So the early reviews on the all electric Mustang sound really interesting and it appears this vehicle could be will be a game changer (especially since the $7500 tax credit will apply). The Tesla pickup truck however also seems to be a game changer in the EV space so the question is, which vehicle impacts the EV marketplace more?
The Mach-E is, only thanks to the $7500 credit, marginally competitive with the Model Y (though the Y will come to market months ahead of it) on range, performance, and price.
That's not really a game changer. It's a "almost caught up to someone in the same game but without a national charging network"
And they needed a battery nearly 25% larger to do it because they're so far behind on efficiency, and (as far as anyone can tell so far) even further behind on driving aids.
Plus If it actually catches on enough to burn through the tax credit they'll be in real trouble if they suddenly can't find a way to pull a lot of cost out of the thing.
All that said it's certainly nice to see another major car company finally offer a credibly decent car instead of a crap compliance vehicle....and it brings a few things to the table that I hope will actually get Tesla to make some long-overdue improvements to their own offerings as far as some in-car features and such.
The pickup, we won't know if that's a genuine game changer until the reveal (at least)- if it's a "radical" as Elon suggests it might not make enough impact on the markets it really needs to to be a game changer like, say, a traditional F-150 in EV form could.
I don't know, seems that many people that are in the Mustang marketplace aren't really likely to buy a Tesla even if the performance of EV's has been shown to be excellent (superior?). I do think those same people might consider buying an all electric Mustang because it is built and sold by Ford - a name they know and trust. .
It's not an EV mustang though- it's an EV mid-sized SUV with a few mustang styling cues