The top-selling SUV also gets a new self-driving capability and sport appearance package, but Ford declines to build the Tesla-backed NACS port into the vehicle for Supercharging.

The electric Ford Mustang Mach-E outsold the two-door Mustang for the first time in 2024 and now it’s moving in

Besides the silhouette, the Mach-E prototype eschews a decklid spoiler for a huge rear wing. As strange as it may look, we do have to give credit to Ford and NASCAR for delivering a body that legitimately looks similar to a standard Mustang Mach-E.

Ford on Thursday showed what its Mustang Mach-E electric SUV might look like as a NASCAR race car. The prototype is designed to look like a Mach-E, but is actually built around a carbon-fiber tub chassis with components from a current NASCAR Cup Series car, including the suspension, brakes, steering, and wheels, Ford said in a brief statement.

The automaker confirmed Thursday in a press release that it would send a new one-off demonstrator based on the Mustang Mach-E to the 2025 Pikes Peak Hill Climb, scheduled for late June. It follows EV demonstrators based on the F-150 Lightning pickup truck and Transit van that ran in 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Ford had a successful year at Pikes Peak last year. It brought home the overall title using its F-150 Lightning SuperTruck electric vehicle. So Ford is going to try to keep that title for 2025. But instead of a vehicle modeled on the F-150 Lightning,

The all-new Ford Mustang GT350/GT350R is the most powerful muscle car in production, boasting up to 830 horsepower in its top spec

Hybrids still haven't come to NASCAR and an electric race car for the series might seem even farther off, but Ford is still thinking about it.

The stock car has three motors and, like the unbranded demonstrator revealed last year, is built around the current NASCAR Next Gen chassis.