Poor reception, or a warning.

[Sir Barton]

We made an overnight trip this week from St. Simons Island, Ga., to Macon (230 miles) in Sir Barton. We had no waits or incidents at our charging stations, coming and going. One curious thing: After charging at a ChargePoint station in the middle of Macon, I entered our directions home into Navigation. The arrow came up clearly, taking me through all the twists and turns to reach I-16 East. However, the friendly lady's voice that always accompanies it with verbal directions remained mute. Suddenly, after we were on I-16 and headed across the state, she spoke up and started blabbering away. I laughed when it quickly dawned on me that she was now giving me the directions, starting at the shopping center and going through every turn, merge and "proceed one 1/4 mile" instructions that were absent as I navigated Macon via the silent directions on the screen. Every single direction in a long runon sentence of about 45 seconds. I will here defer to the more-informed on the forum: was this the result of poor or faulty internet service, or is this some internal MME issue to which I should pay closer attention?
Note: Back in May, during a trip to very rural Lake Hartwell, I had to drive about 15 miles to the nearest charging station before our departure the next day. Good thing I paid attention, because Navigation voice and the map remained stuck at the location where I charged, leaving me to get back to the cabin on my own.. It remained stuck until we prepared to leave, when everything returned to working order. Still not sure what that was all about.
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[Ghost Ryder]

You were traveling through deep south Ga. She probably was afraid of waking up the locals and alerting them that you were in an EV. Ford's new incognito mode.

 

[Sir Barton]

You were traveling through deep south Ga. She probably was afraid of waking up the locals and alerting them that you were in an EV. Ford's new incognito mode.

Ha ha. I am from the Deep South. We encounter plenty of other EV owners on the road here; there are plenty others on St. Simons and surrounding environs who drive Teslas,, Mach Es, Rivains and other EVs. Don't quit your day job.

 

[Ghost Ryder]

Ha ha. I am from the Deep South. We encounter plenty of other EV owners on the road here; there are plenty others on St. Simons and surrounding environs who drive Teslas,, Mach Es, Rivains and other EVs. Don't quit your day job.

I've spent a good deal of 10 years in Baton Rouge, LA and Texas. Love the south.

 

[Sir Barton]

I've spent a good deal of 10 years in Baton Rouge, LA and Texas. Love the south.

Fair enough. I have family in Baton Rogue. And in all honesty, there are a lot of short-sighted folks in the South who insist on politicizing EVs, even as EV battery plants (a huge one is going up beside I-16 just west of Savannah) and EV auto plants are popping up around them to create jobs. So there's probably some truth to the satire. Macon is woefully behind EV infrastructure.

 

[jgcom]

I've lived in Baton Rouge since 1999. I've had zero negativity from people around here in the two years I've had the Mach-E, and plenty of thumbs-up on the highways early on. Some of the vast quantities gas and oil passing through our fair city is used to generate the "E" for the Mach-E.

The politicization is irritating none-the-less, and I fear that local Ford dealers are failing to enthusiastically market and support their own E cars on that basis.

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

While I grew up in the southernmost state in the union, I'll bring this back to the question at hand. Based on your recent experience and the previous one, my guess is that your guess is correct: poor reception led to this odd behavior. But since I almost never use the built-in nav, and when I do I almost always mute the voice, I don't have direct experience.

 

[Deleted member 16048]

It sounds like to me it was poor signal area so connected nav was having a hard time. It uses a LTE signal so if the network is poor. (3G or Edge) it will likely be very behind. I think this also shows the state of our cellular networks in the US as well.

Wonder how the experience would be with Offline Apple Maps...

 

[evfinder]

I live in the LA area and find that the voice directions on the NAV do not always match the direction shown on the map. For example yesterday the NAV system told me to turn left while the map showed me that I should continue straight ahead. The map was correct, If I had turned left I would have ended up in a field. I also find that the NAV system doesn't handle things well in parking lots. It often assumes it is on the nearest road rather than in the lot and gives directions from there. The NAV on my wife's escape seems to be much better.

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

While I grew up in the southernmost state in the union

That would be the real south, Hawaii.

 

[Ghost Ryder]

I live in the LA area and find that the voice directions on the NAV do not always match the direction shown on the map. For example yesterday the NAV system told me to turn left while the map showed me that I should continue straight ahead. The map was correct, If I had turned left I would have ended up in a field. I also find that the NAV system doesn't handle things well in parking lots. It often assumes it is on the nearest road rather than in the lot and gives directions from there. The NAV on my wife's escape seems to be much better.

In the MME defense, you do live in Van Nuys, so it was probably just rerouting you around all the homeless camps. Probably safer to go through the field than down Van Nuys Blvd. (grew up in the Valley, so I know the area well.)

 

[Hammered]

I'm in the sticks in the south and there's plenty of EVs. Teslas are everywhere, we've got about 6 MMEs here, I'm the only GT I've seen. Few lightnings and rivians as well. It's about 40 miles to the nearest DCFC outside of a single 50kW unit the power company put in. (there's a 50kW chademo unit as well, but that doesn't work on real EVs)

 

[Sir Barton]

That would be the real south, Hawaii.

? My sweetheart Wylie was born there.

 

[evfinder]

In the MME defense, you do live in Van Nuys, so it was probably just rerouting you around all the homeless camps. Probably safer to go through the field than down Van Nuys Blvd. (grew up in the Valley, so I know the area well.)

This actually happened in Woodland Hills - BTW Van Nuys has been gentrified somewhat so not that many homeless camps around here now. My favorite NAV glitch is on the 5 Freeway coming into Los Angeles where it misnames the Golden State Freeway (5) as the Glendale Freeway (which is actually State route 2). The map tells me to go straight on along the 5 while the spoken directions tell me to keep left (which keeps me on the five) to the Glendale Freeway (which would require me to keep right).

 

[Ghost Ryder]

This actually happened in Woodland Hills - BTW Van Nuys has been gentrified somewhat so not that many homeless camps around here now. My favorite NAV glitch is on the 5 Freeway coming into Los Angeles where it misnames the Golden State Freeway (5) as the Glendale Freeway (which is actually State route 2). The map tells me to go straight on along the 5 while the spoken directions tell me to keep left (which keeps me on the five) to the Glendale Freeway (which would require me to keep right).

I'm glad Van Nuys is getting better. I heard that there were big issues on Sepulveda Blvd which is only one big street over.

Freeways in LA are insane, even locals get confuse when there are 5-6 interchanges within a 3 mile radius. Just plain craziness.

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