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Purchased a Mache E back in March. Her's my experience overall.

1.) I've rarely required a 240V install at my house. I have a 120V plug in my garage and I plug into that daily. That will, on average, get me about 70 km every night, which is usually enough to get me through the next day (ie. I dont normally require more than 70km per day of driving.

2.) There are some weeks when I do a lot of driving with the kids and their sports. During these weeks, I usually wind up with a daily deficit (ie. the amount I charge is less than my driving needs). I have a 240V charger at my office that I plug into once per week during these weeks for about 3-4 hours. This cost $1/hour.

3.)Overall power bill has went up by about $60/mth.

4.) I looked into installing a 240V in my garage. Two quotes came in around 6K. 6K! Yeah...no. That a lot of $1 charges...not worth it for me.

5.) The concern around EV charging on long road trips was a total fabrication in my mind. I intended to buy this car for city use only. I openly told people that I wouldnt drive on long trips with it due to lack of charging infrastructure. Total newb and ignorant analysis on my end. I've drove to Edmonton, Osoyoos, Seattle, Oregon Coast, Portland and now Spokane. Never a problem and in most cases have received free charging down in the states. Total non-issue. Not sure why I said stuff like that.

6.) the vehicle I was driving was an F-150 before. I was paying around $400-$500/mth in fuel. So, in MY case, the fuel savings alone helped justify the cost of the Mache E. Having said that, any car purchase would help justify the purchase when looking at fuel costs of the F150.

7.) I've definitely had to stop more often on long road trips to charge up. Its not as bad as I thought it would be, but it is certainly more often. The magic number I think would be around that 750 to 800 km range....if there were more EV's with that sort of range, long distance trips would be a total non-factor.

8.) FORD needs to stop changing their EV app. It worked great before and I really liked the trip planner that they had....its gone now. So I'm forced to plan trips using 3rd party apps...which I dont really like as good as the old FORD app.

That's all I can think of. Some good. some bad. But overall, a good experience and would purchase another EV as a second vehicle if I could find one with a longer range battery than the Mach E at a somewhat affordable price.