I saw one of the Mach E announcement video on youTube by someone who goes through the interior and when he opens the truck storage cover, I thought I can see the 12v battery located at the left side. I cannot confirm this because It went through so quickly.
EA chargers can post their rated charge speed but don't be surprised if it's less.
I'd say we've more or less graduated from "range anxiety" to "charger anxiety". Questions that will now crop up beyond 100-150 miles from home base...
You are forgetting one: "Are all the spots taken or ICE'd?"
This is actually a good definition of range anxiety, as most drivers don't want to deal with all of the above (except for the weather conditions as they affect everyone of course), they want to stop 5 minutes for gasoline at pumps that work.
Yeah, good point on availability! Another one that comes to mind:
Yeah always have one or two backups in case the "primary" recharge location isn't available; also have to always be flexible (which is good advice for any road trip--not just one in an EV).
Ford is using this: https://www.ford.com/buy-site-wide-content/overlays/try-the-tech/ which is similar to the Plug Share option but.does not show as many charger locations as Plug Share.
There is no DC fast chargers in the whole UP of Michigan. Wisconsin does not have any fast DC chargers north of the Green Bay-Wasau line. A dead zone. Few, destination chargers exist.
The Ford map was showing a charger station at my local power company's nearby sort of field office. It was showing up as a free location, so that piqued my interest. I drove by and saw that it's for employee use only.
To o all of the interesting parties who have contributed to this conversation.....if you have made your reservation for the Mach E...you need to do some research into your charging options at your home. Read into the Level 1 & Level 2 chargers and amperage levels they use. Plenty to choose from Amazon. Yes you will want a dedicated line from your distribution box with at least a 50 amp Circuit Breaker and at least a 50 amp connector outlet Nema 14-50. If you are a good electrician and know what you doing, you can manage the installation of the wiring and outlet to the location you going to assign your new EV charger. If ELECTRICITY is not your subject and don't know enough, leave it to the professionals. That is where the installation might get pricy. 60 amp cable is costly and you need to have the correct gauge to handle the amperage. If all this is a bit confusing have an electrician give you a quote band explain the codes he has to follow. Licenced electrician is preferred. Start now with your research. We don't know what Ford is going to offer as a charger. They don't know what your home can handle either. Since Amazon offers so many chargers they can subcontract an electrician to do these installations like cable companies do with home installations. Is Ford going to offer a Level 2 charger at 25 amp or 32 amp or 36 amp or 40 amp charging capacity. Still few questions to be answered from Ford. I do know that Tesla offers a Level 2 charger at 48 amp rate for your home. The installation has to be in place and you just plug in the charger. So for now find all you can about the charging options you have until Ford reveals they own proprietary charger which it will be a Level 2 type and decide what your options are. They ask for $2000 for the charger then you pick up your own from Amazon for $600. You Tube tutorials are plenty and informative. Don't be scared. What I want to know is about this Ford Charging Network of 14000 chargers in North America. Where and at what level of charging they provide. There much more to come from Ford in the coming months. It is like taking a course at your local Technical College. EV charging 101. It's all going to be ok. Good luck.
