Ford Racing's Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 simply ran 1 / 4 mile in 6.87 seconds at 221 mph at an NHRA occasion in Charlotte, setting a brand new world document for an EV. The run smashed Ford's personal earlier EV document of seven.62 seconds, set by the Cobra Jet 1800 final September, by a formidable 0.75 seconds.
Because the title suggests, Ford's Cobra Jet 2200 places a large 2,200 horsepower to the wheels because of a newly designed electrical motor and inverter combo. Ford elected to make use of two motors and inverters as an alternative of 4 of every as earlier than to cut back complexity and increase effectivity to 98 p.c. General energy is up by 600 horsepower, however the motors and inverters weigh half as a lot as earlier than. All the things runs on a 900-volt structure and 32 kWh battery that costs in 20 minutes, simply sufficient for the NHRA's 45-minute turnaround rule.
It's official: The Ford Racing Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 has clocked a brand new document time of 6.87 at 221 mph – now the quickest electrical automobile on the planet.#FordRacing pic.twitter.com/drmvH2XRp6
— Ford Racing (@FordRacing) April 25, 2026
The automobile has some uncommon options for an EV like a clutch that lets the driving force dump all the facility to the street immediately for max acceleration. It additionally makes use of a multi-speed transmission that enables the automobile to run in its preferrred energy band via the period of the run — decreasing the quarter-mile time by as much as a second, in response to Ford. The battery design additionally allowed the group to tune weight distribution for optimum traction. One other racing contact is a pyrotechnic circuit breaker that may immediately break the high-voltage connection through a small explosive cost to align with NHRA security guidelines.
A few of this tech, just like the high-efficiency motors and 900 volt system, might conceivably trickle all the way down to client automobiles. Sadly, Ford and different US automakers have considerably diminished their funding in BEV know-how of late. Ford just lately introduced that it will reboot the F-150 Lightning as an EREV with a fuel generator, whereas final week GM delayed its next-gen full-size EV pickups and SUVs — all within the face of quickly rising gasoline costs.
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