GT500

With its latest generation of EcoBoost engines, plug-in drivetrains, and Internet-connected infotainment systems, Ford wants the world to know it is working toward safer, more informed, and greener cars. But one reporter went slightly off-message at a recent event, asking Executive Chairman Bill Ford when the automaker would make an all-electric Mustang Shelby GT500. “It’ll be a while,” responded Ford. “A 600-horsepower electric vehicle might be able to get from here to the end of the room.” As Forbes’ Todd Woody recounted, however, Ford didn’t...