Longest Trip Yet

2023 Mustang Mach-e in the Driveway
Tequesta, FL
October 17, 2025

 Chris and I have owned our Ford Mustang Mach-e for a year and a half. It has a paltry 9500 miles on it because we use it exclusively for driving around our local area. I had estimated its total annual mileage to be about 7000 and we are even below that number. 

Until yesterday, the Mach-e, which is an EV, had been charged at a commercial charge station twice. Once when we took delivery of it because it had less that 20 percent charge and we had not yet installed the charger in our garage, and then when Ford delivered the Tesla supercharger converter--just so we knew how to use it. 

Yesterday, was the third time the car was charged commercially. We drove to the Space Force Base near Cocoa Beach to get new ID cards and took the Mach-e. We had to stop on the way back for an energy. A Tesla Supercharger collocated with a gas station/restaurant was recommended by our mapping program. We enjoyed lunch while the car charged. Suffice it to say, we were nervous. Had the charger not worked I believe there was just enough energy to get home (with about 3 percent remaining), but it worked great and the cost was not too bad, 50 cents per KwH versus the 16 cents I pay at home. (BTW, the c/KwH is my total bill in $ with all the add-ins divided by KwH usage, so it is higher than the posted rate)

Wow! 

I guess we will be using the car for longer trips since we are more comfortable with the technology and the mapping program we use incorporates charging locations into its travel calculations. I also liked the self-driving aspect of the car on the open road. 

We may be ready to try a Florida to Maryland trip!

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL