Mopey
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I was shocked when I arrived at Fairbanks' 2 DC fast chargers - there were 3 VW ID4 Pro S there as well. There are only a handful of EVs here in central Alaska, so it was quite surprising to see four in the same place, at the same time.
I thought they might just be one of the testing teams we see here every winter, but it turns out they were not company testers and didn't even know each other. Each, though, had been loaned their ID4s and are being paid by VW to collect cold weather data under real world conditions. The driver I talked said she wasn't supposed to talk specifics but I could see data collecting devices in the back. The fact they were all charging at the same time suggested to me that they were directed to charge at the same time so as to collect charging data under similar conditions. The drivers I saw appeared to represent a wide variety of driving styles: retired female, young female, 30ish y/o male.
I did see a black Mach E testing here in late fall 2019, but given some of the issues owners are experiencing in very cold conditions, I'm wondering if Ford may have limited their testing too much to structured and controlled cold weather testing. Undoubtedly, Ford is collecting data from owner's vehicles, and will make future updates based upon that data, but I did find VW's approach of giving apparently, specially instrumented cars to regular folks very interesting.
I thought they might just be one of the testing teams we see here every winter, but it turns out they were not company testers and didn't even know each other. Each, though, had been loaned their ID4s and are being paid by VW to collect cold weather data under real world conditions. The driver I talked said she wasn't supposed to talk specifics but I could see data collecting devices in the back. The fact they were all charging at the same time suggested to me that they were directed to charge at the same time so as to collect charging data under similar conditions. The drivers I saw appeared to represent a wide variety of driving styles: retired female, young female, 30ish y/o male.
I did see a black Mach E testing here in late fall 2019, but given some of the issues owners are experiencing in very cold conditions, I'm wondering if Ford may have limited their testing too much to structured and controlled cold weather testing. Undoubtedly, Ford is collecting data from owner's vehicles, and will make future updates based upon that data, but I did find VW's approach of giving apparently, specially instrumented cars to regular folks very interesting.
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