Living With The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E For 24 Hours - Is This The Best EV You Can Buy?

[@noemiruiz3802]

I bought a Mach-e last month, it's the best car I've ever driven, I love my Mach-e!

[@anthonyc8499]

Have you taken it to get it charged and what's the longest drive you've taken?

[@noemiruiz3802]

@@anthonyc8499 I charge it at home, I have a 240V outlet. I charge it once it gets around 35% and I charge it up to 90% to help with battery life and it takes 5 hours. I drive 32 miles daily and it uses about 11% daily. Its giving me according to the car 4.2m/kh. Temperature has been in the high 60's where I live. Its the standard range and its giving me about 280 miles per charge! Way over Ford's specs. The longest distance has been 100 miles one way. Extremely happy with everything in this car, it handles great and it makes you not want to get out of it and keep driving.

[@anthonyc8499]

@@noemiruiz3802 very cool and stoked to hear you're enjoying it so much! I test drove the Premium AWD Extended Range and thought it was super nice but decided I preferred the idea of the GT. Still waiting to confirm my order for it. The Boston Auto guy's experience at Electrify America kind of spooks me though. Hopefully Ford resolves the slow charging thing soon.

[@JC-gw4jl]

is there a delay in the touch screen? I noticed when people dragged or clicked on an icon there was a slight delay of response.

[@stevenanderson9660]

Do you work for Ford?

[@irfanhusein1445]

Enjoyed the review. Perhaps the best one on tube. FYI I own a Tesla 3 and a Mach E. Your review was spot on and unbiased. In southern Californian’s mild temperatures I’m getting 3.1 miles/Kwh .

[@xrmerkur]

🐎🏁 i’m a Mustang owner and i tell ya, the Mach E is gonna be hugely more popular than Ford ever imagined. can you say cars & coffee Mach E day!

[@waltdv]

I've been driving a Mach-e for 2 weeks, I can't count the times I spot people taking pictures. Lots of questions and comments. I've had people who don't know cars compliment the look. I've had motorheads seem genuinely excited to spot a Mach-e in the wild. I drove a Ford Escape for 7 years, I don't recall anyone taking pictures - unless you count the speed cameras in DC. Maybe Tesla's get the same attention, I don't know, but I think Ford hit a home run with this car.

[@xrmerkur]

@@waltdv 🤣Haha! Speed cameras in DC

[@loriallen67]

@@waltdv if you got speed cameras in an Escape 😳you might want to set the Mach E to a strict speed setting. 🤣

[@markfoster7564]

Nice review Mike. I think you comments about it being a great transitional vehicle is spot on. I got in a Y and felt lost.

[@anthonyc8499]

Your Mach-E was coldgating (battery was not warmed up) which is why it was so slow to charge. Normally, you'd fast charge after hours at freeway speeds. One trick is to yo-yo with hard accelerations and max regen but it's annoying and unsafe driving. A future update will enable battery preconditioning before charging.

[@TeslaDo_d]

His state of charge was too high on both charging attempt. His range anxiety was affecting the charging tests. He would have seen much faster speeds with a remaining range under 20 miles.

[@honesty_-no9he]

You started charging at 65% to get closer to 150kW speed you need to start charge when it is low like 10% or less.

[@mistermahoney]

Thank you for the great thorough review! Looks very interesting!

[@TeslaDo_d]

LOL! You need to learn a little more about charging a BEV. Even a Tesla will charge slowly when you are constantly starting at 60% or greater charge in the battery. Try running it down to 10% or less and you will get the full charging speed under optimal temps.

[@Jmaninaz1]

Great review! I saw a Mach E on the highway last week on the highway coming from behind in the lane next to me, and it looks even better in person than it does on your computer. Still, if you want 270 miles of range with AWD, you're looking at $54K -- yes, you can get up to a $7500 credit, but ouch, still a really expensive option. If I had the money to spare for a car at the price point, I'd certainly be giving this a hard look, especially if you can charge at home. If you want to tour, the Tesla and its supercharger network may be the way to go for now. Mach E trumps the Y all day long, though, in the looks department!

[@jimcmf2]

What a beautiful car. Need to get me one now.

[@zachpawlak8746]

Informative video. Love the Mach E. Side note, what are the measurements on your haircut? I have been trying to get a cut like this for awhile never know what to tell the barber

[@fullyelectric]

Truly great honest review, you did well .. keep up with the great 👍 content .. Also you are 100% correct my model 3 interior quality and build quality of my previous model X and current model 3 performance is very poor, I am not a Tesla fan boy .. I spent allot of money buying a car and over the years I have been very disappointed base of the cost .. We recently traded in our previous model X for an Audi eTron and in a few weeks will be trading in my model 3 performance for the Mach E, the Mach E has much better interior quality, better seats better sound system, all the right features anyone is looking for in a premium car, The only thing I like about my model 3 performance over the Mach E is the 0-60 ..0-100 performance.. that’s about it .. the Mach E is better in every other ways that counts the most .. Tesla model Y and 3 are just very expensive sub premium cars

[@loriallen67]

Yeah. Hubs has been a Tesla fan but after speaking with friends who have them, he was very interested in test driving the Mach E. We drove the Y, the 3 and the E. The Mach E was hands down the far nicer car. No the 0-60 won’t slam your head back into the headrest like the performance 3, but it has plenty of go to get on the freeway and have a little fun. Our Mach E is on order. But the wait is long.... Ford has a winner on its hands.

[@ezekielsystems]

Hey dude, the Mach-E is not pulling market share from Tesla, its pulling it from Ford ICE cars. $5 says Tesla Model Y sells 10 x more than the Mach-E on the global market. Glad you pointed out that the Mach-E is for the "older generation". :)

[@firstnamelastname9661]

Does it have Camp mode to leave the ac or heater on with the car off ?? How long is the cargo in the back when seats are folded down ? In inches

[@echang527]

Did you reset the range calculator before starting your experience with the mach e?

[@jordanlayton5558]

Ok I couldn’t help but notice that u had ur phone plugged in but also on the wireless charger... did it charge faster??

[@BostonAutoBlog]

A few weeks prior when I had filmed the review of the Mach-E the wireless Apple CarPlay wasn’t working properly. I decided just to plug it in instead and the charging pad was just a convenient place to put my phone lol

[@abbaby555]

I still can't believe ford didn't go with a heat pump HVAC system in these cars

[@askaniuk]

Has anyone heard about a product recall for the Mach E from Ford HQ ?

[@Truegooner902]

Hi what colour is that car...👍

[@twany442]

How funny that it went on to receive Luxury EV Of The Year by Edmunds, EV Of The Year by Car and Driver, North America utility vehicle Of The Year and in the Genius Book Of World Records for its efficiency.

[@haircafekevin]

I live in Colorado and I have yet to see a single Mach E on the road.

[@loriallen67]

Where in CO? Because several reviewers live in CO and they have beef driving them all over.

[@sumatralex250]

Any electrified vehicle should have a feature that suggests a driver the location of the nearest charging spot when it's met the pre-set level.

[@loriallen67]

It does. It will show you all of the charging stations nearby or if you plug in a destination to the nav system, it will show you all of the charge stations along the whole route. Further as others have stated, his range anxiety of trying to charge the car when it still has 60% of battery is why it charged slowly. He just doesn’t know EVs. You shouldn’t be at a fast charger if you have more than 20% of battery.

[@johngord752]

I don't understand the comparisons to tesla or calling tesla some distant future car. There is nothing special about tesla's. There is nothing futuristic about them and they have lots and lots of quality/reliablity issues. I'm not a Ford guy but I would pick a Ford Mach E, with an actual dealer network and service, over tesla any day. It's designed by people who know how to design cars. You know, things with an engine, 4 wheels, and a suspension. That's still 90% of what a car is all about. Not fart apps.

[@TeslaDo_d]

LOL! I don't mind if you buy another EV or like the looks of the Mach-E better, but you really don't know much about what you get with a Tesla and neither does this reviewer. Check out sentry mode and dashcam for video evidence during insurance claims. If you have a dog, then Tesla's dog mode is a bonus. Included autopilot is an unrivaled driver assist function that is already safer than me. I have used forward and reverse summon much more than I ever thought I would within my own garage and some parking situations. And when it comes to road trips, Tesla's require the least amount of driver effort. Tesla came to my house to fix a malfunctioning button....but if you rather take time-off to visit a dealership, that's your choice. Some people pay for pretty. Some pay for features and functions. It's what makes the world go round. The Mach-E has some advantages, just not the ones that matter to me.

[@johngord752]

@@TeslaDo_d CROss cOuNTRy fSD In 2017

[@TeslaDo_d]

@@johngord752 Landing rockets on little boats in the middle of an ocean after many failed attempts...don't worry about the timing, it's who will do it first that matters.

[@AMan-he9sz]

@@TeslaDo_d Sit down fanboy. You know not from whence you speak. When your Tesla finishes crumbling around you, let me know and I'll have it ground up to line my driveway so that I can park my Mach E on it.

[@MikaelRyd]

@@AMan-he9sz that's cute ;)

[@susihormon7821]

Damn is the car huge (first seconds)...is it the optimum to safe energy? Guess not.

[@wineberryred]

The glaring problem with the Mach E was highlighted in your video where you could not charge it fast. Tesla superchargers are plentiful around the country and even in other countries. Yes, 90% of charging will happen at home but a lack of plentiful convenient fast charging on the road is a deal killer.

[@AMan-he9sz]

Nope not a deal killer at all.

[@loriallen67]

Not at all a killer. I’m not driving around in an uncomfortably minimalist overpriced car because on the 3 road trips per year it charges faster. Further, if you know EVs, you know that the slow charge rate was because he was trying to charge when the battery had more than 20% state of charge. That makes the DC charger use a slower rate. And then there is the Biden infrastructure plan which aims to add 500k charging stations which means Tesla will be left in the dark because it isn’t compatible OR all the Tesla people will be using adapters. This is a game changing car. It took 14% of the new EV sales away from Tesla in February. We drove all and ordered a Mach E. It just a nicer car.

[@cisco9027]

Great review you have me waiting for the GT. Can’t take Tesla with those constant price changes and stark interior (I MEAN MINIMALIST)10k for FSD right!.

[@dongorth9102]

Before you do a review of a loaner car reset the drive history..You dont know how the last person drove it..The car learns your driving style and adjusts to you..That's why as you drove it longer your mileage got better..

[@iNexxFear]

I have been hesitant on an EV because of multiple factors, 1 distance (unless they have an extended length model which brings the cost up) and vacationing. Unlike a fossil fuel car that starts me off around 300-400 miles and I can fill up quickly at a gas station and be on the road instead of having to wait 15-45 minutes and having to eat to go. Meanwhile I know that it does better around town\city and being able to use regenerative breaking. and then having to get a house charger, or use that portable charger and finding a place to plug it in where I'm staying... it just doesn't seem like the US infrastructure doesn't fully support it for long term traveling and ease of vacationing. So for now, I'll upgrade traditionally and hope that by the next time I'm ready it will be better. If I were to do anything now it would be HYBRID for this reason and let the car charge where needed on the go and get able to fill up quickly

[@andrerodriguez7603]

I like the Mach E as a daily driver, but one thing they have to change as the car matures. On seeing other reviews that there is a real problem with charging at Electrifying American charging infrastructure. Fords technology at charging stations compared to Tesla’s charging infrastructure ease of use, is definitely not there and will irritate drivers taking longer road trips. Also Ford with it’s vertically mounted 15” LED screen instead of being horizontal mounted was a big mistake. When The Mach E does enable full infotainment someday, the vertical screen won’t cut it. That’s why Tesla is updating the Model S, and Model X to horizontal screens, like their other cars. Also Ford can’t compete with Tesla’s technology over all. The phone remote key app doesn’t work well at this time and I doubt it ever will. Ford saying they are working on a over the air update. This interviewer keeps harping on how the interior of the car, and looks are better than the Model Y. This may be true, but the Mach E will never compete to a Tesla Model Y, because of the technology that actually works. The Model Y’s truly a refined EV over the Mach E in terms of working technology. If you want looks inside and out and an excellent daily driver, and short road trips, with decent autopilot features, than the Mustang Mach E is for you. But if you want a EV with 310 miles of range and exceptional technology that works, with a no hassle charging infrastructure. Spend a little more and get your money’s worth. A Tesla. 👍🏻

[@mattdecandia9607]

32 kw pee hr ? Um tesla 250 kw per hr and a 100 more miles range not yet ford .

[@AMan-he9sz]

Tesla lies about their range. And you charge AT HOME.

[@mattdecandia9607]

@@AMan-he9sz thank you for clearing that up after years of owning and reading up on the ev space I wish I would have realized I could got all the info I needed here . My Tesla gets the range advertised I must have a lemon I'll let them know.

[@georgeg5038]

If you remove that glorified screen from tesla ,its look like inside of east germen Trabant from 50 years ego and you call that futuristic lol

[@Vergos001]

Not enough range and too much $. Also limited charging network

[@buzzpedrotti5401]

You are spending a lot of brainpower on managing the unique demands of this vehicle. Seems more relaxing to gas up and go. It struck me that having an EV is rewarding and demanding, and in some ways is like having a first child. It is nice. It is new. It is a herd thing. It tells you what to do. It is rewarding. Life is changed. It is for the energetic.

[@noahlevy1948]

Oh lord. Button's and dials old school, seriously? City boy sounds like he's buying an iPhone - better not drop it or your screen will crack. Buttons and dials freaking work, especially with gloves. Good tools and and controls are enduring. Good luck with your poofy touch screen. Personally, I think it looks ridiculous hanging out there like a sore thumb.

[@peterpark5630]

Tesla is real deal.

[@AMan-he9sz]

The real BAD deal. Only rubes buy Tesla.

[@peterpark5630]

@@AMan-he9sz lol r u boomer? only boomers prefer dumb cars over tesla

[@stevenanderson9660]

It’s funny that you say Ford is taking market share from Tesla. According to numbers that I have seen they have sold less than a thousand cars to real people. Ford counts all vehicles delivered to dealers as sold vehicles . I’ve only seen one on the road myself. I plan on taking both for a test drive sometime this year and will keep an open mind. However I am not looking forward to dealing with some scummy salesperson.

[@AMan-he9sz]

Actually Ford has sold more than 5 thousand already - and taken orders for 100,000.

[@kingatowning]

@@AMan-he9sz Damn! So it's still less what tesla sells in a month!

[@loriallen67]

Mach E took 12-14% of the EV sales from Tesla in Feb alone. Ford hasn’t started making a ton of deliveries yet. It’s first year out. Ford is going to give Tesla a pause. Tesla has been the only game in town. There’s a new sherif and Tesla won’t own the road anymore.

[@kingatowning]

@@loriallen67 that's hilarious. There's such a queue for model 3 and y that you have to currently wait for over a month. And tesla pump's out 3k cars s day. Ford has a shit ton of catching up to do.

[@buzzpedrotti5401]

Please do not penalize or take away my ability to purchase an ICE vehicle of my choice. Have fun

[@utopia8177]

Hideous so disappointed in ford

[@AMan-he9sz]

Then you must be hating Tesla.

[@jean-yvesderick6085]

🤮🤮🤮

[@AMan-he9sz]

Yes Tesla is sickening. Drive the Ford instead.