RobDickinson
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I was booted for linking a Sandy Munroe video where he shows the Mach-e cells are identical to the Bolt cells!
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Car & Driver: The Mach E is simply better than the Model Y
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I was trying to be super polite for the first day there, but on the second day I said the truth that the Mach-E is a limited volume compliance vehicle with undercooked design and overhyped by the Ford's PR department, that Ford spent more money on PR than on engineering of the Mach-E which is loosely based on the Focus/Escape platform, and that it will give a lot of headache to the owners. I was booted in a few minutes.
RobDickinson
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RobDickinson
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RobDickinson
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Ford have now partnered with Redwood materials for battery recycling.
They can now ship the MME direct from plant to recycling without bothering customers in the middle.
They can now ship the MME direct from plant to recycling without bothering customers in the middle.
OMG. 1.8%, heck no 0.18% failure rate would be top news if it were Tesla.
This is the best joke of the week! You made my night! Thank you.
23 battery-dead Mach-Es are reported on the MachEForum.com. This is 0.13% of ALL 17,277 Mach-Es sold in the US by the end of August. If we count all registered members of the Mach-E forum = 6700 members, than the failure rate is at least 0.34% (more than 3 vehicles per thousand). But many of those 6700 members are NOT Mach-E owners, some are duplicate accounts, some a abandoned accounts, etc. My estimate was that there are about 1000 Mach-E owners there now, which makes the failure rate of about 2.3% at minimum. 18% is probably an overestimate as most voters were interested at looking at that poll at minimum. Anyway, this is terrible, frankly.
I am nervous to see what happens to the Mach-E's LG batteries when they start increasing the load of the batteries and their infamous heat management system through OTA updates. Is Ford jealous of GM that is in a good position to terminate the EVs for the second time?
Max_G
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What a topic! 
I don't care about other opinions. Each use case is different, hence, each car fits more or less each use case. If a MME is the thing for you, buy one and be happy, same applies, if a Tesla Y is your car, get one and enjoy.
In any case, enjoy whatever you're driving.
I don't care about other opinions. Each use case is different, hence, each car fits more or less each use case. If a MME is the thing for you, buy one and be happy, same applies, if a Tesla Y is your car, get one and enjoy.In any case, enjoy whatever you're driving.
RobDickinson
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Ford Recalls Over 38,000 Mustang Mach-E
Ford Mustang Mach-E are affected by a quite significant recall that concerns potentially improperly bonded windshields and sunroofs.
insideevs.com
So basically every Mach-e is recalled for glass issues
Basically. I guess this is just the beginning. If you look at their funboy's forum you will see a trail of TSBs which have a good potential, when unable to solve issues, lead to other full scale recalls. Have you seen that Norwegian guy expressing his displeasure with Mach-E issues at the MachEForum and the funboys basically tell him that he does not need this and that and the car must be excused since it is in the first full year of production.Ford Recalls Over 38,000 Mustang Mach-E
Ford Mustang Mach-E are affected by a quite significant recall that concerns potentially improperly bonded windshields and sunroofs.
So basically every Mach-e is recalled for glass issues
I think our Mach-e is going back to Ford. Permanently.
We switched out our old 7-8 years old Model S for a Mach-e and it has not good. I love driving the Mach-e, but the SW sucks big time. It has been in and out of Ford where they have updated this and that. Phone as a key, never worked well for us. Not with Apple nor with Android. We got an extra...
www.macheforum.com
I have certainly seen excuses for Tesla about fit and finish issues, misalignments, etc. But the excuses those Ford folk make for drivetrain and core functionality is insane. Not to mention cannot get any support other than, will send a tow truck. No remote diagnostic, etc.
Posters say well, a car is a car and a phone is a phone. I didn’t buy it for the technology. If I don’t use x, y and z, it’s great! I don’t use the app, and the car itself is great.
Don’t use the app? My god, I use the app all the time for my Tesla. Pre-conditioning, charge status, etc. Holy smokes. Especially if I had to deal with such a crappy charging network. Give me “panel gaps” all day long. The self inflicted pain some will endure due to their absurd disdain of Tesla/Elon, is unreal.
Ford and their owners make fun of the “beta” for Tesla and it not being a finished product. Well, if that’s Ford’s finished product, that’s sad.
Meanwhile I’m having fun with the “game-a-fied” driving scoring in the Tesla app “beta” to try to be a better driver.
Hopefully Ford will get this sorted out as it is a new vehicle. (I have owned 3 Fords and still own one so I question if this will happen but I hope they do.) We need more people buying EVs. Since many of those buyers will not buy a Tesla, I don’t want them going back to gas.
Posters say well, a car is a car and a phone is a phone. I didn’t buy it for the technology. If I don’t use x, y and z, it’s great! I don’t use the app, and the car itself is great.
Don’t use the app? My god, I use the app all the time for my Tesla. Pre-conditioning, charge status, etc. Holy smokes. Especially if I had to deal with such a crappy charging network. Give me “panel gaps” all day long. The self inflicted pain some will endure due to their absurd disdain of Tesla/Elon, is unreal.
Ford and their owners make fun of the “beta” for Tesla and it not being a finished product. Well, if that’s Ford’s finished product, that’s sad.
Meanwhile I’m having fun with the “game-a-fied” driving scoring in the Tesla app “beta” to try to be a better driver.
Hopefully Ford will get this sorted out as it is a new vehicle. (I have owned 3 Fords and still own one so I question if this will happen but I hope they do.) We need more people buying EVs. Since many of those buyers will not buy a Tesla, I don’t want them going back to gas.
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When they make excuses like that, Ford will have little to no incentive to improve anything in a hurry. There are other EV choices besides Ford for the 'never Tesla' crowd. And others on the way. Yes, we'll lose some to ICE, but I don't see Ford getting this sorted in the short term. They need a complete change of mindset which isn't happening anytime time soon.
thesmokingman
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That's hilarious considering Munro is such a huge Ford guy. And the fact that you linked the truth and they banned you. Shrugs... it's clearly not a place for the truth.
I’m with you. The fact that there is a mass market car that can even be compared with a Tesla is fantastic; let’s hope that Ford is successful and sells a million of them.What a topic!
In any case, enjoy whatever you're driving.
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