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I whole heartily agree. It may sound weird, but make a charger your destination. Drive an hour or two to a charger, charge and drive home. Do it on a nice sunny day. Do it in the rain. Do it on a windy day. Then you'll start to notice that you'll be comfortable leaving with 70% battery vs 80%...

Sounds like you've done your research for your route. But for anyone else wondering, I've stayed at plenty of hotels at the other end of the expensive spectrum that had a charger. (And would take dogs.) Plugshare has the ability to filter to show only hotels. Expedia will let you search for EV...

Charging curves are usually dependent on the car, not the station. If you're at a SOC (state of charge) where the car can accept higher than 100kW, but you're at an 100kW station, then the car should charge at the max the station can output. The curve won't (or shouldn't) change based on the...

That sounds normal to me. A few things to ask, are you warming up the car to 20C while it's plugged in? It takes a lot of energy to warm up a car and a lot less to keep it warm. The other question is after your 30km drive, are you parking and letting your car cool down? Not that you can avoid...

You can do month to month. I've done it a few times. If you're paying the $4 a month, you need to put on about 35 kWh to break even. Depends on your billing style. (Per kWh or per min.) But one or two charges on the MME will pay for the membership.

You keep harping this same thing over and over again. Are you just complaining on this forum? Are you reaching out to EA and suggesting places for chargers? Do you live in those areas you mentioned? Are you going to your town hall meetings and trying to get them to put in chargers? Even Tesla...

It appears if you have an external device that can plug into a USB, you should be fine.

That's what this forum is for!?

I should have added my car has a 28 kWh battery. So it's about a 15% difference in range. (84 vs 98 miles.)

There are definitely times you need more then 80 miles or so, and yes, that's going to add some time. It's a compromise. Most EA chargers are right off the freeway and pretty easy to find, in my experience. But probably still easier to find a gas station. ;)

So under the theory "you don't drive cars on paper," I took my Ioniq out tonight for a 120 mile drive. It was 31F, calm wind and it was night. I kept my cabin temp at 70F and my heated seat on low. I drove the first half of the 60 mile leg at 75 then slowed to 65. (Mostly because I entered...

Batteries like to operate in the 75-95F degree range. Until Ford updates the car with battery preconditioning like Tesla or Porsche, I don't think the ME will reach that 150kW peak except in summer months. That's the first thing I said, too. I wonder where they found that number. It's a...

I've seen this on the forum a few times. I don't think people are really understanding the logic behind it. My car has an EPA range of 124 miles. In the summer I can get more like 140, and in the winter closer to 110. (Also only an 80% drop, not 60%.) I live in Detroit area. I've driven it to...

The motors and battery can get warm as you drive. But you really have to push them hard. (Drive fast and regen hard.) And there is no engine to get heat from! Meaning you have to replace that with another form of heater. Either a resistance heater to stand in place of an engine or a heat pump...

So, I don't know about the MY, but the standard range plus model 3 has a peak charging speed of only 170kW. And I believe that's only on the V3 Superchargers. On the older chargers it peaks at 120kW. Like I said, not sure about the MY, but I wouldn't necessarily think the SR MY would get 250kW.

If this is part of the comparison, then all BEVs are out of your equation. Range isn't everything. It seems to me that you're picking what to compare so that an ICE vehicle will always come out on top. That's fine, we all feel the need to justify purchases, especially big ones. 230 miles, or 210...

I'll be taking my for some long trips when I get it. Scheduled build date 2/14. So it probably won't be until April. But I'll be sure to post here if no one else does it before then.

Tesla does have great efficiency. But you know what's better? The Hyundai Ioniq. Just check the EPA MPGe. Although I'm not sure about the new 2021 models. I'm very much looking forward to this car. If it was just coming out a bit earlier I might be on their forum right now. Range isn't really...

I'd be interested in what you compared for costs of the vehicles. This is all USA prices. I priced out a Honda CR-V, as that's much more in line with the Mach E. (You even say something about the Escape instead of the Ecoboost, so you probably agree with me there.) After just the federal tax...

Ford recommends only charging to 90%. Most people I know charge to 80%. I keep my Ioniq around 50-60% unless I know I'm going to need the range. I do routinely charge to 100%, but when I do, I'm driving for a fair bit almost immediately. I do not let my car sit at 100% charge for very long...