The interior adopts the TWA Lounge look that seems de rigueur in new EVs: It’s just you and that big, 15.5-inch center screen.
But where the Model Y looks a bit barren – the vinyl-clad waiting area for coach passengers – the Ford’s minimalism is joined to more-appealing design and craftsmanship, richer materials and more-comfortable, supportive seats.
Mach-E designers – perhaps realizing the intense consumer and critical spotlight on this EV – finessed details that sometimes escape Ford’s corporate attention.
Knock-knock plastic is banished.
Tactile stitching on faux-leather upholstery looks luxury-league.
Oversized toggles for interior door releases are a cool touch.
Push-button exterior doors include rear portals that automatically crack open when you press their round pad.Remember when Ford’s infotainment system was the bane of the automotive world?
Today, the company's newest Sync 4 unit is a solid base of operations, though it could still use Home and/or Back buttons to ease those operations.
A knurled-metal audio dial is the only physical control, with a clever doughnut hole that exposes an on/off switch on the glass itself.
There’s a lot going on in terms of icons, layered screens and apps, but after a few run-throughs, the Ford system was largely a breeze.
Tesla’s screen is even larger, with more functions – some smart, like pet-protecting Dog Mode; some superfluous, like Fart Noises.
And Sync couldn’t match the uncanny ease of Tesla’s voice commands (it’s hard to top Tesla for pure tech integration).
But Ford’s own portrait-oriented screen seems easier to use while in motion, and comes smartly featured itself.The stylishly canted roofline doesn’t impinge on the back seat, but it does create serious blind spots and detracts from cargo space.
There’s 4.5 fewer cubic-feet of space behind the back seat than Ford's compact Escape, but then, also 7.8 more than the e-Tron Sportback.
Tesla doesn't provide such a number for the Model Y.Autoblog obsessively covers the auto industry.
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