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This is what I have felt all along: The Porsche Taycan makes greater use of coasting, only using regenerative braking when the brake pedal is actually pressed. In a recent press release, the automaker explains the thinking behind that. "This is a more efficient way of driving," Martin...

My update downloaded sometime after midnight early Tuesday morning. I like the changes. Only glitch was having to input my SiriusXM favorites again.

With new prices, which has more bang for the buck? https://www.motortrend.com/features/tesla-model-y-vs-ford-mustang-mach-e-price-value-comparison/ Motor Trend thinks the Tesla does, with their charging network a major factor. Even if Tesla has a slight edge, I won't purchase an ugly car...

This is a good White Paper on what will be required for the 2035 mandates to work. https://www.nationalgrid.com/document/148616/download One conclusion: 6. The electric highway future is happening now. The timelines required for grid infrastructure upgrades, particularly transmission, are...

I want Ford to offer this color blue:

I charge twice a week to 95%.

One poster a while back stated he wouldn't even consider the Mach-E since it didn't have a heat pump. The CR figures show the exact same drop in range (32%) for the MY and MME in cold weather. I'm sure that Ford engineers knew this. They took a lot of flak for making the correct decision.

The stripes are available from: https://autodesign.shop/products/mach-e-graphic-side-stripes-for-ford-mustang-2021?variant=39340357189730&fbclid=IwAR1orr45c8M5MpUXBr_7040qP5332n27LoodTATKxftui1PxMOzMg0e2Vfg

That was a temporary HAL9000 plate. My personalized plate has replaced it.

This video will explain it.

Two years ago I wasn’t in the market for an EV. I wanted a vehicle that was good looking, with the cargo capacity and comfort I needed for everyday driving. Fuel economy was not an overriding factor. My wife wanted me to get the new Corvette (I was tempted) but I narrowed my choices to the...

A lot of confusion comes from this week's re-definition of "American-Made". Today's Green Car Report uses the term in its headline even though the new meaning is actually "North American-Made". Just this past June Cars.com did a list of American-made vehicles. All were in the continental U.S...

The bill seems to state that final assembly has to occur in the United States, which would disqualify the Mach-E. Yet some articles like this one also say North America. I assume that since Ford supports the bill, it must mean EVs with final assembly in North America qualify.

I have a June 19 build date and my dealer told me yesterday my MME didn't qualify. June 7 has to be a mistake. It must be before July 7.

One minor annoyance I've had is how loud the cooling fan was during charging. For the past month, there has been hardly any noise at all, even when it is over 95 degrees in the garage while charging. Is this the result of the several recent OTA updates over the past month? Is the MME now...

This past weekend I made a round trip to Oceanside. For the trip home Sunday, I started with 80% charge from the Oceanside Walmart that had been topped off to 95% from my son's 110v charger. Took the 405 to the 101 and got an 80% EA charge in Camarillo that took 25 minutes. I topped this off...

My solar panels produce 6kW. They recharge our Tesla Powerwall in the morning which provides 5 kW when I plug in our MME, that charges at 11 kW, between 11:30 am to 3:00 pm, which leaves enough sunshine to recharge the Powerwall back to 100% for use at night. I usually do this twice a week and...

If I knew back in January 2021 what I know now, I would have placed my order for the MME even without the rebate. Back then, however, I was determined to get a vehicle with a net cost under $50K so I may have gone with the Toyota Venza. I'm very glad I didn't.