Ford Mustang Mach E to Conquer 2025 Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Ford will return to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this year with a one-off demonstrator based on the Mustang Mach-E.

In a brief statement Thursday, the automaker confirmed its plans to take on Pikes Peak for the third consecutive time, adding that Romain Dumas will drive the Mach-E demonstrator. The French driver has competed twice before for Ford, driving the electric SuperVan 4.2 in 2023 and the F-150 Lightning SuperTruck in 2024.

Dumas was at the wheel of the Super Truck at last year's Pikes Peak, completing the 12.5-mile course to the 14,115-foot Pikes Peak summit in 8:53.533, the fastest time of the event. He also holds the overall hill climb record of 7:57.148, set in 2018 with a Volkswagen ID.R electric racer.

Ford did not reveal details about the Mach E Pikes Peak demonstrator, but judging by Ford's last two entrants, it should be pretty wild. In race trim, the supertruck's tri-motor powertrain claimed 1,600 horsepower and an elaborate aerodynamics package that would produce 6,000 pounds of downforce at 150 mph.

Ford's 2023 Pikes Peak entry, the electric SuperVan 4.2, had four electric motors producing a total of 1,972 hp and featured a purpose-built steel space frame chassis and composite bodywork. The latest in a series of cutting-edge supervan concepts, the car missed out on victory at Pikes Peak, but Dumas took the wheel and set an impressive time of 8:47.682

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The Pikes Peak Mach-E is not the first performance demonstrator based on Ford's electric SUV; in 2020, the automaker and semi-official tuner RTR Vehicles unveiled the Mach-E 1400 with seven motors that deliver a combined 1,400 horsepower .