A New Capability

 Chris and I have owned our Ford Mustang Mach-e since March. Ford had promised an adapter to allow use of Tesla charging stations. 

The adapter finally arrived last week. It was originally promised for September, but Tesla had some production issues and a whole bunch of adapters delivered in June had to be recalled. We wanted to have the adapter before trying a long range trip. Adding the Tesla chargers to the network of existing chargers for the Mach-e provides greater flexibility and shorter charging times. Tesla charging stations tend to be better maintained than some of the other charging locations. 

But ours arrived and we were anxious to try it out. We had to wait because we had plenty of charge on the battery when the adapter arrived.

Yesterday we determined that the time was right to check out the adapter. We found a large Tesla charging station, with 16 chargers, and drove there to try out the new adapter. 

We were lucky we were at a busy place with many chargers. It took us a while to figure everything out and to use the correct software. I had thought we needed a Tesla account--and I had one ready to go. But no, we were able to use the Ford charging app. Once we figured everything out and changed chargers ,things worked well. 

We are ready now, to move about the country. 

Interesting note--this was only the second time we had used a public charger. We typically only charge at home. The only other time we used a public charger was right after delivery when the car was down to 20 percent charge and our home system had not yet been installed. 

Next up? A rod trip to somewhere warm, like Key West. It was 47 degrees here this morning and I had to turn the heat on in the house. 

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL