"What to Know Before You Go" Mach-E Brochure

[SnBGC]

Agreed, especially for those without BEV experience.

One interesting new item:
"When charging on DC power, the charger is always locked in place when the doors are locked."

I hope that it disengages when charging is complete. I've needed to unplug the DCFC from a car that had finished to charge mine. Staying locked while charging? Sure. Staying locked after? No.

I think my FFE stays locked until I unlock the car doors. The VW eGolf does the same. There is a button in the car that unlocks the connector from inside the car. I didnt see such a button on the MME. Might be there and I didnt see it. As far as I know, the only reason to use the unlock button is in the event the automatic unlock function doesn't work when DCFC is completed. Not sure because I dont DCFC thst often and as such, have never needed to use that feature.

And yeah....it would be a bummer to need the charge connector and someone else is done charging and it remains locked to their vehicle. Has happened to me once. I had to wait until they arrived to unlock it. Was about 5 minutes or less luckily.

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[janitorjim]

I don't think that addresses the concern raised by @ChasingCoral though - I read his concern as "someone is done charging but still holding the connector, so I can't connect and I'm stuck waiting for them to come out and unlock it."

the blow torch accessory kit will be a good option in that case

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

the blow torch accessory kit will be a good option in that case

Great, another thing Musk is ahead of us on. ?

 

[JamieGeek]

It'd be great to find a .pdf of that somewhere...

 

[timbop]

Great, another thing Musk is ahead of us on. ?

 

[Woeo]

I don't think that addresses the concern raised by @ChasingCoral though - I read his concern as "someone is done charging but still holding the connector, so I can't connect and I'm stuck waiting for them to come out and unlock it."

Yes, a different point of discussion.

I was asking/hoping that for the driver MME would unlock the cable on approach without requiring any bit of active intervention.

My understanding is that PAAK can be set to present the door opened upon approach or alternatively the MME can be configured to sense the PAAK or FOB so when the open door switch is pressed the door will present at that moment.

I’d like to be able to approach the car in either state [with either PAAK or FOB] and have the charge cable release—without having to unlock the doors first, without having to open the app or play with the FOB. Certainly without having to fiddle with anything inside the vehicle.

 

[TheLight75]

Does an app tell you it is done charging in case you are away from the car?

Multiple usually. Your car app will let you know once the vehicle stops charging and the app for the charging network you're using will let you know that it is almost done charging (to get you to wrap up whatever you're doing and head back to unplug).

 

[methorian]

Yes, a different point of discussion.

I was asking/hoping that for the driver MME would unlock the cable on approach without requiring any bit of active intervention.

My understanding is that PAAK can be set to present the door opened upon approach or alternatively the MME can be configured to sense the PAAK or FOB so when the open door switch is pressed the door will present at that moment.

I’d like to be able to approach the car in either state [with either PAAK or FOB] and have the charge cable release—without having to unlock the doors first, without having to open the app or play with the FOB. Certainly without having to fiddle with anything inside the vehicle.

I may be wrong, but isn't the button in the middle of the ring lights for locking/unlocking the charger cable?

 

[hybrid2bev]

It'd be great to find a .pdf of that somewhere...

Like this?

 

[SnBGC]

I may be wrong, but isn't the button in the middle of the ring lights for locking/unlocking the charger cable?

That is what mine looks like.....however it's inside the car. That is a more convenient location for it though. Still might require the doors to be unlocked in order to unlock the charging connector.....??

 

[ClaudeMach-E]

My dealer sent me this in the mail - I don't think there's anything new for us on this forum, but it's nice to see some of the "official" paperwork.

Ford Canada is behind like usual. ?

 

[Maric]

Great, another thing Musk is ahead of us on. ?

Still hoping the MachE gets a micro missile launcher.

 

[JamieGeek]

Like this?

Exactly...

 

[MerryBrown]

Ford Canada is behind like usual. ?

But you still have Justin Trudeau! hockey, and poutine!

 

[kermitfrog]

Agreed, especially for those without BEV experience.

One interesting new item:
"When charging on DC power, the charger is always locked in place when the doors are locked."

I hope that it disengages when charging is complete. I've needed to unplug the DCFC from a car that had finished to charge mine. Staying locked while charging? Sure. Staying locked after? No.

I am pretty sure it does means when you unlock the car it unlocks the charger as the locking system is probaly connect to the central locking of the car by some means

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