While we already technically have an electric Ford Mustang, the real Mustang won’t be going electric anytime soon. Automotive News recently reported that the automaker would continue making gas-powered Mustangs deep into the next decade, reversing what was expected to be a decision to electrify the car.
The Mustang is expected to receive a midcycle refresh late next year ahead of a complete redesign for the 2029 model year. Previous reports suggested the car would transition to electric propulsion with the redesign, but Ford has now walked those plans back. Farley said electric power was a great thing for other Ford models, but he has been adamant that it was not for the Mustang.
Ford CEO Jim Farley had previously said that “we will never make an all-electric Mustang. I look at other users of pure-electric power, such as Formula E, and even companies like Rimac, and I just don’t think that would be right for Mustang.” That said, the automaker is expected to add hybrid power to the car’s existing V8 powertrain by 2030. That said, we’ve been promised hybrid Mustangs in the past and haven’t seen one yet, and the constantly shifting auto industry could lead Ford in a different direction by the end of the 2020s.
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