This is NOT a Tesla...

Here's the thing, car buyers right now, they're looking to be excited

They're looking for something different and new, and they're looking for the next phase

Look, we're going all in. Today I've got something a little bit unusual for the channel, but very exciting

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the new Mach-E from Ford. It's the Mustang Mach-E

How wild is that? Never thought I'd see the Mustang brand in something like this, in a, well, an electric vehicle for one

This vehicle right here, as you can see, is a more utilitarian type of look

But carrying with it, that Mustang back and some of that DNA

These taillights reminiscent of some of those Mustang designs, current and past

Same thing. You see the three stripes over here on the headlights

One thing that I recognized the more that I looked at this car is how much identity lives in the grille

Of course, you don't need to have any of this on an electric vehicle. And there are other manufacturers that have kind of simplified things on the front

However, one of the downsides of going ultra simple is you lose some identity, possibly some character

So you have these little flaps underneath there and these open and close depending on if cooling is necessary

They can enhance cooling and improve performance. Listen, Ford has done some things here that I really like to see on any vehicle that happens to be a little bit taller or a little bit bigger

So you have this panoramic glass along the top. And you can see the space that it occupies there

But then you have this black panel which curves down like this

And it gives you a coupe look on what is obviously a four-door vehicle, which is sort of like an SUV

So they also did the same on the bottom underneath the doors as well. And again, it just squishes the whole thing down and gives it more of a sports car feel

You're going to get the headroom, but the visual of a much lower vehicle, a much more aggressive vehicle

Now, the other thing I got to mention, I mean, this is the big news with the Mach-E, the fact that you don't have door handles

Now, it's not just to be futuristic, although it is obviously very futuristic

When it comes to electric vehicles and range, you start to evaluate this drag coefficient and you try to be as efficient as possible

I started to think about door handles. They're actually not as convenient as you think

I mean, you're so used to seeing them there. However, what you'll often do is open the door handle and then go the rest of the way with the door anyways

By complaining about door handles, I mean door handles are fantastic. They open doors. I get it. See, on the rear door, there's no handle at all

They could have done this on the front too. But it's not a huge deal. because it hidden behind the side mirror which you going to have anyways And so any arrow drawback having had this will be negated by the fact that the side mirror is already impacting whatever aerodynamic extra you may

have in that region you're going to charge up right over here you can also catch a glance at

the wheels i believe these are 19 inch wheels now keep in mind there's going to be a few different

trims of this particular vehicle you have like the first edition i think this is premium version

there's a four-wheel drive two-wheel drive on the budget end of the spectrum and then at the very

top here the fastest unit is going to be the gt it's going to have the gt badge on the back these

are going to be fast uh lots of horsepower zero to 60 times that in this particular segment are

going to be impressive so you can use the app to control various elements of the vehicle of course

we can see the charge level the estimated distance until empty but then if you pop over to your

controls you can do things like lower the windows put the windows up open the trunk

lock and chirp unlock right from here or even start the vehicle so i'm going to go ahead and

unlock this way everything comes to life you also have a backup on the door you can put in a pin

code you hit the button right here and then the door moves to this position. This is kind of a

crazy functionality. I know some people might be nervous thinking wait a sec now I'm supposed to

grab in there what if I close on my fingers they actually built in a safety mechanism so you can't

close it on your fingers. I don't recommend you do this specifically but you can see I can apply

pressure and it's not going to close. Back door same situation again safety mechanism built in

and there's a little rubber section to actually grab onto that's comfortable for your hand

Now because they decided to go a little bit bigger on this vehicle, it means you get a lot of cargo

space. I mean in reality this is just a really popular segment of the market, the kind of small

to mid-size SUV four-wheel drive. Yeah you want to have a high performance vehicle but they can

sometimes be useless when the snow hits the ground. This one on the other hand, you could, I mean you

drive it year-round is no problem it's gonna perform in all types of conditions

a little bit higher up a little bit bigger tire and of course that four-wheel

drive so this one opens up motorized this is a tremendous amount of cargo what

happens if I lift up over here an emergency air compressor I don't know if that's an additional add-on well volt back here as well you want to run a

cooler or something like that you know it's gonna have something going on in the front as well pop the hood got to have a frunk on the electric vehicle and

And this one is kind of unique because it has this built-in organizer

You could keep some charge cables in here. You could actually use it kind of like a cooler

I think there's actually a drain plug. There is. There's actually a drain in it if you did want to put some ice in it and have yourself a time

This is removable. So these are just these tiny little plastic pins. You could pull the organizer out and just have a big space there

I probably would just leave it in. so obviously these screens dominate your experience and the most standout thing here

for me is the ability to have multiple interfaces on one display they're letting you put your car

play on the main screen alongside your ford specific interface so this way i get the best

of both sometimes i don't want to go all the way into an exclusive smartphone experience there's

certain aspects of my car system that I want to remain having access to and this kind of gives you that by the way it also wireless i think that the most futuristic experience you just have your phone

there as soon as you step in you don't even need to think about it and it's even better because

right down here you have wireless charging on this rubber mat and that's another standout thing is

some of the cargo space in here is exciting to me cup holders and then phone section not just one

but you could have two phones over there this is the wireless charging in this section over here

there's also a usb type c and a usb type a port if you want to do the wired connection

maybe a slightly faster charge underneath there there's more cargo actually so it's like a double

tray system five modes are selected here in the center park reverse neutral etc it's this wheel

right here now as we look up along the dash you see lots of texture this has i believe an optional

audio system from bang and olofson and this thing is like a giant speaker you have your ventilation

hidden just below there a carbon fiber type material and a leather so lots of different

materials in play the screen has a very standout feature which i remember people talking about as

as this vehicle was announced an actual mechanical volume knob on top of a touch screen

which actually works underneath the knob this is the kind of thing i appreciate i like to have

a physical dial for certain things to be able to reach up quickly or even without even looking and

know that you're going to be controlling the volume it's a hard thing to figure out once we

go to these completely digital interfaces it's like how do we still do that without putting

something separate somewhere else and this is kind of a novel approach to that problem there's also a

screen squarely in front of you this monitor in the front obviously prioritizes your speed which

is going to show up in the center section over here on the right we can see the drive mode that

we're currently in we have range and battery life over on the left and then of course also your other

pertinent information whether it's nav your headlights or whether or not you have a door

that's been left open apparently the mustang inspiration comes into play over here as well

they didn't want it to feel like a big vehicle they wanted it to be reminiscent of what it would

be like to drive the coupe so the seating position the steering wheel the feel it really does mimic

something smaller and more nimble over on the left hand side we have controls for lane keep assist

a distance assist as far as the vehicle in front of you of course there's also cruise control on

there and then over on the right hand side we have some voice activation and some controls for

your calls volume and forward and back for skipping tracks look at this youtube music

big buttons to interact with and then of course your volume wheel

oh i should talk about this real quick you have various drive mode settings depending on how you

feel like driving so you have engage whisper and unbridled this is basically like your comfort mode

your normal mode and your sport mode. Obviously unbridled means you gonna get the most performance the most feedback the fastest acceleration There also settings here for a propulsion sound audio ambient light selection and a one pedal drive

This brings the vehicle to a stop and recovers energy when you release the accelerator

And it's something really satisfying about this wheel. It is a very satisfying wheel

I just love I love having the phone connect wirelessly that's I don't know

it seemed like such a breakthrough for me and the thing that's been missing I hate fiddling with cables especially when you have wireless chargers built

into cars this just feels so much more seamless and useful and I would just do

it every time instead of half the time I'll be on like a short trip and I'd be

like oh i'll just let the bluetooth connect and play my podcast that way but then it's just not

as clean to interact with so whether it's apple carplay or android auto they're both built in

there plenty of room look at that right there that is no problem i could sit here for an extended

period of time and and not be bothered and actually you know what adds to it a lot is the

the giant panoramic roof over here i've had this experience on other vehicles and it just makes a

big difference if you've never seen it before as far as the feeling of space and of course the ever

important usb type c and type a for charging your devices in the rear seat okay so pop that one

pop that one and i mean it should be pretty obvious at that point like you can get a lot

of stuff back here you could obviously load up the camp gear no problem uh you could load up the

sports equipment it's going to get in there you also have a big opening at the back because it is

that hatchback design so i know i hear you mustang fans out there in the world you're sitting there

saying hey man it ain't a mustang the thing's got four doors the thing's up high the thing's a four

wheel drive that's not what a mustang is where's my v8 uh sports car coupe etc as much as at first

it made me a little bit uncomfortable to see that badge on a vehicle like this now that i've been

in front of it and kind of experienced it in real life i'm like you know what yeah why not

why not have a little extra excitement associated with your vehicle even if it is your everyday

car even if it is your everyday driver that you can put groceries in like i really think there's

some things going on here it's got me a little bit more excited that's for certain and ford is

coming into a world where companies like tesla have carved something out where companies like

Tesla are well established in the EV space. Maybe putting the Mustang badge on there is going to

bring this car to a group of people who never expected to want a Ford. There's actually not a

single Ford badge anywhere on this car. So you can tell me in the comments how it makes you feel

but I can tell you standing in front of it and interacting with it, I'm actually impressed at

what they were able to put together. They only had two years

It's two years to work on that car. They had to do it in two years