Ford unveiled a fully electric Mustang with over 900 horsepower at a car show in Las Vegas Wednesday. It’s not for sale, but the customized Mustang is intended to gauge interest in a high-performance electric car, Ford said.
Later this month Ford (F) will unveil a “Mustang inspired” electric SUV that customers will be able to buy. The SUV, however, will likely be far less powerful than this show car, which Ford is calling the Mustang Lithium.
Ford didn’t provide any exact performance figures for the Mustang Lithium, but described the car’s acceleration as “stunning.”
Created together with the automotive parts supplier Webasto, the Mustang Lithium has a six-speed manual transmission. That’s unusual in an electric car because, unlike gasoline and diesel-powered cars, electric cars don’t actually require a transmission with more than one speed. The transmission in the Mustang Lithium is a special heavy-duty transmission engineered to handle the…
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