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I'm unclear on whether or not this actually lets you avoid that. The concept truck seems to have most of the goofy Tesla knockoff tablet stuff from the Mustang

I'm unclear on whether or not this actually lets you avoid that. The concept truck seems to have most of the goofy Tesla knockoff tablet stuff from the Mustang Mach E that they pulled the motor and battery from. Similarly, I have more than a little trepidation at the quoted price point -- does that include the motor and the electronics and all the smarts to run both? Do I need their fancy dashboard from the concept? Is it included? etc. etc. Disclaimer: I worked for Ford until the beginning of this year, so some of skepticism is likely sour grapes, but some of it is because I saw what difficulties there were in changing years and years of assumptions on a dime because you went from an ICE to a BEV.

MonaroVXR 5y ago
Do you have some more insights in Ford in this subject or any other thing. I am interested in cars. (Hence my name I guess, which wasn't really a well thought out name.) Genuine interests. Greetings
Kirby64 5y ago
It should. All you need is to provide it the high voltage input, and an ECU to control the motor. None of those need to be integrated into the 'giant tablet', they aren't even integrated into that tablet on Tesla vehicles, either. I assume what you'd get with the crate motor is similar to what you'd get with any crate motor: You get the motor, the transmission (probably, since it's usually part of an EV motor package), the drive circuitry, and that's about it. ECU, HV battery, drive axles, etc are on your nickel.
mewse-hn 5y ago
Yeah I saw the photo of the charging port where the gas cap would usually be and also wondered how much is in the kit with the crate motor
sbierwagen 5y ago
>does that include the motor and the electronics and all the smarts to run both? Nope: https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-9000-MACHE https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-9000-MACHE >Does NOT include: Traction inverter, Control system, Battery

MonaroVXR 5y ago

Do you have some more insights in Ford in this subject or any other thing. I am interested in cars. (Hence my name I guess, which wasn't really a well thought out name.) Genuine interests. Greetings

Kirby64 5y ago

It should. All you need is to provide it the high voltage input, and an ECU to control the motor. None of those need to be integrated into the 'giant tablet', they aren't even integrated into that tablet on Tesla vehicles, either. I assume what you'd get with the crate motor is similar to what you'd get with any crate motor: You get the motor, the transmission (probably, since it's usually part of an EV motor package), the drive circuitry, and that's about it. ECU, HV battery, drive axles, etc are on your nickel.

mewse-hn 5y ago

Yeah I saw the photo of the charging port where the gas cap would usually be and also wondered how much is in the kit with the crate motor

sbierwagen 5y ago

>does that include the motor and the electronics and all the smarts to run both? Nope: https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-9000-MACHE https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-9000-MACHE >Does NOT include: Traction inverter, Control system, Battery