Ford Mustang Mach-E replacement battery exceeds the cost of the car in Canada

December 28, 2021 Darryn John 

In Canada the Ford Mustang Mach-E has a base MSRP of $51,495. That will get you the Select variant, which comes with a 397km (247 mile) range from the 68kWh battery pack.

If you are unfortunate enough that you have to pay out of pocket for a new battery, be prepared to pay more than the original cost of the car for the replacement.

And that’s before factoring in labour costs.

According to a photo of internal dealer pricing shared on Reddit, a Mach-E battery has a “list” cost of $54,685.80. Unfortunately the price the dealer pays has been removed from the image.

 

Credit: u/Terrh /Reddit

Ford does offer a battery pack warranty of 8 years or 160,000 km, so the number of Mach-E owners who will have to pay for a battery replacement should be low, but it won’t be zero.

The likely explanation for the high price is that Ford is attempting to discourage third-parties from purchasing battery packs. The automaker has severely underestimated demand for their EV offerings, delaying new models to increase production of the Mach-E.

Any battery pack sold is one less car they can sell, so they price it at around the same amount as the car to minimize their losses.

Ford Mustang Mach-E Battery Costs More Than a $22,000 Tesla Model S Battery

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29 Dec 2021, 06:51 UTC · 

by Stephen Rivers

It's been a weird week as battery costs have become a major topic, and now it's not just Tesla that is under the microscope. The Mustang Mach-E has a battery that costs even more. Of course, there's more to the story than the price of a specific part.

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The Tesla we're talking about is the one owned by Finnish YouTuber Tuomas Katainen. He was quoted some $22,600 for a full battery replacement recently. Rather than fix the vehicle, he decided to blow it to kingdom come with explosives. Yet, he didn't specify the battery size for his car or if that price included the labor costs or not. But it still drew serious attention.

Now, Carscoops has found that the Ford Mustang Mach-E battery pack can cost up to $23,684. That's before the $5,000 core charge too. We get the feeling that the Mustang Mach-E pricing won't get near the same attention. Here's why.

First and foremost, Tesla just gets a lot more press even when they're far from the worst offenders. Second, there's a chance that this pricing has more to do with current conditions than it does with what Ford could sell the pack for.

Ford has made it very public that the Mach-E is selling like hotcakes. In fact, it's selling so well that they have had to make major changes to their business plan. Included in those changes are pushing back the development of the Explorer EV and the Lincoln Aviator EV.

In addition, they've decided to dedicate entire production facilities to the Mach-E so that they can try and meet demand. Despite all of that effort, they still may not actually be able to make as many as they're selling any time soon.

So, the $23,648 price tag on a Mach-E battery pack might be the price that Ford is willing to part with a battery pack for right now. Once production catches up, things could change dramatically. Only time will tell.