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Just spoke with @OutofSpecKyle who is completing a trip from Denver to LA and back in a Mach-E First Edition. On his way there he had a horrible experience using Plug & Charge with EA. On the way back, he is using the EA app and the experience is much better (but still not perfect). His advice is to be prepared to skip Plug & Charge with EA until the problem is resolved.
Of course, we don't know what the actual issue is, but we were speculating that maybe the system is doing some type of payment authorization periodically during the P&C session. If that stalls, the station terminates the session.
When I tested P&C on Sunday at the same station Kyle used to do his 0-100% charging test, I had 3 P&C sessions fail on me. One thing that was interesting was my sessions failed on exactly even kWh. I think it was 2.0 kWh, 10.0 kWh and 14.0 kWh when the failures occurred. It could be something out, but that was part of my speculation.
In any case, if you are taking a road trip or otherwise need to fast charge, be prepared to skip the P&C. It won't hurt to give it a try, but if you run into issues, switch to the EA app. I would do some testing this weekend, but I'm keeping the Mach-E in the garage with 1 to 2 feet of snow predicted.
Of course, we don't know what the actual issue is, but we were speculating that maybe the system is doing some type of payment authorization periodically during the P&C session. If that stalls, the station terminates the session.
When I tested P&C on Sunday at the same station Kyle used to do his 0-100% charging test, I had 3 P&C sessions fail on me. One thing that was interesting was my sessions failed on exactly even kWh. I think it was 2.0 kWh, 10.0 kWh and 14.0 kWh when the failures occurred. It could be something out, but that was part of my speculation.
In any case, if you are taking a road trip or otherwise need to fast charge, be prepared to skip the P&C. It won't hurt to give it a try, but if you run into issues, switch to the EA app. I would do some testing this weekend, but I'm keeping the Mach-E in the garage with 1 to 2 feet of snow predicted.
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