tigers
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2022
- Threads
- 4
- Messages
- 90
- Reaction score
- 102
- Location
- Cullowhee, NC
- Vehicles
- 2023 MME Premium AWD ER
- Occupation
- Software Dev
- Thread starter
- #1
We just took delivery of a new 2023 MME (Premium AWD ER) and are fortunate to live near the Blue Ridge Parkway here in western NC. So, we decided take a drive in the nice weather and see how the new Mach E performed. The trip began at our house at about 3,500’ elevation and climbed to 4,000’ before heading back down to about 2,700’ in Waynesville, NC where we had lunch. From there we headed west on US23/74 and got on the parkway headed east towards Asheville, NC eventually climbing to 6,053’ which is the highest point on the parkway. We stayed on the parkway until we got to NC 191 in Asheville and then headed back home via I-26, I-40, and US23/74. Speeds on the parkway were 25-45 mph and typically 50-70 on the interstates and highways.
On the way back, we tried out Blue Cruise while on I-40 and found it worked well even though the pavement is “grooved” and the lane markers were sometimes pretty difficult to see. I think it will take some time to get used to going down the road without hands on the wheel!
This was also the first time trying to use ABRP via Carplay and while it worked ok, the app did hang and had to be restarted. This may have been because cell service along the parkway is hit or miss but I’m not sure. I’ll give it some more testing, but I’ll probably stick with Apple maps since I found the interface a bit cumbersome (largely due to my inexperience with it I’m sure) and routing on non-major roads appeared very “jagged”. Notice how the road is correct but the blue route line is pretty rough, clipping curves and switchbacks. I'm not sure if this affects the distance calculations that ABRP uses, but if it does it could throw some errors into it.
On a related note, the Apple maps estimated our arrival battery level at 40% which turned out to be accurate, plus Siri’s voice in Apple maps is just much more pleasant and natural sounding.
We stopped at several of the overlooks and after one of them the Sync screen wouldn’t come back on and just stayed black but a Volume Down + Next Track button reboot sequence fixed it.
We didn't need to charge on this trip but there are some EA chargers near the exit in Asheville and some Shell chargers in Waynesville and Cherokee.
Stats for the trip:
A couple pics along the way:
On the way back, we tried out Blue Cruise while on I-40 and found it worked well even though the pavement is “grooved” and the lane markers were sometimes pretty difficult to see. I think it will take some time to get used to going down the road without hands on the wheel!
This was also the first time trying to use ABRP via Carplay and while it worked ok, the app did hang and had to be restarted. This may have been because cell service along the parkway is hit or miss but I’m not sure. I’ll give it some more testing, but I’ll probably stick with Apple maps since I found the interface a bit cumbersome (largely due to my inexperience with it I’m sure) and routing on non-major roads appeared very “jagged”. Notice how the road is correct but the blue route line is pretty rough, clipping curves and switchbacks. I'm not sure if this affects the distance calculations that ABRP uses, but if it does it could throw some errors into it.
On a related note, the Apple maps estimated our arrival battery level at 40% which turned out to be accurate, plus Siri’s voice in Apple maps is just much more pleasant and natural sounding.
We stopped at several of the overlooks and after one of them the Sync screen wouldn’t come back on and just stayed black but a Volume Down + Next Track button reboot sequence fixed it.
We didn't need to charge on this trip but there are some EA chargers near the exit in Asheville and some Shell chargers in Waynesville and Cherokee.
Stats for the trip:
- Distance: 133.2 mi (214.3 km)
- Energy: 34.3 kwh
- Efficiency: 3.88 mi/kwh (16 kwh/100 km)
- Start Charge: 90%
- End Charge: 40%
- Temp 60-75-ish
A couple pics along the way: