Overview
- Ford Racing’s 2,200 hp Mustang ran 6.87 seconds at about 221 mph at the NHRA 4‑Wide Nationals in Charlotte, setting a new electric quarter‑mile record.
- The ground‑up build switches from four motors to two lighter units with high‑efficiency inverters on a 900‑volt system fed by about 32 kWh of batteries that can recharge in roughly 20 minutes.
- A centrifugal clutch and a multi‑speed transmission tame launch torque and keep the motors in their strongest power band through the run.
- Engineers cut weight and added race‑specific hardware, including a pyrotechnic circuit breaker that severs high‑voltage lines in an emergency and a battery layout that can be moved to tune traction.
- Several outlets noted more sub‑seven‑second passes, with reports of 6.81 seconds and a claimed 6.76 seconds that are not uniformly confirmed, and the record pertains to a race‑only EV rather than production cars like the Rimac Nevera.