Ford has made a habit of creating wild all-electric performance machines, such as the SuperVan 4.2, the F-150 Lightning SuperTruck, and the Super Mustang Mach-E. It’s now revealed its latest other-worldly EV, and this one is all about smashing records on the drag strip.

Dubbed the Mustang Cobra Jet 2200, it’s the third all-electric Cobra Jet Ford has built, starting with the 1400 in 2021, and then the 1800 in 2023. As you may have guessed from its name, the new Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 churns out 2,200 hp, a truly astonishing figure that easily eclipses even the Rimac Nevera and Pininfarina Battista hypercars.

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Driving the Cobra Jet 2200 are two electric motors. These can each produce around 1,200 hp and weigh roughly half as much as they did in the Cobra Jet 1800 from just three years ago.

Despite being an EV, the Cobra Jet 2200 uses a centrifugal clutch to deliver torque in a controlled manner at launch. It also uses a two-speed transmission and includes a battery on the undertray and two additional battery packs at the rear. There’s also a battery at the front, which can be moved to adjust the weight distribution depending on track conditions.

The Power Of Electric

What’s particularly impressive about the Cobra Jet 2200 is that not only does it have way more power than the 1800, but it also weighs about 1,100 lbs (499 kg) less than its predecessor, tipping the scales at roughly 3,325 lbs (1,500 kg). According to Ford, the combination of immense power, the clutch, transmission, and the relatively light overall weight, the Cobra Jet 2200 apparently needs just 6.76 seconds to run down the quarter-mile, hitting up to 222 mph.

Ford Racing took the car to the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte over the weekend and performed several sub-7-second sprints down the quarter-mile. It quickly set a new world record for an EV with a time of 6.87 seconds at 221 mph, but in a subsequent run, it lowered it to 6.81 seconds.

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The classic muscle scene is seriously tribal, but the one thing guaranteed to get GM, Mopar, and Ford fans to unite is a race between a V8 and a modern EV. And that’s exactly what’s served up in this surprising video, where a Tesla Cybertruck ventures onto a drag strip.

In the left lane is a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu, and while we don’t know the full details of the car in question, it’s obviously not rocking that year’s base inline-six. It rolled to the line wearing fat sticky rear rubber, aftermarket wheels, and the sort of stance that says this thing doesn’t spend much time below full throttle.

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The biggest factory motor available in 1970 Chevelles delivered 454 cubes (7.4 liters) of displacement, and modern builds on that big-block base can easily generate 500-600 hp (507-608 PS) in naturally aspirated form.

Cybersnooze

We’ve all seen enough EV videos to expect the Cybertruck to hook up instantly and erupt from the line, leaving the Chevelle struggling to get its tires hooked up. A few seconds later, the Tesla would be flashing across the finish with the Chevy trailing behind, its pride in tatters.

But that’s not how it worked out here. When the lights change, the Chevy gets the jump immediately and charges ahead, opening enough daylight to make it seem like the race might be over before the Tesla has fully woken up. For the first half of the quarter mile, the old-school muscle car looks comfortably in command.

Then the Cybertruck gets its act together. Once it’s moving and the motors are fully delivering, the giant stainless wedge storms downtrack and begins hauling in the Chevy at an alarming rate. What had looked like an easy Chevelle win suddenly becomes a blink-and-you-miss-it finish line showdown.

Times Come Second

You’ll need slowed playback to separate them by seeing whose numbers come up first, but the Chevelle appears to nose ahead at the line. In drag racing, that’s what counts. First across wins, even if the stopwatch tells a slightly different story.

And the stopwatch did tell a different story. The Cybertruck completed the quarter in 11.39 at 118.6 mph (191 km/h), that ET and trap speed suggesting it’s the top-spec Cyberbeast, which has a tri-motor setup and 845 hp (856 PS / 630 kW). The Chevelle registered 11.69 seconds at 114.9 mph (185 kmh).

So on this occasion, muscle fans got to celebrate taking an EV’s scalp, but you just know that if the Cybertruck sorted his reactions for a rematch, it would be a different story.

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