How Often Do You Charge?

[Lonesparrow67]

Don't drive too much, usually plug in once every other week, ususally I'm at around 30%, and charge up to 90%...

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[rsas8991]

I have a L2 240 charger at home and have set up to charge between 9pm and 7am when plugged in at this location. Today I needed to charge during the day but was unable to do so because of time parameters. I searched through the Ford Pass app and in the charging screen in the car but was not able to find d a place to override the pre set charging time. My question is, is there a way to override the time parameters so i can occasionally charge outside of the pre set time frame?

 

[Ninjaguy]

I have a L2 240 charger at home and have set up to charge between 9pm and 7am when plugged in at this location. Today I needed to charge during the day but was unable to do so because of time parameters. I searched through the Ford Pass app and in the charging screen in the car but was not able to find d a place to override the pre set charging time. My question is, is there a way to override the time parameters so i can occasionally charge outside of the pre set time frame?

I believe the answer is in your question.. "I have it set up to charge.."
I think you just have to delete that parameter, charge as needed, then reset the parameter when you get back on schedule. Wouldn't that work, done in the app?

 

[circatee]

Typically, I plug my GT in every evening, and it is set to charge to 80%...

 

[Mach-e4x]

I have a L2 240 charger at home and have set up to charge between 9pm and 7am when plugged in at this location. Today I needed to charge during the day but was unable to do so because of time parameters. I searched through the Ford Pass app and in the charging screen in the car but was not able to find d a place to override the pre set charging time. My question is, is there a way to override the time parameters so i can occasionally charge outside of the pre set time frame?

The App does have a START button after you plug in. Top right corner

 

[SinaiKD]

Just got my 2025 GT on Saturday. My first EV. It had 98% and just doing daily driving - work and errands. I am currently at 62%.

I will be getting a Level 2 installed soon and will use The 110v until then or a public charger if needed.

how often should I charge or how low should I let the battery go? Again this would be for daily driving. For long trips I will follow what the car tells me

any suggestions appreciated

Just turn 50k miles, charge every night to 85%. Daily commute ~40 miles.

 

[E90alex]

Charge every day. No reason not to if you have a home charger.

 

[TheVirtualTim]

I have two Mach-E’s and they are kept in the garage. I plug them in when I put them away but I only charge to 80%.

There are lots of things that add stress to a battery … max charge, minimum charge … but one of them is the amount of charge. More frequent “short” charges is less stressful than one very large charge. Battery Management gets a better gauge of charge level if it gets to do a large charge to 100%.

If you have an LFP battery (standard range cars made after 2023.5), Ford recommends this at least once per month. If you have an NMC battery (all extended range cars and all standard range cars built before 2023.5) … not nearly so often (Ford expects you’ll probably do it a few times per year.)

 

[Desert Dan]

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/from-70-to-80-daily.46238/

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/battery-charging-advice-wanted.40904/

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/is-it-ok-to-charge-to-90.25651/

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/how-often-to-charge.23516/

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/what-are-the-cons-of-changing-at-level-1-daily.22222/

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/80-charge-or-90-charge-for-daily-use.21158/

 

[Desert Dan]

This is a great post, thank you. I'm new to EVs, so I'm a bit worried about range, battery percentage, and other things I've never had to worry about before. I'm learning, just a bit slow.

 

[ReverendPete]

I have a L2 240 charger at home and have set up to charge between 9pm and 7am when plugged in at this location. Today I needed to charge during the day but was unable to do so because of time parameters. I searched through the Ford Pass app and in the charging screen in the car but was not able to find d a place to override the pre set charging time. My question is, is there a way to override the time parameters so i can occasionally charge outside of the pre set time frame?

As was already pointed out, the "Start" button in FordPass will tell your car to start charging, even if it is already at the configured charge limit. I just thought that I would mention that one trap people have fallen into is to also set a charging window on their smart EVSE (your L2 charger), and in that case the car can ask for all the power it wants when you hit the Start button, but the EVSE will override it if it isn't during its configured charge window. So if you have a smart EVSE, you're best off turning off that feature, and letting the car handle any charge timing for your home location, so that you can override the window if you need to.

 

[Bad Dolphin]

Just got my 2025 GT on Saturday. My first EV. It had 98% and just doing daily driving - work and errands. I am currently at 62%.

I will be getting a Level 2 installed soon and will use The 110v until then or a public charger if needed.

how often should I charge or how low should I let the battery go? Again this would be for daily driving. For long trips I will follow what the car tells me

any suggestions appreciated

Congratulations!

We are also new to Mach E with our 2024 GT purchased late April. We sold our 2018 Tesla M3 dual motor and replaced it with the Mach E.

Long experience and much research on the Tesla battery (which is different than the Mach E) plus years of various battery bank maintenance on Airstream trailers lead us to believe that optimum usage keeps the battery around 50%. Both Ford and Tesla advise 80% charge to be depleted no lower than 20% for daily driving.

With our short daily runs, our habit has been to charge to 80% and recharge every time we come home during sun hours (we have extensive solar array) as our utility charges $.43 per kWh--day or night.

So purely for battery longevity, aim to bracket 50%. But you may have other considerations (TOU rates, high or low overall utility rates, solar or no solar, etc.)

80-20 is a great place to start and see how it works for you!

 

[DannyBoy]

Just got my 2025 GT on Saturday. My first EV. It had 98% and just doing daily driving - work and errands. I am currently at 62%.

I will be getting a Level 2 installed soon and will use The 110v until then or a public charger if needed.

how often should I charge or how low should I let the battery go? Again this would be for daily driving. For long trips I will follow what the car tells me

any suggestions appreciated

Try avoiding letting it go below 20%, but if you do it’s no big deal. Then, assuming you have an L2 charger, plug in overnight and let it charge close to 90% as possible (as per the official Car manual). Then, once a month, charge to 100% to calibrate your mile range. Easy day once you get used to it and have your own personal system based off of your daily routine.

 

[Lonesparrow67]

...Both Ford and Tesla advise 80% charge to be depleted no lower than 20% for daily driving.

Out of curiosity, where are you seeing 80%??

Ford recommends 90% for daily driving for the extended range batteries (straight from the owner's manual...)

 

[RickMachE]

Out of curiosity, where are you seeing 80%??

Ford recommends 90% for daily driving for the extended range batteries (straight from the owner's manual...)

Right. They don't recommend 80%.

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