eastern refugee
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I am starting a new thread to discuss a road trip I am doing starting on March 1. I am driving from Bakersfield, CA, 99 miles north of LA , going to Houston Texas.
I planned the route on the navigation system as the ford pass app will not send it to MME. Apple car play is disconnected but the app says NO VEHICLE FOUND. Any way the navigation settings allow you to pick EVERY charger or just specific brands. I went with EA and ChargePoint as I feel they will be reliable and I can use my Ford credit.
I did find that I had to join the pass plus subscription with EA in order to get the cheaper rates. The cost is $4 a month with zero contract length. For $4 a month I will just keep it for the just in case moments in life.
the navigation gave me 3 different routes with just a slight difference in time. I took the middle route as that kept me on the I-10 for 95% of the distance looping around San Antonio. I believe it says 7 total stops but it might be 9. Not sure. My Buddy and I are using this as our first road trip to see
1. length of total drive time versus ICE. ICE is easy factor in that all we need is average cost of gas and the average of 23 miles per gallon and the distance
2. length of charging
3. how many extra stops we would likely make since we do a LOT of hockey road trips during a normal season.
I will post my daily experiences as I think that I will be the FIRST major road trip with an MME not employed by Ford.
our average speed will likely be about 83 as that is what we usually do. So this road trip will be a REAL road trip on how normally we drive. The function is NOT to make the most efficient by not using a radio or no heat or goi g say 65 MPH. This IS about driving an MME the way we would have driven my 2017 Ford Sport which has basically an F150 engine in a fusion body. HP is about equal with my FE. Torque is less but who cares. We are not racing/Towing. We will be utilizing one foot pedal.
wish me luck. I am hoping to put-the proverbial nail in the range anxiety issue.
I planned the route on the navigation system as the ford pass app will not send it to MME. Apple car play is disconnected but the app says NO VEHICLE FOUND. Any way the navigation settings allow you to pick EVERY charger or just specific brands. I went with EA and ChargePoint as I feel they will be reliable and I can use my Ford credit.
I did find that I had to join the pass plus subscription with EA in order to get the cheaper rates. The cost is $4 a month with zero contract length. For $4 a month I will just keep it for the just in case moments in life.
the navigation gave me 3 different routes with just a slight difference in time. I took the middle route as that kept me on the I-10 for 95% of the distance looping around San Antonio. I believe it says 7 total stops but it might be 9. Not sure. My Buddy and I are using this as our first road trip to see
1. length of total drive time versus ICE. ICE is easy factor in that all we need is average cost of gas and the average of 23 miles per gallon and the distance
2. length of charging
3. how many extra stops we would likely make since we do a LOT of hockey road trips during a normal season.
I will post my daily experiences as I think that I will be the FIRST major road trip with an MME not employed by Ford.
our average speed will likely be about 83 as that is what we usually do. So this road trip will be a REAL road trip on how normally we drive. The function is NOT to make the most efficient by not using a radio or no heat or goi g say 65 MPH. This IS about driving an MME the way we would have driven my 2017 Ford Sport which has basically an F150 engine in a fusion body. HP is about equal with my FE. Torque is less but who cares. We are not racing/Towing. We will be utilizing one foot pedal.
wish me luck. I am hoping to put-the proverbial nail in the range anxiety issue.
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