MotorTrend's Detroit Editor Alisa Priddle joins Ford Chief Program Engineer
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Hi, I'm Elisa Priddle,
00:10 and I am the Detroit editor for Motor Trend.
00:13 And I am here with Mr. Ron Heiser,
00:15 and this is his baby.
00:18 - Well, thanks Elisa.
00:19 So it was actually Jim Farley that came up
00:21 with the first thought about,
00:22 well, maybe to go aspirational,
00:24 we should do something more Mustang inspired.
00:27 We think we have a unique battery electric vehicle
00:30 that is worthy of that pony.
00:32 We have a mid range battery that will get somewhere,
00:34 you know, between 220 and 230 miles of range.
00:38 And then we have an extended range battery
00:40 that we're gonna get over 300 miles.
00:43 The Ford denotes four wheel or all wheel drive.
00:46 So our standard E-drive system will be rear wheel drive.
00:50 And then you'll option up to an all wheel drive system.
00:54 And then because we are a Mustang,
00:55 we'll have a GT and we have a performance
00:58 all wheel drive system,
00:59 which will have a very big motor in the front
01:02 to match the big motor on the rear axles.
01:05 We did a lot of work in terms of getting,
01:08 getting the right body sculpting on this car.
01:11 And we had to make sure that we got it right.
01:13 What you're gonna see on the inside,
01:15 obviously the first thing you're gonna see
01:16 is our 15 inch touchscreen.
01:19 Our research indicated that people still want a rotary knob
01:22 to control volume.
01:25 What we've done is we've minimized the cluster,
01:28 but we felt the cluster was still very important.
01:31 So the information that'll be in the cluster
01:34 is what's critical to driving.
01:36 We feel very good about where we're at
01:38 in terms of range and performance relative to competition.
01:41 - And it's gonna be fast.
01:43 - It's gonna be fast.
01:44 We aren't quoting numbers yet.
01:46 Mr. Ford said goes like hell.
01:48 That's what our target is.
01:51 We're staking our collective reputations on this car
01:54 and that it can live up to that badge.
01:56 (electronic whooshing)
01:59 (electronic music)