As a MachE owner I disagree…
As a MachE owner I disagree that Ford supports EV fast charging:
Leased a new 2023 Mach-E in March 2024:
-this November the Ford dealer I purchased from has 1 ChargePoint charge station that has not been connected. Also there was a gas car parked in one of the 2 spots. I asked why ChargePoint when Ford offered free hours of charging with Electrify America? The EV expert said that was above his pay grade.
-Spent the Summer at a NJ shore town. To date I have not received a Tesla Supercharger adapter that was promised by September. Knowing I was heading to NJ for the summer I bought an aftermarket one. It turned out that the Tesla Superchargers in the area do not support adapters. There were two Ford dealers, one North and one South of my location. Neither had Superchargers. One kept promising they were coming but didn’t happen all summer ( although they had pleanty of MacEs on the lot). The other said “Ford was making then install them” but no idea when. Checked back all summer but nothing. Found a municipal parking lot about 10 miles away that has four ChargePoint chargers. Had to travel there to charge all summer.
- On multiple trips outside the area ran into different chargers, some successfull, quite a few broken. Found two different Tesla charging stations. Both times the aftermarket charger worked for about 10 minutes the everything started flashing red and shut down. I documented the second time and was able to get a refund on the secondary charger.
I love the car. It looks great and drives terrific. In my opinion the Blue Cruise is a joke, since it responds to every speed limit sign on the road and constantly turns off as you pass an exit speed sign. I don’t pay the extra to have it.
So in closing I support the switch to EV’s, but feel at present it for customers that can park in their garage with the 240 volt in home charger installed. Works for me, even with the summer charging issues ( there’s a McDonalds and Dunkin next to the Municipal lot). As far a Ford support, the dealers all need to have a bank of Electrify America chargers so if you’re traveling you can at least depend on the local Ford Dealer for a fast charge.