ricksta6
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- Rick
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- 2021 Mach-E Select Rapid Red
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I took my Mach-E on its first roadtrip from Chicago to St. Louis today. Approximately 325 miles total. My 2021 is a Select AWD with standard range and dealer-installed BlueCruise built in 08/21 (I think).
My key takeaways:
Chicago -> Bloomington
Started this leg of the trip at 100% and drove around ~75 mph. Trip info showed me getting 3.1 miles/kwh. When I pulled off to fast charge at the Electrify America at the Bloomington Walmart, I had 18%. Plug and Charge worked well, though I was a bit disappointed I only got speeds up to 99kw. Going from 18% to 80% took 35 minutes.
Bloomington -> Springfield
This was the most inefficient part of the trip. I decided to go up to 80mph and got around 2.2 miles/kwh. Springfield is ~70 miles from Bloomington and I pulled into the next EA charger at 41%. It took 21 minutes to get back to 80%.
I was originally going to skip Springfield and try to make it to Collinsville, but I wasn't confident I'd make it.
Springfield -> Collinsville
This stop wasn't necessary, but I'm staying with my parents who don't have a level 2 charger, so didn't want to arrive with a fully drained battery. I pulled in at 35% and it took 25 minutes to charge to 80%.
STL
Pulled in at around 68% (~30 miles from Collinsville).
My key takeaways:
- Really wishing I would get the OTA that updates the charging curve. I think it would have changed my trip plans if I could have gotten to 90%+, but it wasn't worth it to stay charging at 11kw after hitting 80.
- Every time I disconnected a DC fast charger I received the error message: "Charger Station Fault Please See Manual." Charging was fine so not sure why I got this message after each charge. There was no error on the station either.
- A bit nervous about making the same trip in November for Thanksgiving when it's colder out. It'll likely take more/longer stops. Definitely going to get the extended range battery next time.
- Really curious why I didn't pull 150kw. I tried both a 150kw and 350kw station just to see if it would make a difference and didn't seem to. A Porsche Taycan next to me was pulling 250kw too.
- BlueCruise was fantastic. My only gripe is it auto-changes the speed to match the speed limit. I get why it does it but when you have it set to 75 and the speed limit suddenly changes it can be a bit jarring.
- I did notice it seemed to prefer the right side of the lane more, but it generally stayed center. On some fairly large left curves along the highway I had to take over, but it wasn't a problem.
- There were several times where it wanted my hands on the wheel. Not sure what triggered it but it wasn't a problem either.
Chicago -> Bloomington
Started this leg of the trip at 100% and drove around ~75 mph. Trip info showed me getting 3.1 miles/kwh. When I pulled off to fast charge at the Electrify America at the Bloomington Walmart, I had 18%. Plug and Charge worked well, though I was a bit disappointed I only got speeds up to 99kw. Going from 18% to 80% took 35 minutes.
Bloomington -> Springfield
This was the most inefficient part of the trip. I decided to go up to 80mph and got around 2.2 miles/kwh. Springfield is ~70 miles from Bloomington and I pulled into the next EA charger at 41%. It took 21 minutes to get back to 80%.
I was originally going to skip Springfield and try to make it to Collinsville, but I wasn't confident I'd make it.
Springfield -> Collinsville
This stop wasn't necessary, but I'm staying with my parents who don't have a level 2 charger, so didn't want to arrive with a fully drained battery. I pulled in at 35% and it took 25 minutes to charge to 80%.
STL
Pulled in at around 68% (~30 miles from Collinsville).
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