You asked the questions ... now get the answers (well some)

[62Lincoln]

we know from Dave Pericak saying the car can't be tracked that it can't manage sustained heat.

Can you point me to a link for his comments? I'm curious to read if he had any additional thoughts along these lines (presumably in the context of tuning the GT suspension and magneride).

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[silverelan]

Can you point me to a link for his comments? I'm curious to read if he had any additional thoughts along these lines (presumably in the context of tuning the GT suspension and magneride).

Sure. Here you go.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-ca...is-not-built-for-sustained-track-performance/

 

[FredT]

Height from ground to seat level = 21 inches = PERFECT for me

Does anyone know how this compares with say an Escape, or Niro, or XC40?

 

[Ken7]

The ordering system in the UK seems to be a bit different to that in The US. A recent email from Ford indicated that my pre-order deposit was already in the hands of the dealer and they would hang onto it if I made my order a firm one. Hopefully, in view of the likely demand there will be no issues in getting it back.

Hopefully that doesn't mean the deposit would then turn into a non-refundable deposit.

 

[MadScientist]

Well if it does this is one order that will bite the dust. At that time most of us won’t have had the opportunity to even sit in the car let alone drive it.

 

[ChasingCoral]

I have to admit, I don't quite understand why these two are different questions and answers:

When will full orders start to be taken? End of May 2020 ish (Waiting for permission to publish exact date)

Are they on track to start taking orders before June? Orders will begin on 20th June 2020

 

[Sweetwater]

A change has to be made. For over 50 years we drove with P -R -N -L -D .
If the L is for high generation it should be labeled G . There is no low gear
in MME. It will become confusing for some. They just saved money as this
indicater is used on other Ford cars with automatic transmissions .
Tell Ford we want :
P -R -N -G -D

 

[Nak]

Some of the ADAS functions promised with MME and available on Tesla vehicles are effectively the same, while others are different. Both cars feature AEB w/ pedestrian detection, for instance.

Meanwhile, MME will have (via OTA update) hands free driving, while Tesla still relies on hands-on-wheel for its version of driver attention monitoring. Both cars still require a human driver -- in all circumstances.

I realize this is what Tesla continues to claim, and perhaps I'm too skeptical, but I don't think we'll ever see Tesla deliver safe, full autonomy onto its customers' existing vehicles.

Well MME Premium includes Active Park Assist standard but you do have to pay the $7K to get that on a Tesla. Would be interesting to compare, one to one, the Ford Co-Pilot features vs Tesla’s.

We have been told that there will be an OTA update that will push out a function similar to GM’s super Cruise. I believe this has many of the features currently available for highway driving with Tesla’s FSD.

I think this would make for a great conversation, but not on this thread. It would be more appropriate to have this discussion in a separate thread in the "Mach-e vs the Competition" forum. Just saying...

 

[JamieGeek]

A change has to be made. For over 50 years we drove with P -R -N -L -D .
If the L is for high generation it should be labeled G . There is no low gear
in MME. It will become confusing for some. They just saved money as this
indicater is used on other Ford cars with automatic transmissions .
Tell Ford we want :
P -R -N -G -D

Its PRNDL (and pronounced "prindle") and is probably here to stay.

In the Bolt its PRNDL and L = 1-pedal mode.

 

[Sweetwater]

Well isn't 1 pedal mode "regeneration ?
68 years with cars,trucks, and hot rods and never heard of "PRINDLE"

 

[eager2own]

Its PRNDL (and pronounced "prindle") and is probably here to stay.

In the Bolt its PRNDL and L = 1-pedal mode.

I agree, but PRNGD (pronounced “pronged”) does have a nice sound to it in relation to plugged in vehicles.

 

[jlauro]

Lazy mode for one pedal driving instead of low gear makes sense for L.

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

The ordering system in the UK seems to be a bit different to that in The US. A recent email from Ford indicated that my pre-order deposit was already in the hands of the dealer and they would hang onto it if I made my order a firm one. Hopefully, in view of the likely demand there will be no issues in getting it back.

I was told by the Ford Rep that for UK orders the deposits are refundable up to the point of delivery of vehicle They laboured that point quite hard - they don't want to give anyone an excuse not to order this car LOL

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

I have to admit, I don't quite understand why these two are different questions and answers:

When will full orders start to be taken? End of May 2020 ish (Waiting for permission to publish exact date)

Are they on track to start taking orders before June? Orders will begin on 20th June 2020

Ok - so this is my bad - I rushed the document a bit and both areas originally said 20th June as this was the date I remembered in my head, but then remembered that dealers would be getting in touch end of May. I wanted to wait until I had the PowerPoint with the confirmed and specific dates in it - but everyone was desperate for me to publish and I only amended one instead of both by mistake. Apologies everyone!!

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

So I have a gift for any UK readers out there this evening .... A model specification chart that makes sense of the mess that is the Ford.co.uk Mach-E website.

I've been working on this for some time and got the missing pieces to the puzzle confirmed yesterday.

I have also attached the US & Europe Sheets supplied directly from Ford's Media Website just for completeness / comparison.

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