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UPDATE: I cleaned up the language to make it clear that we are sending market signals, not telling Ford Motor Company to install chargers. @Ford Motor Company , How might we send market signals to dealerships for chargers through some kind of nomination process? I’m aware that the dealers...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/29/upshot/ev-chargers-road-trip.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qE8.oO47._0PtSl9mpizO&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare I recently posted about a road trip my wife took and how I projected my anxiety onto her. And how she was like...

As in most marriages, interests differ. I wanted the Mustang Mach-e, but my wife just wants any operational four-door vehicle that fits in the streets of Old Town Alexandria. In any car, I ask her how it drives, and she says "fine." The Tahoe we rented on vacation was "fine, but a little big."...

I was in the John Heinz Pittsburgh History Museum and saw the Westinghouse EV prototype. It’s called the Markette. Cool! And with a sparkling steering wheel!

I could have done with less “term purity” around the Mustang name, but I did think that they made some fair points. And my confirmation bias dopamine hit came from the 40k variant. I should have bought the lowest trim. The RWD standard is a steal for value. I also thought the ex-Tesla...

The Ford announcement just wrapped, and it turns out, when Ford says "Model T Moment" they mean "changing manufacturing processes." Much of what we heard are things that we hear from other manufacturers. We heard about Zonal Architecture (Rivian), "Unicasting" (Tesla, "Gigacasting"), and...

Branden Flasch checked in, charged, and I don't think he's fibbing. He does work for Alpitronic (I think), so maybe he got some insider information and charged. He checked in to both the East and Westbound stations, but left a comment only on the Westbound. If anyone goes by it, can you post...

This is a bit of fun, but I would like to see Ford invest in low-speed vehicles for the masses. Investment includes lobbying to standardize the vehicle code for LSVs. Imagine if Ford invested in golf-cart-ish vehicles, "cargo scooters," and yeah, even e-bikes.

I paid Rack Attack to install a hitch receiver and a 4-pin wiring harness. They did a great job, but the installer said, “Damn your car’s armor plated. Had to figure out how to run the wire.” I should have printed out some conversations from this forum as institutions! 🤓 Turned out in the end...

This weekend, we picked up Travel Buddy at her summer camp on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It was a zero-stop trip. I plugged a 3.0 m/kWh efficiency into ABRP, and it had me out and back with 30% remaining in the battery. We returned with 38% in the battery. If you're a DC person and you want...

This will be an important stop on 68! Yes, there is the Cumberland Tesla Supercharger (slanty) but this is a better CCS alternative. If you leave from DC or Baltimore, you should arrive at around 20% - all the variables apply, so check your drivetrain and battery size before you leave. I have...

I purchased my Mustang Mach E, Premium AWD in September of 2024. I've put 11k miles on it, but the world loves a base 10 system, so let's call it a 10k review. Why I Bought It I bought the Mach E as my first electric vehicle. I was expecting it to be a fun commuter and a cure for early-onset...

Apple’s developer conference used an Aston Martin for CarPlay Ultra and a Ford Mustang (ICE) for ye old CarPlay. Is it because Ford is on deck for ultra? Free advertising, anyway.

Travel Buddy and I went to Pittsburgh from DC on Memorial Day weekend to see family. On the way out of DC we were in stop and go traffic until Hagerstown. It took us 3 hours to drive a distance that - without traffic - takes us 1.5 hours. I had planned to stop in Breezewood to charge at the...

He claims to not like EVs but he likes the MME. He says “not bad” over the bumps. He has a good shot of the new frunk size.

Following up on this thread: https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/when-car-bricks-what-hvb-report-should-i-expect.44392/ I have photographed the invoice and manufacture plate of vehicle. Here’s what the technician told me (paraphrasing): It was a fuse inside the high voltage junction box...

My 24 Premium just bricked with a high voltage battery failure. I have fewer than 10k miles on it. The initial diagnosis was “a high voltage fuse was blown.” At the moment, “high voltage fuse blown,” communicated verbally, is the only information that I have. Which brings me to my question...

I thought it might help to describe a weekend road trip, but one outside the coastal corridors. These are the kinds of road trips that people do often: a get away that’s about 300 to 350 miles away, a trip that requires one stop. Before I actually owned an EV, doing a weekend getaway trip felt...

I now own a MME and a Toyota Sienna. In my hybrid minivan, I don’t think about the infrastructure. It sort of fades into the background. My experience tells me that there will be a gas station when I need it, there will be a well-maintained road where I need it, and there will be a nav system...

I sometimes drive into West Virginia from the DC area. I have yet to do it in the Mustang Mach-e, but I’d like to. I think I could have some fun on those roads (go ahead, sing the song). But there’s very little charging infrastructure. So… any insider information?