Drive for two hours - Charge for an hour road trip.

[Mandretti]

Heat?? I don’t need no heat!! That’s for sissies!

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[Mandretti]

Yep - that about matches my experience. I’ve heard that the 2022 models get somewhat better mileage.

 

[llinthicum1]

I will take a decade or more to get the infrastructure in place to support EVs. That's why it's disingenuous to say that new cars sold by a certain date; e.g., 2035, have to be EVs. Until we have a charging infrastructure on par with gas stations, EV's will essentially be city cars.

 

[Johnny572]

Read my previous posts in this thread if you are truly interested. All the info is there.

Don’t need to I’ve owned mine for 2 years! Your one hour charging comment says it all! BS!

 

[Phil Martin]

I will take a decade or more to get the infrastructure in place to support EVs. That's why it's disingenuous to say that new cars sold by a certain date; e.g., 2035, have to be EVs. Until we have a charging infrastructure on par with gas stations, EV's will essentially be city cars.

That date is a pipe dream. It won't happen. The charging infrastructure isn't even remotely close to being ready, it's not even realit reliable and who is going to pay for it including maintenance and operations?

That date will be pushed out or dropped all together.

 

[Logal727]

Saying the Mach E “is an excellent road trip car” seems like a more objective statement than just that you “love road-tripping” in the Mach E.

You can road-trip much faster, with far less anxiety, with similar comfort, in a great many ICE vehicles and, frankly a lot of others EVs. The Mach E is low on the scale of “excellence” for road-tripping, objectively speaking.

Granted, some people like the challenge of carefully plotting their route. The excitement of hoping the charger works. The leisure of getting out of the car for about an hour every two hours. If you love those things, you do you!

Thank you for your permission to use my car as I please lol.

 

[Logal727]

I hope it’s not provided by EA or others that can’t seem to function half the time.
I saw a post, and can’t seem to find it again, with the inside of an EA charger and a SC. The SC is drastically less complicated with far fewer parts. Wonder why they always seem to work.

That’s a bit simplistic view, SC don’t have a screen or payment processing equipment, they are very different setups. Maybe it would help EA to be more centralized at their stations.

 

[dbsb3233]

You got it!! I read somewhere in the news recently that some country is suing mustang because of the the actual range is considerably less than advertised.

Are you sure it's not Tesla being sued for that? Far more likely, as their EPA range is usually overstated the most. Notoriously.

 

[Shayne]

Are you sure it's not Tesla being sued for that? Far more likely, as their EPA range is usually overstated the most. Notoriously.

It appears to be a trend with some manufacturers and not just Tesla.

 

[superdave80]

I'd like to see DCFC reservations.

Absolutely not. DC chargers are already having issues, and now you want to throw a reservation system on top of that? And there are all sorts of logistical issues with this. First come, first serve.

 

[RickMachE]

I've put thousands of highway miles on. Driven 600 miles in a day. With planning, charging adds about 20%. Poor planning leads to "I should have taken the ICE".

 

[RickMachE]

Saying the Mach E “is an excellent road trip car” seems like a more objective statement than just that you “love road-tripping” in the Mach E.

You can road-trip much faster, with far less anxiety, with similar comfort, in a great many ICE vehicles and, frankly a lot of others EVs. The Mach E is low on the scale of “excellence” for road-tripping, objectively speaking.

Granted, some people like the challenge of carefully plotting their route. The excitement of hoping the charger works. The leisure of getting out of the car for about an hour every two hours. If you love those things, you do you!

I drive 3+ hours between charges. Charge for 30 to 40 minutes. This is uninformed.

 

[superdave80]

Sometimes no matter how well you plan the distance between chargers is very long 100 miles +

If your route is taking you where chargers are 100+ miles apart, you probably should NOT take that trip in an EV of any kind.

 

[kltye]

Charging for an hour at a functioning 150kW+ DCFC means you're doing it wrong, unless there's either very poor DCFC coverage, or it's very cold (and I mean actually mean cold, not balmy temps in the 30s). Add route preconditioning available with 3.6.2 and I don't see the need to always charge for an hour on a cold day. Also, don't skip any 150kW stations en-route unless it's very close to a previous charging stop; it's way more efficient with time to stop more frequently for shorter charge sessions: 1) The battery stays warmer between sessions; 2) You want to be at an optimal part of the charging curve when you plug in.

 

[kltye]

If your route is taking you where chargers are 100+ miles apart, you probably should NOT take that trip in an EV of any kind.

Uhhhhh.... unless you have a particularly short-ranged EV (maybe the SR AWD MME?), I think most can do 100+ miles at highway speeds in the winter easily, even if charged to just 80%. Most EVs have much better charging curves at 80+% compared to the Mach-E, so I don't think this generalization holds true. I make the drive from Huber Heights in Ohio to Gallipolis (last bastion of DCFC before hitting WV) and that's 140 miles. I arrive at Huber Heights with plenty to spare.

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