A Ford Mustang Mach-E was not too long ago noticed in full FBI livery. The picture was shared on Reddit by person u/skyflyer8, who uploaded it onto r/electricvehicles. Though Ford’s electrical crossover is presently being utilized by a variety of police departments all through the US, that is the primary time an FBI Mach-E has been seen. It is also seemingly the primary time the bureau has ever had an electrical automotive in lively service.

It is not too stunning that the FBI’s first EV is a Mach-E. In spite of everything, Ford autos have dominated authorities fleets for years. Again within the Nineties and 2000s, the Ford Crown Victoria was closely in use. It was succeeded within the early 2010s by the Taurus, which itself was ultimately phased out by the Explorer SUV. And now it seems the Mach-E is subsequent in line.

For regulation enforcement, EVs make a whole lot of sense. Decrease operating prices are the principle incentive, nonetheless efficiency is one other main bonus. For instance, police departments sometimes select the Prolonged-Vary AWD Mach-E which is able to 0-60 mph in simply 4.8 seconds.

At present, customers can not order any model of the Mach-E. All 4 trim ranges (Choose, Premium, Route 1, and GT) are fully offered out for 2022. The continued semiconductor scarcity means demand is continuous to be larger than provide, nonetheless weekly manufacturing numbers on the Mach-E’s Mexico meeting plant are nonetheless respectable. Ford’s Vice President Of EV Industrialization, Lisa Drake, not too long ago acknowledged the next (by way of Ford Authority):

“You realize in our Cuautitlan facility as we speak the place we make the Mach E? We make about 2,000 Mach Es per week. Demand clearly exceeds that and once we change over our plant subsequent yr we are going to speed up in a short time to about 4,000 per week. There’s not a whole lot of underutilized capability on our approach to 600,000.”