Mustang Mach-E Lands in Guinness Book of World Records
Trek from John O’Groats, Scotland and Land’s End, England earns Mach-E record for lowest energy consumption of 6.54 kWh/mile.
The Mustang Mach-E may be Ford’s biggest, boldest move on the company’s path to electrification. Even more so than the upcoming F-150 Lightning. After all, the Mustang name is iconic. Attaching it to cool electric crossover with Mustang styling cues has more than a few pony fans despondent over the whole thing. Yet, like the Mustang II before it, the Mustang Mach-E is the torchbearer for a changing environment for the Mustang as a whole.
And now, the Mustang Mach-E is also a Guinness Book of World Records record-holder. Between July 3 and 4, BBC transport correspondent Paul Clifton, along with co-drivers Fergal McGrath and Kevin Booker, made the 840-mile trek from John O’Groats, Scotland to Land’s End, England in the EV. In so doing, they set the record for lowest energy consumption in an electric vehicle of 6.54 kWh/mile.
“This record is about demonstrating that electric cars are now viable for everyone,” the team said in a statement. “Not just for short urban trips to work or the shops, or as a second car. But for real-world use on long cross-country journeys. We’ve proved that, with this car, the tipping-point has been reached.”
The team took the Mustang Mach-E out on the long journey between Great Britain’s two extremes to dispel fears surrounding EV range anxiety. From a full charge at John O’Groats, the team only needed to stop twice before landing at Land’s End. The long journey gave the Mach-E an estimated range of over 500 miles per charge, 120 miles more than the official 379-mile range given for the EV.
“Ford’s own Go Electric report on consumer perceptions reveals that the average range which the public thinks a fully charged electric car can travel is under 150 miles,” said Ford UK electrification boss Tim Nicklin. “If the Mach-E can achieve well over three times that distance in the hands of professionals, it can easily deliver its official ‘miles per tank’ to owners – and dispense with any previous range anxiety.”
This isn’t Ford’s first time in Guinness, either. For one, their own Model T entered the book in 1999 as the most influential vehicle of the 20th century in 1999. Yet, the Mustang Mach-E’s own entry might be the one most worth celebrating.
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