Recent content by JamieGeek

I was. (well ok 2013--close enough)

Really? A company tried this oh waaay back in 2012ish and went bankrupt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place_(company)

That trip is going to be soo much fun. Keep an eye out for all the other youtubers on the route LOL (and everyone else for the 100th). Enjoy! Edit: Need to add a stop at the Conoco station in Shamrock Texas.

I love me my EV's having had 3 EVs and 2 PHEV's now. However, gas prices never bothered me that much: Purchased a motorhome the summer gas went to $5/gal locally... When gas is around $3/gallon it was a wash with my Escape PHEV--costs the same gas or electric (I usually drive it on electric...

My experience was pretty painless but then we've been using the same Ford dealer for 20+ years now. My sales person actually switched our turn in to a trade in because we would get more $$ out of the deal and we were a month or two early for the lease/options end date. (My profile pic is of...

Loved the Mach-E but it had one huge drawback for us, we couldn't tow it. So at options end I traded it in for an Escape PHEV.

It will at some point. Our Mach-E, from the factory, would slam on the brakes in cruise when passing a semi. It wouldn't always do this but often enough to be jarring. It took a few years, and involvement from Ford but eventually they replaced the whole radar unit in the nose. It worked...

I'm encountering more and more campgrounds that prohibit EV charging on the 50 amp plugs.

You'd think Ford would know about this since they had the exact same issue on the Focus Electric over 10 years ago!

The best inside motor sound: FYI I loved the Focus Electric I had.

I had a 2021 California Route 1 until October of last year. Traded it in for a PHEV Escape (not because I didn't like it, my Mach-E was my 4th car with a plug, making the Escape the 5th). Loved the car. On the highway I could get a good 330 miles out of it in the summer. Only 1 real issue with...

When I traded in my Mach-E for my current Escape PHEV I left both the EVSE and the Tesla adapter in the car. Didn't need the Tesla adapter with the Escape (no fast charging) and it would come with its own EVSE...

Lock the doors. Our Mach-E frequently sat for a month or more without issue. I would typically leave it plugged in but a few times it sat at the dealer waiting for things out in their lot not plugged in for a month without issue as well.

Is it theoretically possible: Yes (re hybrid discussions above). A battery is either charging or discharging: Thus if your charger cannot provide enough current to move the car then all of its current will go to moving the car plus some from the battery (a net discharge from the battery). If...

It even works for Escapes LOL Wait you're thinking? An Escape can't get an OTA!! Well my 2024 can...