For the record, any non-Apple MagSafe puck will only yield up to 7.5W of power. This is an iOS limitation.
Some of us just chill in the frunk and put in a LVB access point. ??We do with our cars what makes up happy... Some people remove the lift gate GT emblem and replace it with a pony emblem,
...and others remove their wireless charger.
I say live and let live. ?
This is excellent and very "hack-e"! I also have the twraps solution, and I'll say there are two advantages of this over yours potentially: (1) already solves the "camera bump" issue without any further cutting; (2) offers the ability to charge your passenger's phone too (important for marital bliss on long road trips). I think you'll find it only charges at 7.5kW.I did end up designing my own 3D printed mount and install a 15W wireless charger from Amazon. I just finished installing it so I need a little time to see if it's any better than the one I removed:
This one's powered from the same connector as the one removed but it doesn't communicate with the car, so the car won't let you know that a phone is charging on it like the original one does, but I could care less as the phone tells me that..
Hmm, now I'm thinking I need to do one for a magsafe mount.
Or you can get a ready solution made especially for the Mach-E:
The charger is its own module, WACM Wireless Accessory Charging Module. I would imagine if there is a way to disable it, it would be something within the actual module.
I did end up designing my own 3D printed mount and install a 15W wireless charger from Amazon. I just finished installing it so I need a little time to see if it's any better than the one I removed:
This one's powered from the same connector as the one removed but it doesn't communicate with the car, so the car won't let you know that a phone is charging on it like the original one does, but I could care less as the phone tells me that..
this was super helpful after an unfortunates melted ice cream incident!A kind person shared some initial clues as to how to gain access to the wireless charger mounted under the media bin and I deduced the rest and now I have successfully removed it in my MME. Here are some tips to guide someone through it.
Do not try this if you do not feel comfortable. Do this at your own risk.
The question is how do you lift off the top of the media bin to get access to the bottom-side where the wireless charger is mounted?
You can guess that there are clips holding it in place:
But what is not obvious is that the front and back edges are also held in place by other pieces:
The front edge can be freed by removing the panel just above it, which has two clips (in red below) at the top and two catches (in blue below) lower down, and then it has a fit-hinge at the bottom so that after unclipping/catching you can lift it out of its hinges by holding it nearly closed and pulling up:
Now you can see the lip that holds it down in front:
The back edge can be freed by removing the PRNDL/Parking-Brake center console piece and its base holder. The top part of that center console piece is just held down with four clips on the four corners (in red below) and can be popped off its base holder with a little pull upwards. Then the base holder can be lifted out by removing four 9/32 inch screws (in blue below) holding it down. There is enough spare cabling to set them off to the side:
And now you can see the small lip that sits beneath the center console base holder:
Now you are free to pry up the media bin and cup holder top piece. I used a metal pry tool (probably not the best) and started at the front and worked my way back on both sides:
You can simply unplug the wireless module but leave it mounted:
I chose to remove the module altogether. To do that, remove the four Torx T20 screws:
I recommend putting the screws back in for safe keeping::
Of course reverse the steps to put it back together.
I hope this improves my range in the summer by not wasting energy on generating heat!
Edit: removed extraneous photos.
@Ru55 - did you ever get the info on this? I’m basically in your spot, a year later.
Likewise. Where did everyone go?
