I have a question. Charging at home is obvious best choice. I am no math wiz but I am trying to figure out the real cost of charging like with Ev America on a long trip. EV charges 0.70 per minute. The first edition gets 270 miles to a full charge. Ford says you can get 47 miles for 10 minutes. By my math which has to be WAY off it would cost more to buy electricity then gas which I know is false. Can someone please do the math correctly.
My math (if I'm using the right assumptions) came up in the same result. The ElectrifyAmerica map shows $0.89/min in my state for 0-350 kw (which sounds like we'd use to get to the Mach-e's 150 max). Probably only need a public charging station for a long trip refuel, so let's says a 45 minute refuel. At Ford's estimate (47 miles each 10 mins @ 150 kw), that's 211 miles. 45 mins x $0.89 = $40. (Plus a $1 session charge.)
In a 25 MPG gas vehicle, 211 miles is 8.4 gallons. At $3.00/gal that's $25.
Of course, most of the time we're charging at home in the garage (otherwise one probably shouldn't be buying a BEV). So public charging should be rare. And maybe there's better pricing to be had than ElectrifyAmerica's rates. Looks like we kinda get screwed at the 150 kw rate, being much higher than the cheaper 125 rate but at the low end of the 350 rate. Hopefully more competition will drive those prices down in the coming years.
For now, I think I'll ditch any ideas of using the Mach-e for long trips and just plan to drive my ICE vehicle on those.