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Battery size: 52-79kWh 
Miles per kWh: 4.1
E-Rating™: A+
Max charge rate: 185 kW
Range: 239 - 374 miles
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Motors and Performance
The 0-62mph time is 6.4 seconds even for the rear-wheel drive 77kWh car, so it feels properly fast when you want it to, yet is easy to drive smoothly in stop-start traffic or at a modest canter on a nice road. It's just a confident and punchy car to drive, with a bit more feel and engagement in the way it goes round corners than you'll find in most alternatives. The Cupra Born VZ might give it a run for its money, though!
If you really want the full 'fast Ford' experience, try the top-spec Extended Range AWD that Nicola drove out in Slovenia. This dual-motor. all-wheel drive model will do 0-62mph in 5.3 seconds, so it’s no surprise that it’s got more than a bit of shock and awe when it comes to straight line aggression, and it's still perky and direct to drive on a good road.
Brake regen’ is controlled via the gear selector on the steering column, but is generally very mild and unobtrusive unless you select ‘B’ mode, which is heavy enough for one-pedal driving around town. It’d be nice to have one or two regen’ levels in between these two settings, to be honest, but at least the system is easy to judge and control smoothly.
Drive and Handling
Ford fans can breathe a sigh of relief, because the Explorer handles really well. We've spent a lot of time in the UK, driving the single-motor, rear-wheel drive 77kWh model that will be the biggest seller, and it's a really balanced, pleasant car to drive. It's very impressive is that Ford has taken Volkswagen’s MEB underpinnings and made the Explorer feel… like a Ford. It's particularly the way it steers that feels quite different to the ID.4 and Enyaq; it's really nicely weighted and feels more direct and enjoyable, making the Ford feel quite a bit more sporty. Body control is good by the standards of this class, too, so you really can have a bit of fun in the Explorer despite it being a perfectly ordinary electric family car in every other way.
However, the payoff for that sportier feel is that ride comfort is, well... lively. Not so much that it'll be a deal breaker, but you definitely feel sharp-edged bumps and ruts more than you do in the Skoda Enyaq or Renault Scenic. Going for the bigger 20-inch alloy wheels doesn't help, of course, but even on 19-inch wheels you do notice the road surface.
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