Here’s what’s new with the 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E battery electric vehicle: New colors, updated Blue Cruise, and a new Premium Sport Appearance Package.
Introduced in 2021, the battery electric Ford Mustang Mach-E continues to incrementally update its two-row crossover SUV EV with a sports car name. The 2025 Mach-E follows suit by receiving new colors to choose from, a Sport Appearance Package, and something Ford calls Blue Cruise 1.5.
NEW COLORS
Ford will offer three new colors for the Mach-E for 2025: Molten Magenta Metallic, Velocity Blue, and Desert Sand. The first one adorns the model on the lead photographic and thumbnail of the above video. It’s visually loud and attention grabbing. If that’s your goal, it’s a great choice.
The other two prove a bit more subtle. Velocity Blue is—essentially—a metallic dark blue. And Desert Sand looks a lot like beige to me. But, you know, a sandy beige. Of course, Ford offers several other colors as well. And, to each their own. They are all lovely in their own way.
SPORT APPEARANCE PACKAGE
Speaking of visuals, if you want a sportier look without going full GT, Ford now offers the Sport Appearance Package for $2995. That price buys a more dramatic looking Mach-E. You get 19-in high-gloss black wheels, red front and rear brake calipers from Brembo, and a GT front fascia. Inside, you’ll see unique red stitching, black door cladding, and sport pedals.
BLUE CRUISE 1.5
The Mach-E also gets Blue Cruise 1.5, an updated version of Ford’s sustained hands-free driving system that competes against GM’s Super Cruise. Blue Cruise started a half-step behind Super Cruise in one key way, lane changes. Blue Cruise still required assistance from the driver to get it done, whereas Super Cruise handled it all on its own. Otherwise, the systems work very similarly to each other.
The 2025 Mach-E addresses that one discrepancy with the introduction of Blue Cruise 1.5. It adds automatic lane-change to the capability, among other features. When I recently tested the system in the Lincoln Nautilus, it generally worked well. I am excited to see how Blue Cruise 1.5 executes auto lane changes.
OTHER CHANGES
On top of the three changes for 2025 listed above, Ford also added a standard heat pump to the Mach-E, extracting heat from the battery pack (which needs to maintain a strict operating temperature at all times) to heat the cabin, instead of solely relying on electric heating elements. This makes the system more efficient.
To that end, the standard range battery pack sees a 10 mile increase in its official driving range. Ford says you’ll now travel 240 miles in an AWD version and 260 miles in a RWD version. Extended range Mach-E’s did not see a similarly increase, unfortunately, but that range is still a healthy 320 miles.
Inside, Ford swapped out the dial style shifter with a stalk mounted on the steering wheel. That frees up a bit of space on the lower center console. Finally, you can now option the Mach-E with ventilated seats up front, not just heating.
CONCLUSION
Ford says to expect the 2025 Mustang Mach-E to arrive at dealers in “early 2025.” Bear in mind, in my mind it is early 2025 and they have not yet arrived, at least according to ford.com. When they do come, expect to spend at least $36,495 for it.
This marks the fourth year of the Ford Mustang Mach-E, In fact, I tested the 2021 Launch Edition almost exactly four-years ago. History suggests we should see a mid-cycle update anytime. But Ford continues to make incremental improvements every year. And sometimes updates existing cars with over-the-air software changes.
I bet that means we need to wait a while for major changes to the model. At the same time, these incremental improvements keep me intrigued. I think its time for another test to see how the 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E feels.
