What charging accessories and/or apps most helpful for road trip?

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Picked up my Mach E 3 days ago, loving it. I’m planning on driving from the sea coast of NH to CT. What charging accessories and/or apps would be most helpful?
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Picked up my Mach E 3 days ago, loving it. I’m planning on driving from the sea coast of NH to CT. What charging accessories and/or apps would be most helpful?
A Better Route Planner - to plan your trip

PlugShare - to check the chargers

Electrify America and ChargePoint - for charging
 
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Thank you. I will check out the apps you mentioned.
 

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I would also suggest EVGO and Shell Recharge. If you have apple phone and carplay, then set up apple maps with your car and the map will show you destinations as well as suggested charging. I know they are coming out with a major upgrade to carplay with IOS 17
 

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A Better Route Planner - to plan your trip

PlugShare - to check the chargers

Electrify America and ChargePoint - for charging
Start with these. Then, once you plan your trip, you’ll see what other networks you’ll need or want.
 


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If you have never used a DCFC before, it may be worth going to find one for a trial run before the trip, just to get a feel for it.
 

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Setup your Ford Charging Network first to use your free 250kW of charging at Electrify America.

Use PlugShare in planning AND day of trip.
 

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I would also suggest EVGO and Shell Recharge. If you have apple phone and carplay, then set up apple maps with your car and the map will show you destinations as well as suggested charging. I know they are coming out with a major upgrade to carplay with IOS 17
++If you have an Apple phone. This was my favorite part of the most recent road trip. If you set it up right, you will see your MME as a vehicle option. It will automatically look for compatible charging and put the current range estimate on the maps screen. I back this information up with todays PlugShare opinions on the selected chargers.

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++If you have an Apple phone. This was my favorite part of the most recent road trip. If you set it up right, you will see your MME as a vehicle option. It will automatically look for compatible charging and put the current range estimate on the maps screen. I back this information up with todays PlugShare opinions on the selected chargers.

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I have car play connected. What do I have to do to get this to work.
 

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As to accessories, consider a TeslaTap or equivalent. If you stay somewhere there's a Tesla destination charger, you can plug in. My one road trip where I just need a tiny charge to be confident to get home, the restaurant we were visiting had a Tesla charger for free. Got the little bit of range I needed.
 

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If you have never used a DCFC before, it may be worth going to find one for a trial run before the trip, just to get a feel for it.
I whole heartedly agree with this. I recently did a trial run for my first charge. There is a lot to know.
 

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As was mentioned a TeslaTap is good to have for insurance, and it's also good to look up if a hotel you may stay at has L2 charging. When we did our first road trip, we stayed at a hotel in Indianapolis that had a few L2 chargers, and hotels around it also had L2 chargers. We basically went from thinking our trip would be a constant worry for getting charged to having the MME basically "full" at all times, it was great.

If a hotel stay may be part of the plan, it's definitely worth doing some scouting on that front. This is also where the Tesla Tap has the potential to be a winner as there are a lot more J1772 cars rolling around now than just a few years ago, and a good number of hotels are more prepared for Tesla visitors.

Either way I think you will love the trip.
 
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I would also suggest EVGO and Shell Recharge. If you have apple phone and carplay, then set up apple maps with your car and the map will show you destinations as well as suggested charging. I know they are coming out with a major upgrade to carplay with IOS 17
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