Ford closed orders for the 2022 Mustang Mach-E electrical car (EV) this week, citing its lack of ability to satisfy robust demand within the face of the continuing provide chain crunch.
For the final month, the corporate had restricted consumers from choosing most of the automotive's trims, permitting ordering solely on the Choose and GT variants. In March, the corporate stopped taking orders on the Premium and Route 1 trims.
Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg confirmed the transfer to the Detroit Free Press, saying that there was "unprecedented demand."
"We'll proceed to promote the restricted variety of models remaining from vendor inventory," she added. "We'll talk MY23 (mannequin yr 2023) ordering particulars as quickly as out there."
Manufacturing of the 2023 model is anticipated to begin later this yr on the firm's Mexico meeting plant. Plans to incorporate one other EV in that manufacturing line had been scrapped.
Earlier this yr, Ford introduced that it might spend billions of dollars to construct battery manufacturing services in Kentucky and Tennessee, that are anticipated to open in 2025.
In Ford's fourth-quarter earnings name in February, CEO Jim Farley stated that the corporate would be capable of improve its deliberate capability for EVs to 600,000 models per yr in 2023. One-third of that manufacturing is anticipated to be for the Mustang Mach-E.
He additionally stated that the corporate has been engaged on procuring the batteries wanted for the ramp up.
"Actually, the first carry for us is battery availability," he stated. "So we have truly been securing additional batteries for fairly a while now. We now have some choices for Mach-E."
Final yr, the corporate bought 27,140 Mach-Es.
The bottom model of the 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E began at $43,995, with the highest GT trim starting at simply above $61,000.
Powertrain choices embrace a standard-range 70-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery that mixes with an electrical motor to ship 266 horsepower and 317 pound-feet of torque. An all-wheel drive possibility bumps that as much as a 91-kWh battery and two electrical motors, making for 317 horsepower and 428 pound-feet of torque.
No pricing particulars have been launched for the 2023 mannequin yr.
Within the more and more aggressive EV SUV market, the Mach-E goes toe-to-toe with the 2022 Tesla Mannequin Y, which begins at $62,990. The 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 and the 2022 Kia EV6 are newer to the section and barely smaller, beginning at $43,650 and $40,900, respectively.
Together with the Mustang Mach-E, Ford is at present promoting the 2022 Ford E-Transit, the all-electric model of its business van, for a beginning MSRP of $43,295. The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning EV pickup, which is anticipated to hit dealerships later this yr, begins at $52,974. A business model can also be out there at $39,974.
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