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Honestly, this is like selling a stock. If you believe it's already at the bottom, hold on to it because the situation can only get better. Unless you're just trying to justify wanting to buy something else.

Right now there are just too many people stuffing their pockets with money from Big Oil for there to be a societal tipping point toward EV"s.

It seems a certain former President who is now running again for office has been on an anti electric car disinformation rant over the last few weeks. I got a good taste of it on Christmas Day from my Aunt who was in complete disbelief that I had an electric car. She told me the house can catch...

I used this frequent route as it is one I've done many times, through varying temperatures in both the Model Y and the Mach E, so I thought it a very good comparison. It's the trip for me to pick my son up from college, which when bringing him home I'll leave at 5am go up and back in the same...

The short of it: I road trip 800 miles frequently & live in PA where it's 95 in the summer and 20 (-7 to 35 for those North of the border) in the winter. I had a Model Y and sold it for a 2023 Mach E GT. I'm also a data geek, so I record everything. Comparing 818 mile road trip in 40-50...

All of this DIY is great info, and I'm sure it's installed correctly; HOWEVER, the reason one chooses an electrician to install such a line is also insurance reasons. God forbid something like a fire happens in relation to the charger circuit, the first thing the insurance company is going to do...

Technically, yes the Mach-E can slightly go above 150kW - but it would only last for a few minutes at best. You'll see negligible benefit to using a charger rated higher than 150kW. Think of it this way - how would you feel if your charge were taking 2-3x longer because you were stuck at a...

From a dealer perspective I can understand why they would not want publicly available DCFC stations on their lots. Traffic in and around vehicle inventory on the lots is just asking for trouble.

Let's not forget that Ford will let you know how many kW were added to your car, but only if you catch it in the "Charge Complete" screen. Once you go to charge history Ford believes one only needs to see the percentage you charged from and to.

Having recently moved from a Tesla to a MME, I find it bizarre that the charging information is on the screen of the charger itself instead of in the car like the Tesla is. Imagine the charging screen of your DCFC charger but being presented inside your vehicle, and with more information such...

If you're filtering a Supercharger map, the 250kw chargers are V3 and the 150kw are V2. The 150's are in A/B pairs and will intelligently split charging using data from each Tesla. The 250kw chargers are standalone and do not share charging. I'd suspect this might be part of the reason the...

Correct, assuming both chargers are working properly, you'll get the same max charge speed on the 150 or the 350. Given the choice, being in a Mach-E, always take the 150 charger and leave the 350 to vehicles that can take advantage of the speed. Now if you've plugged in to a 150 and are at a...

Here in PA, EA charges by the minute, not the kW. Across the middle of the state there are not many chargers to choose from, and those that are can be sketchy in terms of reliability (Hello, EA). Perhaps a solution could be that if a vehicle SOC is above 80% the cost to charge shifts to a per...

The problem is that most people charging to 100% don't need anywhere near 100% to get to their next destination. Sure, there are situations like the one you mentioned. I've had similar. However, when a charging station is full, I think it's reasonable to apply a surcharge to vehicles that are...

Having just moved from a Tesla to the MME, I can say that at first it was startling to see the "You have enough charge to reach your next destination" message pop up in the Tesla when the SOC was only 50-60% Once you learn to trust in the projection, you then appreciate always being in the low...

I did. She said her salesman told her all she needs to do is plug into a regular outlet every night and when she gets up in the morning she'll have a full charge. A regular 20A outlet. That was another topic of discussion that left her wanting to go back to the dealership and tell the...

I'll go back to an addage I use to compare a Tesla and the Mach-E. The Tesla is tech first, car second. The Mach-E is a car first, and tech second. In my real world experiences, having just moved from 30 months with a Tesla to the MME, the Tesla drivers I've chatted with almost always...

Playing Devil's Advocate here, but were you also able to track ascent/descent on the segments of road where you compared driving with 1PD on/off? I just completed an 800+ mile trip and while I knew the route had a min elevation of 400 and a max of 2200, I didn't expect my total ascent / descent...

I've often thought the same regarding the displays on DCFC chargers, but then I thought - they don't want people to unplug early. Especially in states where charging in time based. What I would prefer is if EA prioritized the current charge speed over the SOC of the car on their display...

I don't know if it would change anything. At least not with the people I chatted with as both of them thought they HAD to charge to 100%. Of course, there are people who knowingly disregard others waiting to charge. For these people, I do think time based charging - not kw based charging -...