Ford to offer FREE NACS adapters

Today on Threads (and probably elsewhere) Jim Farley announced that Ford will be giving ‘eligible’ Mach-E and Lightning owners a FREE NACS adapter later this year. Ford had previously announced that adapters would be available, but this is the first time (that I am aware) that they said they would be free. It’s so nice …
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Uh Oh: Service Vehicle Soon

Dearborn, we have a problem. After happily driving my Mach E for a couple months, and having gas pumps, oil changes, ‘maintenance’ and other relics of my vehicle past drift gracefully into the recesses of my brain, I was smacked upside the head back to reality with a dreaded ‘Service Vehicle Soon’ warning light on …
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Home Charging Is Also Pretty Good

Since I got my Mach E, I’ve been using a standard 110v wall charger to charge the vehicle overnight. Yes, it’s slow. But really, for my average daily drives around the city, it’s been totally fine for my lifestyle. Having the car on the charger for 10-12 hours gave me about 30-45km on average, which …
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My New EV Era Begins

Today I took delivery of my first EV: a 2023 Ford Mustang Mach E. But first, a bit of history. I guess you would say I’m a Jeep Guy. Make that I was a Jeep Guy. For almost 20 years, I’ve been driving Jeep vehicles; the last 8 of which have been in Jeep Wranglers. I wouldn’t …
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