Renew Ford Connected Navigation today? Why would I?

[The-Craig-that-is-Cool]

No. We have been asking for a manual precondition button since the first 2021 was delivered. So far... Nada. Maybe Soon™.

Thanks, this is crazy, Ford, especially since the build in navigation fails to recognize half the high speed chargers out there. And it is nearly useless to find the ones it has, for example, showing you chargers that are behind you on your route.

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[Rick65]

about how much time savings on avg do you get by preconditioning the battery for a a 20% to 80% charge ? Is the time savings worth the $80?

 

[Matts13]

Are any of you relaying this to @Ford Motor Company through the car as a voice message? I understand they do take them seriously

 

[Matts13]

No. We have been asking for a manual precondition button since the first 2021 was delivered. So far... Nada. Maybe Soon™.

I wonder if this is on there (long) list of "to do's)?

 

[Colorado MME GT]

about how much time savings on avg do you get by preconditioning the battery for a a 20% to 80% charge ? Is the time savings worth the $80?

The greatest benefits of battery preconditioning are impactful when DC fast charging in sub-freezing temperatures, so no, it's not worth $80 for a handful of times a year. Do I wish they had a simple manual preconditioning button on the screen? Yes, but you don't charge your customers for preconditioning within an archaic navigation app.

 

[ChasingCoral]

I wonder if this is on there (long) list of "to do's)?

This is definitely on their To-Do list. I discussed this at a meeting with the Model E Team during our trip to the Skunkworks. Soon™

 

[ChasingCoral]

about how much time savings on avg do you get by preconditioning the battery for a a 20% to 80% charge ? Is the time savings worth the $80?

Definitely not. However, I found the Ford Connected Navigation very handy for trip planning. It's just not handy anymore since it doesn't navigate to half the available chargers.

 

[dan_meh]

Are any of you relaying this to @Ford Motor Company through the car as a voice message? I understand they do take them seriously

I did. I don’t think there’s any disagreement about that an EV routing system should route you to the stations you can charge at. Why isn’t it done? I suspect that it’s disagreement about the priorities. I suspect Ford is making business decisions: It’s hard (read: expensive) to make this update and we aren’t going to see a return. Let’s focus on other things.

My feedback here and through the feedback button, therefore, has always been something like: “If you want a subscription revenue stream, I’m here for it, but you must deliver value equal to the price.” Want my money for recurring revenue? Add all available charging stations to the navigation.

More importantly, if Ford wants me to trust that it will maintain the value of future recurring revenue products, it’s not doing a great job building trust.

 

[DYohn]

Just renewed mine for another year today. $80 is a cheap price to pay for functionality, in my opinion.

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