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2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E Increases Range and Charging Speed [Video]

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Ford has finally released some details on the 2024 Mustang Mach-E, about nine months after carmakers customarily release information on the new model year’s vehicles.

The company has teased us for a while, with previews of the Mach-E GT Bronze Appearance Package and the off-road-flavored Mach-E Rally, but now we’ve finally got some specifics on charging and electric motor performance.

The available 91-kilowatt-hour extended-range battery pack now charges more quickly from a 10 percent state of charge to 80 percent in 36.2 minutes, which Ford says is 8.8 minutes faster than before. The 72-kWh battery charges to the same level in a claimed 32.3 minutes, which is 5.7 minutes faster.These are welcome improvements, but the claims are curiously precise for a vehicle that never seemed to achieve its previous claimed charging times in my experience. Ford hasn’t said what contributes to the improvements, so we don’t know whether there are …

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