Just wanted to clear one thing up: level 2 charging will charge about 20-25 miles per hour. In an 8-hour span (work), if you have long range like 230+, 8 hours will not get you a full charge. You’ll have more than enough, but now a full charge. One thing to remember about EV charging is that it’s not as good as you heard but not as bad as you heard. It doesn’t slot in perfectly where gas fueling exists. You will have to find your reliable charging stations and the best time to go at the charging speeds you like. You’ll learn which apps show accurate information about available chargers and will no doubt have at least 4 EV charging apps on your phone. It is “a lot” of work at first compared to just driving to any gas station, assuming the price is right, but once make it past the first few weeks to a month, it’s quite nice to be paying less for fuel. I have a few free chargers in my area and they let you charge for up to two hours. If you have these, take advantage of them when you can. One last thing: DC fast charging is a premium and is priced as such. You’re not really supposed to fast charge every time. I would argue that DC fast charging is the emergency option. While level 1 charging is slow, over 10+ hours you’re at home until you leave for work, you should recoup about 40-75 miles, which could very well be more than your daily commute. Also, exercise proper etiquette when charging. Don’t be that person trying to get to 100% charge on a public charger with a line of cars waiting on you. That final 20% of charge will take longer than getting from 10% to 80%. Always get the charge you need to make it to your next, longer, slower charge.
Great basic video. I wish there was a way to export the Fordpass charging logs to a spreadsheet. I have to do it manually. One of the advantages of EVs over ICE is the "fuel" level is more graduated. Making note of the %SOC after the charge and again before the next charge, I can easily calculate how many miles per kW I get.
I’m not sure what kind of phone you have but in Apple Maps when you plug in a route it will also automatically add the charging stops and what the expected battery percentage would be as well as how busy it is at that time. I haven’t used it yet but I did put in a few routs just to see how it would work.
As always I find your videos and information you share helpful! You mentioned how to view all you charging sessions but not how to find it, would love to no more about this?
@@DK-pr9ny I live on the coast of Texas and I get 100% wind electricity for free between 8pm and 6am because there is surplus electricity at that time. My provider is Green Mountain Energy.
Small thing but could show swapping the plug ends on the mobile charger. Otherwise can't wait for 201 - Fast charging demo and discussions of charge curves.
3 miles per hour charging actually works for a lot of people. A 12 hour charge would give you 36 miles. Many can do 2 local errands per day with that. As for DC charging, it is very disappointing how electricity costs nearly as much as gas. I think this is really hurting the EV industry very badly. The government needs to start charging a carbon tax and use those fund to develop, enhance, foster, the EV progress.
@@mikehawk120 Carbon tax is needed to encourage people to reduce harmful pollution. Those that invest in cleaner solutions are in turn subsidized by it. That's a smart strategy. Unfortunately, some dirty politicians use it to change the story and its purpose, and get away with it, because there are enough dumb ignorant people that are easily impressed.
Well done Patrick! Off topic: Blue Cruise is finally coming to Europe. Do you guys need to subscribe to it for a monthly fee? Over here it looks like Ford want's to charge 24EUR ~ 24$ per month for it.... 😞
It's a bit complicated here. Ours came with 3 years of BlueCruise for free. But new Mach-Es in the US only get 90 days. You can subscribe per month or for a year at a time.
Yes, it will. The current Tesla SuperChargers with MagicDocks that allow any CCS car to charge have already been added. It is also believed that the Mach-E will be able to use Plug & Charge at SuperChargers next year.
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Thank you for the video. We are considering a 2024 Mach E Premium Ext Battery. Just curious how long it would take to DC fast charge from 10% to 100%?
I just bought a ‘24 Mach E premium regular battery but you should know that it automatically slows down charge once it gets to 80%. Like our cell phones, your car doesn’t want to always be at 100%, it wears out the battery faster.
I’ve been trying to find out about charging percentages, I understand daily up to 80/85% but when should we charge to 100…!?! A coworker owns a Kia ev & his manual states if you drive it under 10% to charge it to 100 but the mach-e doesn’t have any information regarding (that I’ve ran across anyways)
Helpful info for EV newbies, Patrick. Two questions. First, does Ford offer more 240V adapters than just the NEMA 14-50? Second, do you think Ford might switch the charging port with a NACS connector to the other side of the car in 2025, so that owners could pull into a Supercharger and plug in using its short cable without occupying two parking spots?
The Ford charger only supports the NEMA 14-50 plug but it is cheap to pick up a different charger if needed. No word on the NACS port location for 2025.
@@MachE_VLOG Thanks! Good to know. If I do end up getting a Mach-E, I guess I'll just forego its portable charger and keep my Tesla set, with all its adapters. And if the Mach-E doesn't yet have NACS, I'll invest in a TeslaTap adapter for it.
There haven't been any recent updates to the charging curve that I know of. Recently Ford did add preconditioning recently but I haven't been able to test that.
Wait !!! Did he just say that sometimes electric charging could cost as much as fuel? I guess you have to look at it many other ways. You’re not dealing with a mechanical car that’s going to have a combustion engine with parts that could break. But how often does that happen? Maybe once a year? Mechanical (ice) cars do not need as much repairs unless someone has total back luck of buys a complete lemon. What I can’t understand is the stress involved with owning an EV, not knowing how far your battery will last and charge stations availability. Have to decide is it worth the stress?
I actually like the look of this EV, I can't say that about most of them. I refuse to call it a mustang though. With that being said, EVs have a long way to go before it they become what I consider to be "user friendly". A bit like computers, they were around for a long time before they became what I consider to be "user friendly" I wanted nothing to do with home computers till 2001 personally.
The Mach-E can now charge at over 15,000 Tesla Superchargers with an adapter. We have lots of videos about that: ru-vid.com/group/PLfA2RnLckJA3f3zoUcOgcDggDhZVRov3S
You can, but there will be some differences in your experience. For example, you'll have to use a credit card to activate your fast charging sessions and you won't get notified when your car is charged.
Interesting. This is why an EV is better than gas: 95% of the time I charge at home. Park in the garage and plug in. It's full when I leave the next day. No going to the gas station once or twice a week. No oil changes. Less maintenance. And we have solar panels so we pay nothing for electricity. And on top of all that, we have one of the quickest Mustangs ever made. Pretty awesome!
