silverelan
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Anybody know why this guy at 7:17 is having so many problems?
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I don’t believe he had yet enabled or activated his plug and charge account in the FordPass app. Same thing happened to me the first time I tried it. It took about 60 seconds to figure out and resolve in the app by reading the instructions. Worked perfectly after that.Anybody know why this guy at 7:17 is having so many problems?
Yep. Have to go into the FP app and turn on Plug&Charge. I think it's off by default.I don’t believe he had yet enabled or activated his plug and charge account in the FordPass app. Same thing happened to me the first time I tried it. It took about 60 seconds to figure out and resolve in the app by reading the instructions. Worked perfectly after that.
exactly. you need to add a valid credit card to your ford wallet, enable connected services, and then enable P&C in the app.Yep. Have to go into the FP app and turn on Plug&Charge. I think it's off by default.
And while I'm not sure, I think maybe Connected Services and a credit card registered in the Ford account might need to be in place as well. I heard someone say there's a way around that, but that would be a normal thing to set up first. Gonna need a payment profile set up when the free 250 (or 500) kWh runs out anyway.
Although FWIW, I like using the EA app better, and leaving P&C turned off. It's faster, and it's currently needed to get the discounted EA Pass+ rates (until they get the Pass+ rates working with FP).
The car does charge a little faster the more empty it is, but unlike some EVs, there's not much difference in the Mach-E. For instance, charging from 10% to 60% only saves maybe 3-4 minutes as versus charging from 30% to 80%.I had a great experience with Electrify America... 150KW unit... Charged up 200 miles for $ 30.00... after driving it for about 1 hour and a half before charging... but, I was down to 23%... my understanding is... from a Tesla friend... run it down to nothing... it charges the fastest... seems to be true on this car too... as for the speed of charging on a 150KW unit... not sure... but, it might not be low enough or the batteries are just too hot... or the charging system is tapped out... no idea.... 23% is the lowest I've run it down too... The Mach E GTPE has been a great experience for me....
Don’t run it down to nothing unless you have to. Running the battery below about 20% SOC is Hard on the battery.I had a great experience with Electrify America... 150KW unit... Charged up 200 miles for $ 30.00... after driving it for about 1 hour and a half before charging... but, I was down to 23%... my understanding is... from a Tesla friend... run it down to nothing... it charges the fastest... seems to be true on this car too... as for the speed of charging on a 150KW unit... not sure... but, it might not be low enough or the batteries are just too hot... or the charging system is tapped out... no idea.... 23% is the lowest I've run it down too... The Mach E GTPE has been a great experience for me....