First Road Trip

[Jcastaldo1740]

Hey guys,

I am going on my first road trip with the MME tomorrow and wanted to make sure I had everything figured out correctly.

it’s a short trip, 200 miles but will stop to charge twice just to end up at the destination with some juice for the weekend.

The first stop is an electrifyamerica station. I setup the Ford plug and charge in the app so I am hoping all I need to do is just that? I have the app downloaded just in case anything goes wrong there.

the second charging station is a welcome center “Greenlots”. I am curious if anything is needed to get that charging with my MME right away as well.

appreciate any insight

thanks

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[TruWrecks]

Charge more than you need at the charger before your destination so you have more battery left to use when you get there. Ask the hotel if there is a place to plug in to charge at night. Many hotels will allow this for guests.

 

[prdude]

Hey guys,

I am going on my first road trip with the MME tomorrow and wanted to make sure I had everything figured out correctly.

it’s a short trip, 200 miles but will stop to charge twice just to end up at the destination with some juice for the weekend.

The first stop is an electrifyamerica station. I setup the Ford plug and charge in the app so I am hoping all I need to do is just that? I have the app downloaded just in case anything goes wrong there.

the second charging station is a welcome center “Greenlots”. I am curious if anything is needed to get that charging with my MME right away as well.

appreciate any insight

thanks

I've had great luck with P&C working at various ElectrifyAmerica stations. I've only tried one Greenlots and P&C did not work (I had to activate through FordPass).

For the EA stations, my advice would be to use a 350 kW plug, not at 150 kW. On a couple of recent trips, I found that my MME would not charge at anywhere close to 150 kW on a 150 kW plug but would charge at 125 kWish on a 350 kW plug.

 

[RickMachE]

There are numerous threads regarding trip strategies. You say you setup P&C in the app, and then downloaded the app?

For a 200 mile drive, unless there is not an EA station near your destination, if you leave with 100% charge you only need to charge once.

Make sure to check out the potential charging locations in Plugshare, because EA won't tell you that their location is a piece of garbage (yes you, Huber Heights, Ohio!).

Make sure you have a backup plan. If you get to the charging location and it just lost power and can't charge, where are you headed next? Local hotel? A car dealer with free charging? A Harley Davidson dealer (they have chargers at most locations)?

What's the speed of the Greenlots charger? If it's not 50kw or higher, you'll be sitting a long time. On the road, we try to use EA locations for the charging speed.

Remember you can charge, via 120v, at your destination and gain ~3 miles per hour. We did that when we stayed at our son's house, and in a few days (4.5?) we were fully charged. Still cheaper than paying on the road.

 

[TruWrecks]

I've had great luck with P&C working at various ElectrifyAmerica stations. I've only tried one Greenlots and P&C did not work (I had to activate through FordPass).

For the EA stations, my advice would be to use a 350 kW plug, not at 150 kW. On a couple of recent trips, I found that my MME would not charge at anywhere close to 150 kW on a 150 kW plug but would charge at 125 kWish on a 350 kW plug.

If you are not getting close to 150 kWh on the 150 kWh chargers you should have reported that to EA. Something is wrong with those stations.

I have used many 150 kWh chargers and my car pulled 156 kW rate through the first 20% of the charge. After that is slowly dropped to 90 kW. Same performance I got on the 350 kWh chargers.

 

[RockwallRick]

I have only been on one road trip ( 900 miles ) but I had better luck using the 150kw chargers at EA stations. I charged 5 times, 4 EA and 1 Harley.

 

[ocdxfv]

Get the PlugShare app and check the comments on the places you want to charge. That may save you some grief if a place has a bad history. My car (Rwd, Std battery) gets around 250 miles to a full charge. Consider charging once at or near your final location, charge to 100% at your final location (if you can), and you shouldn't need to charge at all on the return.

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