the Ford Mustang Mach-E's range at 90 km / h is similar to Tesla's Y range at ... 120 km / h..

Here's the full video, worth watching:

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