My adapters (2 cars) are both in the 14,000’s series order numbers — ordered the day they were announced, but with June estimates.
I ordered the A2Z adapter back in early February so I could use it on my 2400 mile round trip from Michigan to Texas and back.
While I don’t have the free Ford...
It’s a new capability and a free adapter that none of us were expecting when we bought the car. I’m confused as to why people are upset. How is Ford being branded as the bad guy here? I think what they did is awesome.
The adapter seems to be made by Tesla … but distributed by Ford and Rivian...
You should have received a confirmation email BUT ... for a lot of people it sounds like that email went into a spam/junk folder.
For me (and it did end up in my spam folder) the email came from "Ford Motor Company" with an email address of '[email protected]'
The subject line should read...
I haven't carefully measured the amount of energy used vs. saved. My "sense" is that it's probably around 20% -- but also that probably depends on outside temperature.
When I was driving in around 20°F temps and DID NOT pre-condition the car was getting something like 2.2 miles/kWh. When I did...
The fact that it can melt the plastic tells us that the material they used for the conductor is too thin.
While the metal conducts electricity, all materials are technically also resistors. Resistance results in a voltage drop … but that energy is converted into heat.
It’s really just a...
I’ve had this happen at least three times. Once while driving. After it happened the first time, I realized it doesn’t have a very good “positive engagement” on the latch … so I am now especially careful to make sure it is closed. Despite that … it has still opened two more times.
The latch...
Help @Ford Motor Company … when I follow the instructions, I get a pop up to select which car (I have two Mach-E’s). After doing that … I get a generic page of options with no ability to order the adapter that I can find.
Is the site broken, or is pop-up for a vehicle selection breaking the...
I thought about that. But then I asked ... what's to prevent any other CCS vehicle to charge via an adapter and the Tesla app? It was my understanding that the plan is to roll this out first to Ford, then to GM, etc. etc. -- they might insist on having some method to verify the car is...
What about FordPass isn't working?
FordPass communicates with the car in a couple of ways ... if you are close to the car it can lock/unlock doors, etc. via Bluetooth.
It can remote start or check charging level, etc. via the cellular modem except that really goes through Ford's datacenter...
I would expect a difference due to charging losses and, in cold enough weather, the car might run the battery pack heaters to help the charge.
But an 85 kWh difference Is crazy.
That's a REALLY good question. It needs to do 2FA so the car can't be reset without your help. I get that people will sell a car and forget to reset it ... but it shouldn't be trivial to reset. The idea is ... you want to make sure it takes long enough that the previous owner would have time...
Ouch ... so sorry. Can your phone tell you where it is (the "Vehicle" category along the bottom will give you an address if they haven't reset the car and kicked your phone out.)
I would love a plug-in hybrid Maverick and it looks like it would be easy to do (I have two neighbors that own Mavericks and I've checked them out. There appears to be plenty of space under the back seat for a larger battery pack.)
But somehow I don't think that's what Ford will do (it would...
Please don't tell us you're still rocking one of those old-school camper trailers that doesn't pull itself. You are supposed to have one of those Airstream eStream concept BEV trailers that uses its own battery pack and motors to extend range. 😜