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Hi Mustang Mach-E owners,

We’re excited to announce that launching with the 2025 Mustang Mach-E is an expanded Charge Settings app on the touchscreen and other improvements to allow you to take better control of your vehicle’s charging, including many improvements based on suggestions from our customers and owners (including many within this group!) – thank you.

Ford Mustang Mach-E Announcing: Expanded Charge Settings – Take Control of Your Charge 01 - Charge Settings Not Plugged In


Here’s how it works:

Live Charging

With the addition of Live Charging, you will be able to view your Mustang Mach-E’s charging speed in real time within the Charge Settings app.

When you’re charging on a Level 1 or Level 2 AC charger, you’ll see both your charge rate in Amps as well as kW:
Ford Mustang Mach-E Announcing: Expanded Charge Settings – Take Control of Your Charge 02 - Live Charging AC Cro


And when you’re DC Fast Charging, you’ll see your charge rate displayed in kW:
Ford Mustang Mach-E Announcing: Expanded Charge Settings – Take Control of Your Charge 03 - Live Charging DC Cro


Global Target Charge

With the updated Charge Settings app, your Target Charge limit can be set with one simple slider, and the target will apply everywhere – no need to save a location first. To change it, just drag and release the slider. This target charge level will apply to all Level 1 and Level 2 AC charging as well as DC Fast Charging.

Ford Mustang Mach-E Announcing: Expanded Charge Settings – Take Control of Your Charge 04 - Slider Detail Cro


There are two different versions of the slider, depending on what type of battery you have.

If you have an Extended Range battery, you will see a “Daily” portion of the slider from 50% to 90% and a “Trip” section between 90% and 100%. Ford recommends charging your battery to a limit within the Daily range for day-to-day driving and frequent charging, and using the Trip range when you need extra range.

If you have a Standard Range battery, you will see a recommendation to charge to 100% on a day-to-day basis. When the charge limit is selected below 100%, a reminder will display to charge to 100% at least once per month to maintain battery health.

Preferred Charge Times allow you to save charging locations you’ve previously visited and schedule your charging at those locations individually.

AC Charge Rate Control

With the addition of charge rate control for AC charging, you can adjust your vehicle’s maximum charging speed on a Level 1 or Level 2 charger.

This feature is designed to help make life easier if you wish to slow your charging down, for example to time the completion of charging to align with when you will return to your vehicle, or if you’ve experienced circuit breaker trips at a certain charger.

By default, this value will be set at maximum AC charge rate for your vehicle. To reduce this rate, tap the Advanced option from the Charge Settings screen, and an AC Charge Rate slider will appear.
Ford Mustang Mach-E Announcing: Expanded Charge Settings – Take Control of Your Charge 05 - AC Charge Rat


Charge Port Locking

To improve Fast Charging Adapter security and reduce the chance of your vehicle being unexpectedly unplugged when fast charging, your vehicle’s charge port will no longer automatically unlock when fast charging is completed.

To unlock the charge port, you will use the unlock button in the middle of the Charge Status Indicator light located next to charge port:

Ford Mustang Mach-E Announcing: Expanded Charge Settings – Take Control of Your Charge 06 - Charge Status Indicator


When pressing this button with your vehicle’s key (or your phone with Phone as a Key (if equipped)) near the charge port or with vehicle doors unlocked, charging will stop and the charge port will unlock.

If the unlock button is pressed without the vehicle’s key present,the charge port will remain locked and charging will continue. If a press of the charge port unlock button does not unlock the charge port, ensure a key is positioned near the charge port, or press the door unlock button inside the vehicle.

Charge port locking applies to DC Fast Charging only. Level 1 and Level 2 AC charging can be unplugged without pressing the unlock button.

Thank you for your feedback which we used to develop these features.

Robert and Brian
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Hahaha wow that would be a real middle finger to us early adopters and feedback-givers if it's only for the 2025+ model years.
I'm not expecting to get this via OTA ... they would have mentioned it otherwise. Begs the question as to why they are even posting this when everyone on the forum has a 2024 or older car.
 

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Will any or all of these features be made available to prevision Mach-E model years?
Charge port locking is already present in latest software. So hopefully everyone gets that eventually. I’m going to guess the other stuff is 2025 only because of the new UI.

I’m glad they added these features, but the charge rate display belongs in the cluster IMO, not the main screen. That way it’s always visible when using other apps on the touchscreen.
 


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I'm no expert, but doesn't this all seem to be software related, and therefore OTA-able to everyone reading this post?
Yes but, any mention of OTAs is conspicuously absent in this post by Ford which implies to me they have no plan. With BC 1.3, Ford at least committed to downloading it to older cars even if it took a year or more.
 

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I do not expect to use any of the new settings. I hope they don't come with new bugs.

One thing that would be useful is additional target charge levels. 75%, for example, is not available.
 

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Hi Mustang Mach-E owners,

We’re excited to announce that launching with the 2025 Mustang Mach-E is an expanded Charge Settings app on the touchscreen and other improvements to allow you to take better control of your vehicle’s charging, including many improvements based on suggestions from our customers and owners (including many within this group!) – thank you.

01 - Charge Settings Not Plugged In.webp


Here’s how it works:

Live Charging

With the addition of Live Charging, you will be able to view your Mustang Mach-E’s charging speed in real time within the Charge Settings app.

When you’re charging on a Level 1 or Level 2 AC charger, you’ll see both your charge rate in Amps as well as kW:
02 - Live Charging AC Crop.webp


And when you’re DC Fast Charging, you’ll see your charge rate displayed in kW:
03 - Live Charging DC Crop.webp


Global Target Charge

With the updated Charge Settings app, your Target Charge limit can be set with one simple slider, and the target will apply everywhere – no need to save a location first. To change it, just drag and release the slider. This target charge level will apply to all Level 1 and Level 2 AC charging as well as DC Fast Charging.

04 - Slider Detail Crop.webp


There are two different versions of the slider, depending on what type of battery you have.

If you have an Extended Range battery, you will see a “Daily” portion of the slider from 50% to 90% and a “Trip” section between 90% and 100%. Ford recommends charging your battery to a limit within the Daily range for day-to-day driving and frequent charging, and using the Trip range when you need extra range.

If you have a Standard Range battery, you will see a recommendation to charge to 100% on a day-to-day basis. When the charge limit is selected below 100%, a reminder will display to charge to 100% at least once per month to maintain battery health.

Preferred Charge Times allow you to save charging locations you’ve previously visited and schedule your charging at those locations individually.

AC Charge Rate Control

With the addition of charge rate control for AC charging, you can adjust your vehicle’s maximum charging speed on a Level 1 or Level 2 charger.

This feature is designed to help make life easier if you wish to slow your charging down, for example to time the completion of charging to align with when you will return to your vehicle, or if you’ve experienced circuit breaker trips at a certain charger.

By default, this value will be set at maximum AC charge rate for your vehicle. To reduce this rate, tap the Advanced option from the Charge Settings screen, and an AC Charge Rate slider will appear.
05 - AC Charge Rate.webp


Charge Port Locking

To improve Fast Charging Adapter security and reduce the chance of your vehicle being unexpectedly unplugged when fast charging, your vehicle’s charge port will no longer automatically unlock when fast charging is completed.

To unlock the charge port, you will use the unlock button in the middle of the Charge Status Indicator light located next to charge port:

06 - Charge Status Indicator.webp


When pressing this button with your vehicle’s key (or your phone with Phone as a Key (if equipped)) near the charge port or with vehicle doors unlocked, charging will stop and the charge port will unlock.

If the unlock button is pressed without the vehicle’s key present,the charge port will remain locked and charging will continue. If a press of the charge port unlock button does not unlock the charge port, ensure a key is positioned near the charge port, or press the door unlock button inside the vehicle.

Charge port locking applies to DC Fast Charging only. Level 1 and Level 2 AC charging can be unplugged without pressing the unlock button.

Thank you for your feedback which we used to develop these features.

Robert and Brian
Why can’t we also lock the port when L1/2 charging? Maybe a setting in the car to enable this feature? I don’t want people to interrupt my charging when I’m not near the car.
 

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Why can’t we also lock the port when L1/2 charging? Maybe a setting in the car to enable this feature? I don’t want people to interrupt my charging when I’m not near the car.
I don't think it's physically possible. Consider how the plug handle operates.
 

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To me the specific wording of:

"launching with the 2025 Mustang Mach-E is an expanded Charge Settings app on the touchscreen"

implies that this new software-only app addition will be already available for new 2025 buyers, but will come in an OTA update to everyone else.

I sure hope I'm right.
 
 







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