Ford is adding a factory-built Special Service Vehicle version of the Mustang Mach-E for 2027, the first Mach-E sold to police departments as a ready-to-order package rather than a retail car converted afterwards. It starts from the entry-level Select trim and borrows mechanical parts from the Mach-E GT, a mix that one report calls “Select Plus”.
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Ford has not released photographs, a price or an on-sale date, and no named Ford executive has been quoted on the car. The details so far come from trade reports that appeared between October 27 and 29, days after the company announced the broader 2027 Mach-E update.
Select trim with GT hardware under the skin
EV.com’s account describes dual-motor all-wheel drive, a 91 kWh extended-range battery and Brembo front brakes with red calipers lifted from the GT. The exterior gets two-tone bumpers, a gloss-black grille shield, black door cladding, GT badging and an illuminated pony emblem, with 20-inch machined-face wheels on 245/45R20 all-season tires. Carscoops adds that the motors are probably the GT’s 480 horsepower units because the car carries GT badges, though that point is its own speculation and not a confirmed specification.
Cheaper cabin materials are part of the deal. The SSV omits some higher-trim luxuries, so police agencies will likely add their own equipment before putting cars on patrol, and Carscoops notes that Ford wants departments across the U.S. to treat the Mach-E as a turnkey option.
Fleet equipment: frunk, floor liners and driver assistance
The standard list leans toward fleet use. It includes heavy-duty front and rear floor liners, a washable, drainable frunk, a mobile charging cord, Phone As A Key, a universal garage opener and the Unbridled drive mode, which sharpens throttle response and steering and raises regenerative braking. Driver assistance covers Co-Pilot360 Active 2.0 with a 360-degree camera, front parking sensors and reverse brake assist.
Ford’s police-vehicle page already lists a Mach-E GT SSV beside the Police Interceptor Utility, the F-150 Police Responder and the F-150 Lightning Pro SSV, and its summary of Michigan State Police testing says the 2024 Mach-E Select eAWD with the extended-range battery posted the fastest average 0 to 60 and 0 to 100 mph times of the police vehicles tested.
Other police electric vehicles give the SSV competition for attention. Palo Alto’s police department took a patrol-ready Rivian last year, and Las Vegas police received heavily modified Cybertrucks that are each expected to cut annual fuel costs by $8,800 to $12,000, according to the same Carscoops article. Those cars arrived through donation or custom conversion, whereas the Mach-E SSV is meant to arrive with its police-oriented equipment specified at the factory.
Range is the number buyers will ask about first, and Ford has not published any for 2027. Carscoops points to the 2026 estimates of 300 miles for the eAWD Select and Premium and 280 for the GT, and the SSV mixes the Select body with GT-style hardware, so its figure may land between them. Police use, with idling, heavy equipment loads and pursuit driving, will probably push real-world numbers lower than any laboratory rating.
Carscoops expects the finished car to look close to the prototype Michigan State Police tested in 2021, since Ford has released no photographs. A design that departments can recognise instantly may matter as much as the spec sheet, because patrol cars are judged on visibility and on how readily a fleet shop can fit lights, radios and partitions into them.
From a 2021 pilot car to a catalogue item
The idea has been around for years. In September 2021 a Mach-E pilot vehicle became the first all-electric car to pass the Michigan State Police model-year evaluation, and Ted Cannis, then chief executive of Ford Pro, said the Mach-E had successfully stood up to the grueling test, Police Magazine reported. Since then departments in Dearborn, Michigan, have taken delivery of Mach-E GT cars meant to stop reckless drivers, and agencies have converted retail Mach-Es themselves.
The 2027 update that surrounds the police car moved the whole range to larger batteries. Carscoops’ coverage of that update says the 73 kWh pack was dropped, Select and Premium now use an 88 kWh battery and GT and Rally use 91 kWh, and the 2027 Select rear-wheel-drive starts at $42,040 with destination. The SSV’s extended-range pack matches the GT figure.
Several questions remain open: pricing for fleet buyers, whether a single motor option will follow, the date orders open and how quickly Ford can deliver patrol-ready cars with lights, radios and prisoner partitions installed. Until Ford publishes those, the police Mach-E is a confirmed trim with a thin set of official numbers behind it, and the first photographs of the production car are likely to answer more questions than any trade report has so far.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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