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That would be a very optimistic interpretation of it. Hope it's the case. But twice in there they contradicted that - in the footnote, and in the 3rd paragraph where they reiterated the 45 minute stat. Both would have to be wrong.

So either the press release is correct and it has an exceptionally short 150 kW window with a fast taper, or they majorly screwed up the press release to the point of questioning if any of it is correct.
Simplest answer normally being the correct one, I'd say something is screwed up. Some is correct, some is not. I would guess the main points are correct. Someone may have neglected to confirm the notes and disclaimers.
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Some of the EV websites are confused too. Like this from Electrek...

Electrek’s Take

It’s good news that there are improvements, but it’s still hard to understand the actual capacity.

“61 miles of range in approximately 10 minutes” sounds good, but do I need to be at 1% state of charge to get those 61 miles in just 10 minutes? Because most people don’t start charging on the road at 1%.

The best metric they shared is “a 10 percent to 80 percent charge in approximately 45 minutes” while charging on a DC fast charging station. With the 98 KWh extended-range battery pack, it would mean an average charge rate of ~90 kW throughout the charging session.

That’s not bad at all, but we will know more once we are able to see a full charging cycle on the Mustang Mach-E.


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Someone may have neglected to confirm the notes and disclaimers.
I would have to think that the Team Edison people working on the Mach-E would sign off on any/all claims made by the marketing folks. Maybe this one slipped by but everything I've seen over the last six months has been very deliberate by Ford so I'm not sure it's a mistake.

What further baffles me is the reduction in miles of range on the L2 chargers. Does it mean efficiency went down?
 

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I would have to think that the Team Edison people working on the Mach-E would sign off on any/all claims made by the marketing folks. Maybe this one slipped by but everything I've seen over the last six months has been very deliberate by Ford so I'm not sure it's a mistake.

What further baffles me is the reduction in miles of range on the L2 chargers. Does it mean efficiency went down?
I hadn't noticed that. You're right, L2 went down about 5%. 48A charging went from 32 miles added per hour to 30, and 32A went from 22 to 21. That's curious.

Could be lower mileage efficiency. Or could be slower charging, although there shouldn't be any taper on L2. Maybe factoring in some overhead drain?
 


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If the extended range battery pack is the same for the RWD and AWD version, then what is the reason for the different charge rates?
 

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If the extended range battery pack is the same for the RWD and AWD version, then what is the reason for the different charge rates?
When represented in miles, it should be the difference in mileage efficiency. Same reason range is 10% lower on AWD.
 

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If the extended range battery pack is the same for the RWD and AWD version, then what is the reason for the different charge rates?
I have not looked enough to see whether there is a difference when expressed in kW rather than miles, however note that the battery pack is not the only limiting factor. The onboard charger could be different between trims.
 

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You have.

4.68kWh/.75hr = 91kW <--- should have stopped there
And that didn't include any reserve. No one really knows for sure, but most of us are assuming something around a 10% of the 98.9 kWh being held in reserve. Or roughly 90 kWh of available battery. 70% (10-80% SOC) of that is 63 kWh / .75 hr = 84 kW average charge rate.

(Lower if one chooses to charge beyond the 80% SOC point.)
 

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The 30% faster that I want to see is from 10% to 80%.

Low 30 minutes would be a huge deal and would rival the Audi e-tron for charge times, especially if you're comparing range gained over time charging. The MME's 45 minutes is nothing to brag about and may become a liability relatively quickly if 800V architecture is introduced by rivals in the next 1-2 years.
 
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The 30% faster that I want to see is from 10% to 80%.
Of for sure, that would be a biggie. Unless it was the mileage efficiency that really got 30% better, in which case range increases by 30% (thus why the 10-80% recharge stayed at 45 mins). That would be even bigger.

But I'm doubtful either of those is actually the case. My money is on the press release being correct and it just has a very fast taper on the charge curve.
 

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Of for sure, that would be a biggie. Unless it was the mileage efficiency that really got 30% better, in which case range increases by 30% (thus why the 10-80% recharge stayed at 45 mins). That would be even bigger.

But I'm doubtful either of those is actually the case. My money is on the press release being correct and it just has a very fast taper on the charge curve.
More range would be spectacular that could be why everything is in miles. However, I’m not holding my breath.

I tend to believe the engineers are careful and the ad copy writers were not. I see it as likely that the writers of the piece were given the new 10-minute charging specs to write an article about. Then one of them decided to use the old 45-minute 10-80% number to round out the article but didn’t check back with the engineers to see if that had changed, too. See “business consultant” below.

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