Charging Times and Cost

[Defiant1]

Been considering getting a Ford MME, but a little concerned about the charging times and costs.

In comparing the Tesla MY (long range) and Ford MME (AWD extended range) using ABRP (some semi-random trips):

		Charges	Total Charge Time	Cost
From Richmond, VA to Orlando, FL	Tesla MY	6	1hr 18mins	$26
	Ford MME	4	2hr 36mins	$72
From San Francisco, CA to LA, CA	Tesla MY	2	36mins	$21
	Ford MME	2	55mins	$39
From Chicago, IL to New York, NY	Tesla MY	5	1hr 44mins	$26
	Ford MME	5	2hrs 42mins	$77
From Washington, DC to Indianapolis, IN	Tesla MY	4	58mins	$18
	Ford MME	3	1hr 44mins	$57

In any case, I understand the Ford MME is new and is expected to take a little longer which will hopefully improve over time. But there's also a big cost differential.

Was wondering if anyone else has any thoughts about this. I'm really interested in the MME, but this is giving me a little pause.

Thanks in advance!

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[ChasingCoral]

How were those calculated? What price was considered? For EA, is the Pass+ price being used or the non-member price?

The real question, though, is how much do you road trip anyway? If this is a trip or two a year, the costs is fairly small. Most people charge at home 95% of the time.

 

[ajmartineau]

ABRP is not accurate for the MME. It's best to do your own math for the next year until they can collect more data. I don't think it's responsible of them to post these kinds of estimates w/o HUGE disclaimers on every screen.

 

[Maquis]

I took a quick look and see 2 things:
1) Efficiency used for the MME is 4.08KM/KWH while it uses 5.05 for the MY
2) Selecting Tesla superchargers seems to give incredibly cheap charging rates. I have no idea if this is reality?

ETA: For the MME, I calculated a cost of about 0.49 per KWH on EA stations. I don't know how they come up with that. Members should pay 0.31 and non-members 0.43.

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