Ford's electric crossover keeps beating the actual Mustang in sales, a reality that stings worse than any quarterly report. Even with EV incentives drying up, the market has spoken: SUV practicality trumps pony car romance. The gas Mustang isn't dead, but it's no longer the flagship that defines the brand.

The Mach-E, Ioniq, and F-150 Lightning led the pack as traditional automakers clawed back market share. Ford's crossover strategy and Hyundai's pricing discipline are working. Tesla's slowing numbers opened a door everyone else is walking through.

Ford's issued a recall on 45,047 Mustang Mach-E SUVs due to exterior lighting that can fail simultaneously without warning—the kind of thing that makes you wonder how this made it past validation. The issue affects multiple lighting systems at once, which is less 'minor defect' and more 'potential safety liability.' For buyers already skeptical about EV reliability, this lands at exactly the wrong moment.