Possibly Buy Mach-E Premium RWD

[bbulkow]

Appreciate your insights, you definitely have a better grasp on the Mach E than I do. I do have a question for you. I set up my charging in the app. Should I be doing it in the car?

You will get there! 18 months 22k miles for me. My first month was like you.

Some people say charge limits work better in the car. I only used the app. You could try in car, why not? Maybe it would give you a sensible error message?

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[Mr88cet]

Scenario:
— You’re in stop&go traffic.
— Adaptive cruise control halts your Mach-E because the car in front of stops. …

Somewhat-related follow-up:
Does the Mach-E have a brake-hold switch? That is, if you’re first in line at a light and you don’t want to hold down the brake pedal (and you’re not in one-pedal-driving mode!), hit that button and it will hold the brakes for you until you hit the accelerator.

 

[Tampamike]

Somewhat-related follow-up:
Does the Mach-E have a brake-hold switch? That is, if you’re first in line at a light and you don’t want to hold down the brake pedal (and you’re not in one-pedal-driving mode!), hit that button and it will hold the brakes for you until you hit the accelerator.

Yes.

It also has “One Pedal Drive” which will do the same thing. It’s different than traditional driving. When you ease up on the accelerator, the car uses regen to brake so that you can actually drive without using the brake pedal most of the time. It will come to a complete stop if you stay off the accelerator.

 

[Sikkun]

Plugshare has a 'tesla only' tag, so you enable tesla fast charger plug type then filter out tesla only.

plug share has stations listed as Tesla only that you can in fact use.

Tesla app/website is probably then only 100% solution currently.

 

[Mr88cet]

bbulkow, great stuff! Some of this I was aware of, but some I was not.”, so thanks!

it looks like the two most useful Tesla Superchargers I would use in my periodic trips Austin to Houston and back do not connect to Mach-E. However, the Houston (actually Katy) end has an EA station, and there’s a station on the way in Columbus.-

I switched my copy of PlugSharefrom Prius Prime to Mach-E, and it looks like there are quite a few backups.

The other EV we’re considering is the Audi Q4 e-tron. It’s much more problematic having considerably less range.

 

[Mr88cet]

Will definitely make a difference for a Taycan, …. or a Hyundai or a Kia or, … some others as they all can charge at higher rates on the 350kw chargeres due to a higher voltage battery (800v, I believe). Of course this only helps if you can plug into the higher kw charger with a cord that can support the higher amp delivery. The MachE is a 400v battery limited to a 150kw charge rate.

IIRC, the Taycan has a 900V system, and Ionia 5/EV6 800V, for whatever it’s worth.

 

[Mr88cet]

Since I live in a humid continental climate, and have a 21 CR1 RWD Extended Range Battery, my practical range is 200 miles with a 100% charge. The nearest metro area is 120 miles away and I cannot drive there and return home on a single charge. Maybe if I drove 55 mph on the interstate, I could barely do it, but everyone would be cursing me.

Ooo wait… I think I misread your reply here first time: You see 200 miles, nowhere near the EPA-estimate of 320 (Premium RWD at least)?

 

[Mr88cet]

Yes.

It also has “One Pedal Drive” which will do the same thing. It’s different than traditional driving. When you ease up on the accelerator, the car uses regen to brake so that you can actually drive without using the brake pedal most of the time. It will come to a complete stop if you stay off the accelerator.

Thanks! Yes, I’m looking forward to using the one-pedal-driving mode.

BTW, is one-pedal-driving mode saved with the seat/driver profile? I suspect my wife would not want to use it.

FWIW, since the Mach-E performs blended braking, I think it will regen as much as possible even when you’re not in one-pedal-driving and you hit the brake. That’s how it works on our Prius Prime (and all Prii). Best I can recall, only Tesla has the brake pedal strictly engage friction brakes.

 

[Tampamike]

Thanks! Yes, I’m looking forward to using the one-pedal-driving mode.

BTW, is one-pedal-driving mode saved with the seat/driver profile? I suspect my wife would not want to use it.

FWIW, since the Mach-E performs blended braking, I think it will regen as much as possible even when you’re not in one-pedal-driving and you hit the brake. That’s how it works on our Prius Prime (and all Prii). Best I can recall, only Tesla has the brake pedal strictly engage friction brakes.

Yes, it is saved with profiles. I have it on and my wife has it off.

Yes, it uses blended braking all the time, I believe, with different levels of regen in the 3 different drive modes.

 

[Tom L]

Thanks! Yes, I’m looking forward to using the one-pedal-driving mode.

BTW, is one-pedal-driving mode saved with the seat/driver profile? I suspect my wife would not want to use it.

FWIW, since the Mach-E performs blended braking, I think it will regen as much as possible even when you’re not in one-pedal-driving and you hit the brake. That’s how it works on our Prius Prime (and all Prii). Best I can recall, only Tesla has the brake pedal strictly engage friction brakes.

My wife thought the same about 1PD but after an hour driving she liked it. BTW, I have a 2022 CR1 RWD ER with 44,000 miles. Under ideal conditions here in WI last week my 100% GOM range was 352 miles. Since I drive like the old man I am, that was very close to actual range. As others have said, actual range depends on many factors so the GOM is always an estimate but we have never seen it more than 10% off as we are conservative drivers.

 

[Mr88cet]

My wife thought the same about 1PD but after an hour driving she liked it. BTW, I have a 2022 CR1 RWD ER with 44,000 miles. Under ideal conditions here in WI last week my 100% GOM range was 352 miles. Since I drive like the old man I am, that was very close to actual range. As others have said, actual range depends on many factors so the GOM is always an estimate but we have never seen it more than 10% off as we are conservative drivers.

I think they technical term, at least in my case (age 63), is “old geezer and dang proud of it“!

So then, do the driver profiles store, single-pedal driving or not? I’m guessing probably not?

 

[Mr88cet]

Yes, it is saved with profiles. I have it on and my wife has it off.

Ah, glad to hear that!

 

[ChehRob]

There is one odd thing about 1Pedal driving. It doesn't do 'gravity', like backing down a steep narrow driveway. Most of us are used to coasting down and using the brake only to slow. You either have to go out of 1Pedal, or get used to 'accelerating' down the decline.

 

[Tampamike]

There is one odd thing about 1Pedal driving. It doesn't do 'gravity', like backing down a steep narrow driveway. Most of us are used to coasting down and using the brake only to slow. You either have to go out of 1Pedal, or get used to 'accelerating' down the decline.

I would disagree with that. It does downhill just like it does flat. Push the pedal and go, release and stop and modulate in between. My driveway is downhill and I back out. I would say that the only glitch is that sometimes it wants to back up the hill a little when you want to stop.

 

[ChehRob]

You cannot 'coast' down the hill in 1Pedal. If you take your foot off the accelerator the car stops.

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