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2023 Mustang Mach-E Select AWD (Standard Range, 226M rated)
The most convenient car I have owned.
–No gas station stops.
–No oil changes.
–Other then a tire rotation, no maintenance at all.

I charge at home and its ready to go every day.

Stated EPA range

Battery: 70 KWh
City: 237.7 Miles
Highway: 206.5 Miles
Combined Range: 224

My charging experience

Most trips are within the range of the car so charging on the road is not common. Most on the road charging has been for the experience and not need. When I actually have needed to, I did get ‘range anxiety’ which isn’t surprising for me.

When I charge on the road its usually pretty easy. Plug in, get coffee, unplug, go.

My most recent frustrating experience. I booked a hotel with a charger so I could just charge and come back home. They had two chargers, one worked, the other was in use. I fought with the broken one for a long time only to give up and go find a rapid charger. I spent about an hour total getting the car ready for the return trip.

Is Standard Range Enough?

The longer range NCM batteries have been meeting or exceeding expectations so I can’t say they are bad choices. For me, a worrier, I like the LFP battery and its longer expected life, more stable chemistry. I look forward to advances in battery tech and longer range in my next vehicle but this one has enough for me.

I commute to an office on average 3 times per week. A typical commute day is about 90 miles. Never have I owned a car that could do this without the need to visit a gas station regularly. After charging at home evenings I can do this every day, no gas station stops required.

Warm weather driving 10C and up.


Guess-O-Meter regularly showed ranges around 250 miles. Driving under most circumstances I could get this range. Hot days didn’t seem to effect range much, if at all.

Cool weather driving, temps around 0C


Guess-O-Meter regularly showing ranges from 200 to 210. I suspect I would get this range if I were to drive the entire 200 miles at once but with warming up and shorter trips I suspect 200 would be pushing it.

Cold weather

Not much difference between the starting GOM reading between cool and cold. I have been setting to go times so the car does the battery and cabin warming thing. I depart home with about 190 to 210 on the meter. I suspect if I drive continuously I would get that. Driving short trips with the car cooling and re-heating would likely get closer to 160-180 based on the GOM through the day. Since I rarely put more then 90 miles a day on the car I’m not sure where I would have ended up exactly.

Parked, cold, at an airport for a week.

We just returned from a trip to Florida. The car was parked at the Portland Maine Jetport for several days.

This screen shot was taken the day we dropped it off, after it had set at the airport around 0C for 12 hours.

This was taken on pick up day after sitting for a week outside. The pick up day average temperature had been about -8C.

This shows the temperatures the car was exposed to for the week.

I used the Fordpass app to remote start the car and it was warm and ready by the time I got from the gate, to the car. No issues.

Ending summary

I really like my car. :)