New technologies can make rapid progress.
Gasoline is an old technology. When automakers try to improve a gasoline-powered car between model years, they rarely make significant mechanical changes. Unless a car is due for a redesign, annual improvements tend to be bigger screens and new ways to use your phone in the car.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are a new technology. Sometimes car manufacturers can improve them significantly with minor changes.
The 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E gets no cosmetic changes, but runs longer between charges, takes less time to charge at the charger, and is faster than the 2023 model in the fastest trim.
Pricing for the 2024 Mach-E starts at $41,890 (including the $1,895 destination charge).
Faster GT model with increased performance
Engineers modified the electric motor on the Mach-E’s rear axle to produce more torque, Ford says, although horsepower numbers haven’t changed.
In terms of speed, the GT is still at the top. But it’s now available with a performance upgrade package. This means it accelerates from 0 to 60 in just 3.3 seconds – faster than any current Tesla Model Y or even the Porsche Taycan, according to Ford.
However, the recently unveiled 2025 Porsche Taycan would like to speak to Ford engineers about this claim.
According to Ford, its testers in the Mach-E GT with Performance Upgrade managed a quarter-mile time of 11.8 seconds.
Each trim level also features Ford’s Blue Cruise hands-free highway driving system.
Make e-rally debut
The Blue Oval has another new feature on the way for 2024. The Mach-E Rally brings off-road-focused upgrades.
“But isn’t that already an SUV,” you ask?
Barely. Ford wouldn’t like to hear it, but the Mach-E has long been more of a high-performance station wagon than something you’d take through the dunes in a Bronco. It’s so low to the ground and road-tuned that the IRS briefly classified it as a sedan last year for tax credit purposes (and then reconsidered its decision).
But an unfastened version is coming. The 2024 Mach-E Rally gets a higher ride quality, a beefier suspension, all-terrain tires, and some glossy white cabin accents that… Okay, maybe not everything about it fits the electro-sludge theme.
More range, faster charging
However, the more useful everyday upgrades concern the power side of the EV experience.
Ford says each version has greater range than its 2023 equivalent (except the Rally, which has no 2023 equivalent).
| vehicle | EPA estimated range for the 2024 model year | improvement |
| Mustang Mach-E Select, standard range battery, rear wheel drive | 250 | + 20 |
| Mustang Mach-E Premium, extended range battery, rear wheel drive | 320 | + 20 |
| Mustang Mach-E GT | 280 | + 10 |
| Mustang Mach-E Rally | 265 | N/A |
They also refill more quickly.
“The 2024 Mustang Mach-E SUV with available extended-range battery charges nearly 20% faster than previous models with DC fast charging, allowing drivers to charge from 10% to 80% and get back on the road in approximately 36.2 minutes can,” says Ford. That’s about nine minutes faster than last year. “Standard range battery offerings charge 10-80% in 32.3 minutes, which is 5.7 minutes faster than the Mustang Mach-E at launch,” the company says.
However, most owners are likely to use slower chargers at home most of the time.
Tesla chargers under a different name
Ford says it has dramatically expanded its BlueOval Charge Network. That’s true, but not because Ford built a lot of Chargers.
Instead, Ford gave owners of its electric vehicles access to the massive Tesla Supercharger network. The company now says its BlueOval Charge Network is “North America’s largest public charging network” as it includes Tesla’s massive network.
Prices for the 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E
| cutting length | MSRP + $1,895 destination charge |
| Select the standard rear-wheel drive (RWD) range. | $41,890 |
| Select the standard all-wheel drive (AWD) range. | $45,390 |
| Choose extended AWD range | $49,585 |
| Premium RWD standard range | $45,890 |
| Premium AWD standard range | $48,890 |
| Premium RWD with extended range | $48,890 |
| Expanded premium AWD range | $52,885 |
| GT AWD extended range | $55,890 |
| rally | $61,890 |