Hot off the heels of the Mustang Lithium from Webasto at SEMA 2019, Ford introduces the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 EV dragster.
“Ford has always used motorsport to demonstrate innovation,” said Dave Pericak, Global Director, Ford Icons. “Electric powertrains give us a completely new kind of performance and the all-electric Cobra Jet 1400 is one example of pushing new technology to the absolute limit. We’re excited to showcase what’s possible in an exciting year when we also have the all-electric Mustang Mach-E joining the Mustang family.”
Regardless, this is just another step by Ford and the Ford Performance group to push their EV agenda. Just back in November of last year Ford released the Mustang Mach-E SUV and showed off interest in an EV Mustang build with the aforementioned Lithium. Now, it appears they want to double down on EV performance with the Cobra Jet 1400.
“This project was a challenge for all of us at Ford Performance, but a challenge we loved jumping into,” said Mark Rushbrook, Global Director, Ford Performance Motorsports. “We saw the Cobra Jet 1400 project as an opportunity to start developing electric powertrains in a race car package that we already had a lot of experience with, so we had performance benchmarks we wanted to match and beat right now. This has been a fantastic project to work on, and we hope the first of many coming from our team at Ford Performance Motorsports.”
What do you think? Should GM bring back the eCOPO Camaro and do a shootout against the Cobra Jet 1400? Does this make you excited about the future of the Pony Car Wars? Sound off in the comments!
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