2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E Gains Range, Reduces Charging Times

• Ford is introducing a number of upgrades to the 2024 Mustang Mach-E, together with a brand new rear motor that helps present a most of 320 miles of vary.
• The Mustang Mach-E additionally costs sooner than earlier than, with the standard-range battery going from 10 to 80 p.c in round 32 minutes.
• The GT Efficiency mannequin isn’t any extra, with Ford now providing an improve bundle for the GT mannequin that provides 100 pound-feet of torque.

The Ford Mustang Mach-E has been on sale for the reason that 2021 mannequin 12 months, however is gaining a number of upgrades for 2024. Not solely is there a flashy new Rally variant that wears aero wheels and a large rear wing, however now Ford has introduced a brand new rear motor, faster DC fast-charging speeds, and a revised GT mannequin.

Extra Miles, Speedy Charging

The largest improve to the 2024 Mustang Mach-E is a brand new rear motor that proliferates throughout the lineup, boosting vary. Ford says the brand new unit, which was developed in-house, is lighter than earlier than and “helps to ship improved torque.”

The Choose mannequin with the standard-range battery and single-motor rear-wheel-drive powertrain is listed at 250 miles of vary. The rear-wheel-drive Premium mannequin with the extended-range battery has a 320-mile EPA estimate. Ford touts each figures as 20-mile will increase over the 2021 mannequin 12 months Mach-E, however modifications to the standard-range battery’s chemistry for 2023 had already boosted the standard-battery RWD mannequin’s vary to 250 miles, and RWD extended-range 2023 fashions have been listed at 310 miles.

Ford has additionally slashed charging instances throughout the Mach-E lineup. Fashions outfitted with the extended-range battery will now go from 10 to 80 p.c in simply over 36 minutes, Ford claims, which is almost 9 minutes faster than earlier than. For autos with the standard-range battery, the 10-to-80 p.c cost now takes simply over 32 minutes, an virtually six-minute enchancment. Mustang Mach-E house owners can even now entry the Tesla Supercharger community, though they are going to want an adapter to replenish their CCS-port-equipped SUVs utilizing Tesla’s NACS chargers.

Reconfigured GT Lineup

The Mach-E’s high-performance trim was beforehand supplied in two guises, the usual GT and the GT Efficiency. For 2024, the GT Efficiency is not a standalone mannequin, with Ford as a substitute providing a Efficiency Improve bundle that provides 100 pound-feet of torque. The outgoing GT Efficiency mannequin had solely supplied a 34 pound-foot increase over the conventional GT. Ford claims the brand new bundle permits essentially the most potent model of the Mustang Mach-E to go from zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and thru the quarter mile in 11.8 seconds at 114 mph.

The Efficiency Improve additionally brings “revolutionary powertrain thermal modeling and management algorithms,” Ford says, to maintain the dual-motor powertrain working at most output. The bundle is customary on the off-road-oriented Rally mannequin, and Mach-E GT consumers can both add it on the time of buy or allow it later.

With the lack of the GT Efficiency mannequin, Ford has additionally added extra customary gear to the GT, which now options Ford Efficiency entrance seats, Brembo entrance brake calipers, and magnetorheological dampers. The brand new rear motor launched throughout the lineup nets the Mach-E GT an additional 10 miles of vary on a full cost for an EPA-estimated 280 miles; the Rally debuts with a 265 miles of vary.

The entire Particulars

Ford additionally tweaks the interface of the 15.5-inch middle touchscreen, with new button icons designed to make it simpler to get to essential info. The settings web page now consists of all the info on a single web page, with Ford revealing that clients stated “they didn’t prefer to scroll.” Wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are nonetheless customary throughout the lineup, and Ford’s BlueCruise hands-free driver help tech is obtainable on each Mach-E.

The 2024 Mustang Mach-E begins at $41,890 for the Choose trim with rear-wheel drive and the usual battery dimension. The identical powertrain on the Premium trim opens at $45,890, whereas the GT mannequin prices $55,890. The Efficiency Improve prices $995, and the Rally mannequin is available in at $61,890.

Caleb Miller started running a blog about automobiles at 13 years previous, and he realized his dream of writing for a automobile journal after graduating from Carnegie Mellon College and becoming a member of the Automotive and Driver group. He loves quirky and obscure autos, aiming to in the future personal one thing weird like a Nissan S-Cargo, and is an avid motorsports fan.