Premium ER AWD on order !

[Kennykustom]

Good day ! I have a deposit on a Prem ER AWD. Living in Manitoba. I have a few questions, hoping owners that have lived through one of the coldest and snowyist winters in a long time, could help me with.
My daily commute is as follows. Car will sit in a heated garage at home. Plugged into 240v. I can precondition the car before i leave at 7am. Drive 50 km to work, where i cannot plug in. 8 hours later i drive the 50km back home. I figure 50% range reduction so 200km in the dead of winter.
Is that about accurate ?
How is the 5kw PTC heater in -30c ?
Generally, how has the MachE handled Manitoba ( or central Canada ) winters ?
Ground clearance doesnt seem to be the best, so does it turn into a snow plow ?
Finally, the car is sitting 2 hours away from my local dealer, and has been for a few weeks now. It was expected this week, but the salesman sent a screenshot early this week, and the status stated " Primary in transit " " secondary Delay-in transit hold " . with an end date of mar 14. Any ideas ?

Thanks for taking the time to read and reply !

Ken

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[Pina]

I haven't received mine so can't comment from experience. I'm counting on a 50% decline in range for the winter as well.

 

[Gopher Adventure]

Good day ! I have a deposit on a Prem ER AWD. Living in Manitoba. I have a few questions, hoping owners that have lived through one of the coldest and snowyist winters in a long time, could help me with.
My daily commute is as follows. Car will sit in a heated garage at home. Plugged into 240v. I can precondition the car before i leave at 7am. Drive 50 km to work, where i cannot plug in. 8 hours later i drive the 50km back home. I figure 50% range reduction so 200km in the dead of winter.
Is that about accurate ?
How is the 5kw PTC heater in -30c ?
Generally, how has the MachE handled Manitoba ( or central Canada ) winters ?
Ground clearance doesnt seem to be the best, so does it turn into a snow plow ?
Finally, the car is sitting 2 hours away from my local dealer, and has been for a few weeks now. It was expected this week, but the salesman sent a screenshot early this week, and the status stated " Primary in transit " " secondary Delay-in transit hold " . with an end date of mar 14. Any ideas ?

Thanks for taking the time to read and reply !

Ken

Not Canada, but there’s a guy with a YouTube channel in northern Minnesota who has lots of videos out there about the cold and the MME. I’ve watched them all (as a fellow Minnesotan) and they are helpful for learning tips for driving, parking and garaging in really cold temps. His channel is called Up North Mike. I’d check it out.

 

[SpongeBad]

How is the 5kw PTC heater in -30c ?
Generally, how has the MachE handled Manitoba ( or central Canada ) winters ?

As someone in Alberta who had similar questions, I remember this thread popping up and being a great read. I think it'll probably tell you just about everything you'd want to know about extreme winter driving in a MACH E.

 

[River Rat]

Good day ! I have a deposit on a Prem ER AWD. Living in Manitoba. I have a few questions, hoping owners that have lived through one of the coldest and snowyist winters in a long time, could help me with.
My daily commute is as follows. Car will sit in a heated garage at home. Plugged into 240v. I can precondition the car before i leave at 7am. Drive 50 km to work, where i cannot plug in. 8 hours later i drive the 50km back home. I figure 50% range reduction so 200km in the dead of winter.
Is that about accurate ?
How is the 5kw PTC heater in -30c ?
Generally, how has the MachE handled Manitoba ( or central Canada ) winters ?
Ground clearance doesnt seem to be the best, so does it turn into a snow plow ?
Finally, the car is sitting 2 hours away from my local dealer, and has been for a few weeks now. It was expected this week, but the salesman sent a screenshot early this week, and the status stated " Primary in transit " " secondary Delay-in transit hold " . with an end date of mar 14. Any ideas ?

Thanks for taking the time to read and reply !

Ken

Moving North from Waterloo. Ontario and awaiting delivery of Premium ER so this is of interest although I don't have to go to work every day, more like shopping 45/60 min away on my choice of days.

 

[Mathington]

UpNorthMike is a good channel for information on the effect of cold weather on the Mach-E. Silverstones POV is another channel that is based in Calgary and has Mach-E videos.

 

[helium89]

Good day ! I have a deposit on a Prem ER AWD. Living in Manitoba. I have a few questions, hoping owners that have lived through one of the coldest and snowyist winters in a long time, could help me with.
My daily commute is as follows. Car will sit in a heated garage at home. Plugged into 240v. I can precondition the car before i leave at 7am. Drive 50 km to work, where i cannot plug in. 8 hours later i drive the 50km back home. I figure 50% range reduction so 200km in the dead of winter.
Is that about accurate ?
How is the 5kw PTC heater in -30c ?
Generally, how has the MachE handled Manitoba ( or central Canada ) winters ?
Ground clearance doesnt seem to be the best, so does it turn into a snow plow ?
Finally, the car is sitting 2 hours away from my local dealer, and has been for a few weeks now. It was expected this week, but the salesman sent a screenshot early this week, and the status stated " Primary in transit " " secondary Delay-in transit hold " . with an end date of mar 14. Any ideas ?

Thanks for taking the time to read and reply !

Ken

Any update on your MME? Mine has the same status, and I can’t get any answers as to what’s going on with it.

 

[Kennykustom]

Yup!!!
It's sitting in my garage.
It was diverted to somewhere in Saskatchewan.
Showed up without announcement on a Sat am before the dealer opened.
Covered in salt and rail dust.
Some minor transport paint damage.
Dealer is repairing.
Well worth the wait, and technically I didn't even put in the order.
I went in to buy a lighting and they said they had a mach e coming. So I put money down to hold it.
Having a blast!

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