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Rivian has begun to open their charging stations to non-Rivian EVs. The first station to open is in Joshua Tree, CA with more stations expected to open soon. https://rivian.com/experience/charging

Pierre Ford service department dispatched a tech to do the chargeport recall update. Very cool and incredibly convenient! Now if only he could give me BlueCruise 1.3…

Out of Spec did their 10% Challenge on the 2024 MME Rally and it went about as well as you’d expect. Starting from 10%, they plug into a charger for 15 mins, then hop onto the freeway to do 80mph. The test is to see how far at 80mph that 15 mins of charging results in. 35kWh added in 15 mins...

My 2021 GT hasn’t had an update since 6.14 came out. Have the 2021s gotten anything since then?

@Angelnx1985 did a 10-80 fast charging test on his 2021 First Edition. Did Ford make a change to the charge curve? This seems about 4-6 mins faster than a lot of sessions.

Stopped for a charge today at EA and a couple of GT friends showed up to make a Space White Sandwich!

Looks like Ford is doing their 2024 Mustang Mach-E media drive in Washington. Anybody around Seattle seen the media fleet and various influencers doing videos this week?

What do you wish @OutofSpecKyle and the Batteries Included Podcast team ask Donna? edit: thread title change

@OutofSpecKyle talks with Francie on the podcast to discuss all the changes.

I checked cars.com but haven’t seen any 2024 MME GTs. Anyone have an idea on where they are? It’s also odd to me that ford.com doesn’t show any 2024 MMEs at all.

The Pilot Travel Center in Ellensburg has come online! It's a split 350kW two-charger setup with dual cables capable of simultaneous charging. This is huge news if you have ever dealt with the clown show that is the Taco Bell Electrify America...

Edmunds did a comprehensive charging speed test on dozens of EVs in the US market. Out of 43 tested vehicles the MME 4X and GTPE came in #40 and #41, respectively. Only the Bolt EV and EUV were slower to add miles. https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/electric-car-charging.html

Anybody else notice their rain sensing wipers not working anymore?

Looks like Ford will be introducing a new trim level at Goodwood. Maybe the long rumored Dark Horse?

Heads up to anybody traveling through central Washington. Looks like Ellensburg EA station has 2/4 working chargers. I’m seeing reports of cars waiting to charge. Yakima Walmart is getting its parking lot repaved and they’re closing the EA station while the work is ongoing beginning on 29...

@OutofSpecKyle just picked up a MME GT with BlueCruise 1.2 to do some evaluation testing and of course race it against an EV6 GT.

The Electrify America stations in Ellensburg and Ritzville along I-90 are down. No ETA on when they’ll be back up. Ellensburg is getting new chargers and Ritzville is getting new canopies.

I was hoping by now we'd have seen some performance upgrades and maybe a few minutes shaved off the 80% charging times but so far nothing. Is anybody else wondering if Ford has orphaned the MME drivetrain hardware & battery pack so that all the vehicles prior to the eventual mid-cycle refresh...

@OutofSpecKyle put together a terrific piece on WTF is going on with American CCS charging infrastructure.

Tesla unveiled (leaked?) on their app that they’re going to offer charging for non-Tesla EVs at a monthly subscription fee of $0.99/mo. I took some screenshots which I’ve included below. A map search just shows a bank of Gen 3 HPWCs in California available so far but zero CCS Superchargers.