Ford Mustang Mach-E fails Sweden’s moose test
The infamous moose test has claimed another person. This time it is the Ford Mustang Mach-E AWD Long Range, which was tested in an electric four-way together with Tesla Model Y, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Skoda Enyaq iV (an electric vehicle that is closely related to Volkswagen ID.4 which is sold in the USA ). According to Swedish testers on The World of Technology, Ford’s electric car not only failed to reach the speed required for a passing grade, it also did not work well at lower speeds.
To pass the moose test of the outlet, a car must complete a fast left-right-straight S-shaped pattern marked with cones at a speed of at least 72 km / h (44.7 miles per hour). The test is designed to mimic the type of avoidant maneuver a driver would need to take to avoid hitting something that wandered into the road, which in Sweden can be a moose but could just as easily be a deer or another member of the animal kingdom elsewhere in the world, or possibly a child or a car backing onto the highway. The maneuver is not only very aggressive, it is also performed with weights belted in each seat and more weight to the load area to reach the vehicle’s maximum permissible bearing capacity. The Mustang Mach-E only managed to complete the moose test at 68 km / h (42.3 mph), well below the approved threshold.
Even at much lower speeds, The World of Technology says that the Mach-E (which has the highest bearing capacity and was therefore loaded with more weight than the rest of the vehicles tested in this quartet) is “too soft in the chassis” and suffers from “too slow steering.” To prove that it is indeed possible to pass the test, Hyundai and Skoda completed the maneuver at the 44.7 mph figure required for a passing grade and Tesla did so at 46.6 mph, albeit with less weight in the cargo area.
It is not clear if other versions of the Mustang Mach-E would pass the test. It is also unknown whether Ford will make any changes to its chassis tuning or electronic stability control program, as some other automakers have done after a poor performance from The World of Technology, to improve their performance in the moose test.
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