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Apologies if this has been covered before It appears remotely setting charge percentage through the app requires "share driving data" setting. I happen to have been, in the past, professionally involved with data privacy, both at Facebook and as a technology vendor to adtech companies. It is...

In Google Maps : Charging Stations, I see nothing but EVGo. I tried EVGo a few times. Terrible experience. Small number of chargers. Half broken. Bad KW estimations for our MachE's (higher voltage). Google maps has nothing but EVGo, Best suggested reason is only EVGo has real-time busy status...

When I go into the app and set the "target charge" to 100%, and press save, it jumps down to 95%. (23 Premium Extended) That's fine, generally. For daily use I prefer 85%. What about a day I'm about to road trip, or have a long day, and want that extra 5% that I paid for? It appears I have...

Just checking - my research says no - Is it possible to charge over DC in a microgrid / offgrid situation? Without intermediate batteries and high cost? Eg- here's the only product I find - https://www.ampernext.com/products/first-30kw-dc-dc-solar-ev-charger/ Request quote is not encouraging...

I tried car camping in the MachE last week. So over the moon great, thought I would post my equipment list & general experience. I got one of those tents that goes over the back of the EV. The model "JOYTUTUS SUV Tent" from amazon (about $200). The tent essentially was a vestibule, and really...

TL;DR - try using ABRP on the console using Android Auto! It integrates with battery level internally, and might be a better choice for finding chargers on the fly than *any other system*. [ Update: although, subscription of $5/month required ] Long Form There are a large number of...

I have what seems like a simple question - after two years of ownership. Why does climate control bias so hard to outside air? My other (ICE) cars don't. When the temp outside is 30 degrees lower than setpoint - outside air When the humidity outside is so high the air needs drying - outside...

I don't have a very fixed schedule, and some days my car doesn't even leave home, so Departure Schedule doesn't work for me. Start and Climate do, I am now in the habit if flipping open the app and heating the car when i know i am going to leave. If i am not on 'shore power' i use Climate (and...

With my shiny new A2Z adapters, I'm now unafraid of road trips. Took a trip this week, modest, about 300 miles, to an area with few CCS stations, but some well placed Superchargers (accessible to us). Needed basically one full charge. Pulled into a supercharger, started a charge, worked as...

A few weeks ago, when I first got my shiny A2Z adapter, I did some testing, got the slides and whatever understood. Plug and Charge worked great. However, I wanted to test the Tesla app initiation and its (potentially) lower cost. Seemed the best way was to disable plug and charge in the app...

At this point, with lots of thousands of 23.5 cars in the field with BC 1.3, and presumably a lot of miles (millions?) on BC 1.3, it would be hard to say BC 1.3 is not well tested. As a 23.0 owner, maybe I'm influenced by the auto industry's long use of model years to denote changes in...

I was on a site with no power a few days ago, trying to run some tools, like a sawzall and an angle grinder, that have a lot of startup power. My power station thing, despite claiming high starting power, was having none of it. My small 400W inverter into the 12v port (which should...

Dear Ford, I've paid a lot extra to get ER and longer range. But... I go into the efficiency app, and it says I'm spending 10% on climate control. Maybe a heat pump would help, but I'd like a simple software change that you can do soon: ECO MODE Because I notice when I'm driving - even when...

Even though my MachE is a commuter, it likes to think about long stretches of the open road. I'm dreaming of a nice long road trip early next year, maybe. Perhaps a southern route where my range will be better, but ... well... thinking :-) I'm wondering how people plan multi-day routes. In...

My #1 mod would be a "hard button" for the rear hatch. The soft button is hard to get to. My CRV has a hard button. I drove my CRV for a week and remembered how nice a hard button is. The three buttons I would repurpose, in order of niceness, would be: 1) Center console parking lights. I use...

Sure, we're going to get them. Sure, we don't know if we have to pay, or how much. Sure, there have been no timeline announcements from Ford other than the 2025 switch for the car ports. BUT WHEN DO I GET MY ADAPTER. Rumors appreciated.

Most cars focused on efficiency have a "MPG meter" of some sort. They have a graph with different features: current MPG, historical MPG, MPG over 5 minute segements. Hybrids will have a section for the amount of regen braking. Of course ours will be in mi / kwa, but I want the same idea. We...

I usually never, ever go to dealers for service, but have to with the MachE, for obvious reasons. I few weeks ago my car halted and I got scary codes about (basically) over and under power to the drive. I tried calling the nearest Ford dealer - the one where I bought it - they didn't answer...

Seriously! I know the fast charging rate depends on temperature, current state of charge, extended range vs standard, and to a different extent battery wear and capped by charger power. But we can simplify: + 20pct to 70pct SOC (the broad middle) + new battery packs + 60 to 70 degrees F (room...

Received '23 Premium RWD ER Thursday. Wrote this Saturday, now with 250 miles on the clock. BlueCruise took 48 hours to activate. All you peeps who said "I got a new '23 and no bluecruise!", it appears to be account setup and verification - a matter of time. The dealer had told me 48 hours, and...