Mach-E Impressions & Photos/Videos from Koons Ford, Silver Spring, MD

[Redundant]

No, it's an on-screen command. Here's the lights panel on the Mach E:

Man, that is disappointing. That is dumb. This is clearly something that should have a button.

 

[Mopey]

Can any navigation data be displayed on the smaller screen?

 

[SnBGC]

Can any navigation data be displayed on the smaller screen?

Yes. Next turn info.

 

[ChasingCoral]

OK, next pictures: the Frunk!

I opened and closed it a few times. Mind you, I had read folks' concerns about having to close it hard. I was firm and not so firm to test and it really seemed fine. I'm used to closing car hoods with a definitive motion but this didn't seem to require any more force than I'm used to, despite the serious rubber seal. I took a good look at the top and bottom seals. As someone who has used lots of underwater and marine equipment, the seal between the hood seal and the rubber seal around the Frunk basin looks pretty good -- maybe even watertight. It certainly should keep things in the Frunk dry while driving in the rain. It may even keep @Kamuelaflyer's Koi.

Just had to toss in that hood pony!

The future of the Frunk divider is still uncertain. Zach couldn't say for sure what the final disposition will be. It seemed to be in place really solidly. There were two obvious torx screws:

They'll be easy to remove. However, it felt like the bottom was been held in somehow too. It just seemed too stiff to be the divider's strength alone, especially since it was multiple parts. I also couldn't tell how the parts were being held together other than sliding the tongue of the font piece into the grooves and flanges of the side pieces.

We all know the drain plug down there will need to be plugged to keep in the Koi or the chowdah. It looked like a simple plastic structure over a valve, probably like the purge valve in the nose of a dive mask.

However, there was one more concern for the Koi:

To the left and right of the side pieces of the divider were these little access panels. I pressed a little but didn't want to force them (maybe I'll try harder on a Tour car). They look like access panels to get to something back there. They might not be water tight -- sorry koi.

Considering everything was dry and Zach had just driven here I don't think water leaking in would be a problem but liquids might leak out.

 

[ChasingCoral]

Yes. Next turn info.

Yep. We've seen that in cars in motion. I didn't run any navigation tests -- probably should have. That'll be on a future stop list too.

 

[GoosePond08]

Ding, Ding, Ding! You win the prize. It was driven her by Zach Doerr, the Ford Dealer's Representative down for a meeting with Koons Ford. He may be at one or two of the upcoming Maryland Mach E Tour stops.

My wife and I basically had an opportunity to go over the car top to bottom for an hour. A couple of other random (not Mach E customers) and some employees looked at it for a few minutes but that's it.

Any mention if heading to Baltimore stops tomorrow?

 

[ChasingCoral]

Any mention if heading to Baltimore stops tomorrow?

No but he will be at the Koons Ford Baltimore Tour stop on 11 November.

 

[JellyBelly]

The colors match with the car - are you prepared to color match with your soon to arrive Grabber Blue?

 

[ChasingCoral]

Elsewhere under the hood and other hatches:

Also under the hood are a few key hatches.

The obvious filler tube is windshield washer fluid. Next two it are a couple of small panels, the port panel next to the windshield fluid seemed to access fuses and the starboard didn't open as readily so I didn't dig.

But then there's the big panel.
I popped off the panel between the Frunk and the windshield to check the access to some inner workings. It seems to be held in place by nine pop-clamps. It takes a patient effort to free them all to get the panel off.

Inside you find
On Port: 12v battery and brake fluid

On Starboard: Coolant? It seems to pressurize to 21 psi and has the color of most coolant.
Also a fancy silver box that seems to not want you to peek inside. I think there will be lots of those parts in the Mach E with do-not-touch electronics.

I confirmed what we already know: the tow hook panel on the front bumper isn't a tow hook panel at all. I definitely didn't see a tow hook stub in there. It does contain access to the red and black jumper cables to get you into the Frunk when the 12v battery is dead:

From the gauge of wire, they could be used for slow charging or maintenance charging but nothing fast. They must not be live to the battery when the battery is live as they are just sitting in there loose and uncovered. Definitely something to read about in the manual.

And there's the all important hatch to put the horsepower in:

Unlike my Leaf where you can only open the charging panel from a button inside or the fob, the Mach E's is like an unlocked gas cap panel. You push on the side opposite the hinge and it pops right open revealing the J-1772 connector:

With the magnetic panel keeping the DC connectors clean that rounds out the CCS Combo connector:

Next up, the hatch.

 

[JamieGeek]

Yeah all Ford plugins work that way with the charge plug cover: push it in to open (the Bolt's works this way too).

 

[ChasingCoral]

As we know, the hatch can be opened using the button on the fob, waving your foot under the sensor when you have the fob with you (didn't get to try that) or from the main screen (didn't seem to be on the main page but found it under the controls).

Unlike the lightweight struts on the hood, the ones for the hatch are nice and beefy:

The cargo area cover is easily removable and twist-folds to store under the floor.

You can see the floor here is shown in it's UP position where it sits flush with the forward-folded back seat. While the back seat isn't quite fold flat when there is no load, under load it's pretty much flat and even with the floor behind it.

Below you can see the cargo area cover sitting on top of the floor.

Underneath the floor is the storage area for the charger (right) and 12v tire inflator (left).

 

[janitorjim]

Looking at that screen im going to be reading the manual foor a few days

read? this is the future it should tell you it in story form read by james earl jones

 

[ChasingCoral]

The doors are simple and intuitive. Up front you press the button and pull the trough-style handle and open it comes with finger pressure only. The door is very easy to open. It's plenty big enough to get in and out easily but doesn't seem overly large or heavy.

The mechanism that pushes the door open is quite strong. I applied a bit of pressure against the door when I pressed the button and out it popped. I'm convinced that it will pop open even after being coated with sleet/freezing rain. If the ice on the car is so thick that thing won't open it DON'T DRIVE!

After popping the door open, the rod stays extended until you open the door about a foot, at which point it retracts:

You can hear the voice of my dealer and Koons Silver Spring Mach E Specialist Narh as he sees it operate.

 

[mattsaradan]

Elsewhere under the hood and other hatches:

Also under the hood are a few key hatches.

The obvious filler tube is windshield washer fluid. Next two it are a couple of small panels, the port panel next to the windshield fluid seemed to access fuses and the starboard didn't open as readily so I didn't dig.

But then there's the big panel.
I popped off the panel between the Frunk and the windshield to check the access to some inner workings. It seems to be held in place by nine pop-clamps. It takes a patient effort to free them all to get the panel off.

Inside you find
On Port: 12v battery and brake fluid

On Starboard: Coolant? It seems to pressurize to 21 psi and has the color of most coolant.
Also a fancy silver box that seems to not want you to peek inside. I think there will be lots of those parts in the Mach E with do-not-touch electronics.

I confirmed what we already know: the tow hook panel on the front bumper isn't a tow hook panel at all. I definitely didn't see a tow hook stub in there. It does contain access to the red and black jumper cables to get you into the Frunk when the 12v battery is dead:

From the gauge of wire, they could be used for slow charging or maintenance charging but nothing fast. They must not be live to the battery when the battery is live as they are just sitting in there loose and uncovered. Definitely something to read about in the manual.

And there's the all important hatch to put the horsepower in:

Unlike my Leaf where you can only open the charging panel from a button inside or the fob, the Mach E's is like an unlocked gas cap panel. You push on the side opposite the hinge and it pops right open revealing the J-1772 connector:

With the magnetic panel keeping the DC connectors clean that rounds out the CCS Combo connector:

Next up, the hatch.

That metal box might be a controller? It looks kind of like the unit in my Fusion Energi.

 

[ChasingCoral]

read? this is the future it should tell you it in story form read by james earl jones

I agree. I hope the manual is both readable and in audiobook form! I know it is supposed to include many of the how to videos posted at https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...manuals-and-web-sites-for-mach-e-owners.1660/

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