BlueOval charging questions

[MetrowestZ]

Going on my longest trip so wanted to activate BlueOval to use my free 250kwh and I have two questions:

1) Is it really true that if the charger is in the BlueOval network that I drive up and plug in and I have to do nothing else?! That sounds too good to be true.

2) I have signed up for EA and ChargePoint over the last few months (maybe even EVGo). Do I need to turn them off or otherwise deactivate them so they are not used instead of BluOval?

3) I lied, I had another question. It says my activation is pending. How long does that take?

Edit: it activated almost right away didn’t see the email

thanks!

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[bshaw]

Once you activate Blue Oval, you can drive up to an EA charger and plug in without using the charger screen or EA app at all. It will show a charging cost, but afterwards you'll get an email from Ford saying how many kWh were deducted from your remaining balance.

 

[MetrowestZ]

Once you activate Blue Oval, you can drive up to an EA charger and plug in without using the charger screen or EA app at all. It will show a charging cost, but afterwards you'll get an email from Ford saying how many kWh were deducted from your remaining balance.

That sounds great. So no additional settings I need to do with ‘plug and charge’ settings?

 

[bshaw]

That sounds great. So no additional settings I need to do with ‘plug and charge’ settings?

Make sure the button in FordPass for "Plug & Charge" is enabled. It probably is by default, but just check it.

 

[LNFitz]

Going on my longest trip so wanted to activate BlueOval to use my free 250kwh and I have two questions:

1) Is it really true that if the charger is in the BlueOval network that I drive up and plug in and I have to do nothing else?! That sounds too good to be true.

2) I have signed up for EA and ChargePoint over the last few months (maybe even EVGo). Do I need to turn them off or otherwise deactivate them so they are not used instead of BluOval?

3) I lied, I had another question. It says my activation is pending. How long does that take?

thanks!

Some stations are a little quirky and plug & charge does not work. Try to get comfortable with using phone app to charge.

 

[krafty81]

I had no issues plugging into an EA station. It immediately started charging and decremented my free 500KwH

 

[ShaggySS]

Wait you don't have to touch the screen with plug and charge at EA? I thought you had to click thru the menu to start charging.

 

[Maquis]

Wait you don't have to touch the screen with plug and charge at EA? I thought you had to click thru the menu to start charging.

Not if you enable P&C.

 

[flapjake314]

Not if you enable P&C.

i think you might both be right.

if i remember correctly you might need to press "start" and then plug in.

and then it shows you the spinning wheel while it says "connecting". after it successfully connects it wants you to hit "continue", but the continue button has a countdown timer on it, i believe it'll just continue if you don't press it for 10 seconds, but i've always pressed it...

FYI if it doesn't connect like someone else said, you can call EA and they can activate it for you and you'll end up getting a free session. only downside is the call probably takes 15-20 minutes.

 

[RickMachE]

i think you might both be right.

if i remember correctly you might need to press "start" and then plug in.

and then it shows you the spinning wheel while it says "connecting". after it successfully connects it wants you to hit "continue", but the continue button has a countdown timer on it, i believe it'll just continue if you don't press it for 10 seconds, but i've always pressed it...

FYI if it doesn't connect like someone else said, you can call EA and they can activate it for you and you'll end up getting a free session. only downside is the call probably takes 15-20 minutes.

No, you don't.

 

[MetrowestZ]

Not if you enable P&C.

How do I know that P&C is enabled? Under Ford Connected Services it mentions it but it doesn’t clearly say ‘active’ or ‘inactive’

 

[RickMachE]

Going on my longest trip so wanted to activate BlueOval to use my free 250kwh and I have two questions:

1) Is it really true that if the charger is in the BlueOval network that I drive up and plug in and I have to do nothing else?! That sounds too good to be true.

2) I have signed up for EA and ChargePoint over the last few months (maybe even EVGo). Do I need to turn them off or otherwise deactivate them so they are not used instead of BluOval?

3) I lied, I had another question. It says my activation is pending. How long does that take?

thanks!

1) I've used P&C at EA only. Works fine. Note that your free 250kWh are only at EA. Not anywhere in the Blue Oval network.

If P&C fails for some reason, unplug, and open FordPass and go to Charging, Blue Oval Network, View Chargers. Select the location, then the charger, and hit Select. Then plug in.

2) If you use any app, it overrides P&C. Once you use your free hours, you may want to use the apps to obtain discounts, like EA's Pass+.

3) Hours, worse case overnight.

Note that in many states EA charges by the kWh, but in about 10 states they charge by the minute. By the minute is about 1/2 the cost of by the kWh. If you're going to do lots of traveling and want to maximize your free hours, don't use them in by kWh states. Use EA Pass+ in those states (activate charger via EA app, then plug in).

 

[RickMachE]

How do I know that P&C is enabled? Under Ford Connected Services it mentions it but it doesn’t clearly say ‘active’ or ‘inactive’

Go to the app, click on Plug & Charge. Toggle should be to the RIGHT.

 

[MetrowestZ]

Ah, ok, now I see it. Not sure if the ford pass needed to update in the App Store or just needed some time.

 

[Maquis]

Ah, ok, now I see it. Not sure if the ford pass needed to update in the App Store or just needed some time.

Everything seems to take awhile to update in FP.

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