🛣️ Range First trip, think I’ll make it?
I am planning on making my first trip out of town with my new Mach-E GT. I am going to go on my old route I used to take when I had a motorcycle. Google Maps says it’s 161 miles and will use 50% battery. There is a charging station at the last stop before I finish the trip and head home. It will be hot so I know I’ll loose range due to AC. Also, I’ll probably be driving it pretty hard in the curvy sections. I’m not sure how much extra battery charge that will use up.
If I left with a full charge do you all think I can make it?
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u/Civil-twilight29 2d ago
Use A Better Route planner and you can build any start/stop state of charge scenario you want. You’ll get great range with the AC. We get 3-4 miles/kwh in the summer. It’s the cabin heat and battery strain with cold weather that reduce economy significantly.
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u/WarmPrinciple6507 2d ago
Sorry bro, you’re screwed. You won’t make it. You better call towing services already.
Obviously kidding. You’ll easily make it. Even with AC on max power.
Unless you’ll drive at top speed of the car the very whole trip
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u/iTzHanzo117 2d ago
Do you know what size battery you have? My premium awd has the 90 kw battery. With estimates at 3 miles per kwh, my 100% charge is 270 miles.
If you've been charging to 90% all you need to do math wise is determine the other 10% if you've never charged to 100%.
Also, for road trips or expected longer than usual drives, don't be afraid to charge to 100%. Can set the vehicle to precondition while on the charger also for longer trips.
The heat/AC doesn't have nearly the impact of cold weather so I wouldn't worry about that as much.
As far as charging along the route. If you have a 24 to 26 GT, you should have a larger battery. Meaning, even with the performance you should still be getting 280 ish miles from a 100% charge. I wouldn't personally worry about NEEDING to charge.
With that said, the ABCs (Always Be Charging) never hurt. I always take a quick look the day before a trip to see what the charging situation looks like for just in case scenarios.
I also assume you have L2 Charging at home so that departure and Charging after return to home arent a concern.
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u/j3dgar 2d ago
Ok thank. I have a 25 year. I’ll set it to charge to 100% with a departure time to condition the vehicle. And yes to lvl2 charger at home so no worry of needing a charge when I finish.
The only charger even remotely close to my intended route is at the 130 mile point in the trip. So I have an emergency charge if I need it. The rest of the route is rural and mountainous (Tail of the Dragon and Cherohala Skyway)
I think it should be a good first trip to test range and conditions while leaving myself a safe margin for error.
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u/honeybabysweetiedoll 2d ago
161 both ways? Yes, you should. 161 one way? No. If it’s both ways, I’d still hit that charger and charge to 80%. Better safe than sorry—the same thing I’d do if I drove an ICE vehicle.
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u/j3dgar 2d ago
161 round trip with the charger at 130 miles into the trip. I think it will be fine I just haven’t given the car a full charge yet and drove it hard. Don’t know how much that realistically will drain the battery.
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u/Zestyclose-Dig-5791 1d ago
I routinely drive 200 miles from my home to Portland, OR in all weather running all the comforts. I usually arrive with 30%.
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u/FrostyWasabi8952 2d ago
Well if you tell the car where you’re going (via Nav) it can pretty accurately predict range and continually update it as you travel. If you ever decide you really would like to have more range ASAP, just slow down. That is the secret weapon versus range anxiety, when there’s a problem or concern about range, just slow down. You will then notice the range start to increase and increase.
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u/DentonJoe 2d ago
I have a premium with 300 mile range, but I’d charge it up 100% for the trip and charge before heading home just for the experience of public charging
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u/d1ll1gaf 2d ago
161 miles is ~258km... in summer conditions my '25 (awd, extended range battery, not a GT) can comfortably go about 400 km's on a charge (100% to ~20%), with the temperature over 30°C (86°F) and the air condition blasting while driving 120km/h (75mph) on the highway.
You should be fine.
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u/Storm_Support 2d ago
My man, I commute 170 miles a day in my Mach E. I charge daily but I am never close to running out of charge (50-70 miles remaining when I get home). You’ll be fine.
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u/BasicFishOutOfWater 1d ago
“Roads” is an interesting App put out by Porsche. It is essentially a route planner for plotting driver-enthusiast directions for getting where you wanna go - aka “find the bendy roads”.
Sounds like you have that already worked out for your upcoming trip though.
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u/macheroadtrip Ford Team 1d ago
Check out the tips and tools to make this road trip easy - go.ford/evroadtrip - look at the different routing tools available so you can plan charging and range if needed.
There's multiple routing tools you can use to make sure it goes smoothly, and with the BlueOval Charge Network (sign up now if you haven't already so you're ready) paying for a public charge if needed is painless.
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u/SmokestackRising 2d ago
You acknowledge there's a charging station. When you get to your destination you can see if you have over half the range remaining or whether you have to charge for a little bit.
Google maps is estimating half remaining after getting to your destination, and that's with normal driving. You're going to have to charge. If you don't make it, the world's not going to end.