Mastodawn

#EV drivers of the #fediverse I'm hoping you can help me out. Our family is hoping to be buying an EV in the next few months and have narrowed our options to 4 (based on paper specs, online reviews, and budget)

- Ford #MachE
- Volkswagen ID.4
- Toyota BZ
- Chevy Equinox EV

One of the things I noticed with at least two of them (the BZ and the Equinox) is that the phone app to allow you to precondition the car prior to departure requires a subscription. Do the other 2 (the MachE and the ID.4) also require a payed subscription or is it an included permanent feature?

Also I'd like to hear from owners about whether or not they would purchase their car again or if they wish they'd gone with a different one.

Thanks

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Stephen 🌈 (he/him)Mar 6

@RantingCanuck We just upgraded our MME from 2021 to 2025 so we love it. And no, preconditioning doesn’t require a subscription. However, Ford software is awful.. you get what you pay for? 😂

But we love the car despite its terrible software. 😊

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David Harrison 🇨🇦Mar 6

@firepoet @RantingCanuck Hope you don’t mind me jumping in. I’m considering an MME, but I’ve been kind of reluctant to deal with the “push button” doors. Have you found them to be a problem in practice?

What sort of software problems have you had? From videos, I can see it seems kind of laggy, but anything else?

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E. C. Bigribs

@david Chiming in here. Spouse has a Mach E, and in spite of the way I've written this, I like it alright for a car (not a car enthusiast). However, the phone app has lost connection to the car at least twice in six months. If it happens when you're at home, NBD just take the fob with you, but if you're miles from home and hoping to use your phone as a key, that can be an issue.

We haven't had a problem with the push-button doors yet. Yet.

As an added observation, something about the Mach E suspension does not cope with speed bumps well. You can take a nice, gradual 20mph bump at 15mph and the car still rocks your neck back. Not an issue for most people, but where we live we cannot go anywhere without hitting at least six of them.

@firepoet @RantingCanuck