A one-off Mustang with 1400 HP and seven motors!! Ford’s electric car engineers go crazy with 1,400hp Mustang Mach-E | Ars Technica
WOW! Being a PHEV owner, it may come as no shock to others (pun intended) that I covet every one of those vehicles. I could see Ford offering a more tame/realistic Mach E SVO limited edition version in the future. Just like GM with the COPO Camaro, these are discussion generators aimed at the gear-head crowd; a tough segment to crack but there's a LOT of money/purchasing power in that group. EV's are an evolution not a revolution.
Speculation on my part, I wonder if some of the motors are clutched so there are low and high speed motors. There would be too much torque at low speed and there is no mention of a transmission, yet. The 160 mph top speed is suspicious as fixed gear, electric motors can run out of top rpm. Bob Wilson
Tesla model 3 performance has a top speed of 162 mph with different gearing on the front versus rear motor. I don't see why this would have any problem reaching 160 mph. My guess they use the tesla strategy, why not, and since its a low run (1?) car. Electronics can easily manage torque for control. I would assume 1 fixed gear on each axis. The 3 motors up front and 4 in back only have a single shaft for each group. All the motors are the same. This probably saved them from getting a dedicated 600 hp and 800 hp motor for a prototype or demo.
Hmmmm - having infinite cash ... would I rather have 1,400 hp (and accompanying torque) on a 2 wheel drive Ford if it comes into production? or . . . . The already in production as of 2017 - ALL wheel drive (so it can actually deliver the torque to the asphalt) 1,341 hp (and actually a few street legal deliveries) EP9 .... already ran the nurburgring in a blistering 7 min 5 seconds and 6 min 45 seconds. Decisions decisions. Yea .... when Ford is actually building? I'd take that LOL !!! .
When the torque exceeds the tire ability to provide grip to the road, the tires spin; makes smoke, and; the car slowly moves forward. You've got to match the torque to the velocity and that is not trivial. Sad to say, Toyota never figured out what the application of max torque would have done for Prius sales. Bob Wilson
Most of the crazy high torque cars use on board computers to detect the early stages of wheel spin & correct accordingly. .
