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2023 EQE 500 SUV electric and 2024 Jaguar F-PACE SVR 5.0L
You got lucky! The closest EA station to me is 30 minutes away and I've been waiting a YEAR for them to fix it. I wouldn't even waste my time trying to go to an EA station around here without checking PlugShare first:
For the range in MN winter, The Dealer charge up to 80% at the delivery 12 days ago with 63 miles on the meter ( I took a test drive before that). Last night, 401 miles on the meter. I did not monitor by kW usage, but by percentage I estimated about 340 miles utilizing 120% to 130% with an average temps of 35 degrees. Therefore, just shy of 290 miles/100% charge in the mild winter. In the middle of MN winter, my experiences with the EQS loaners were about 260 or 270 when temps dropped to 20 below per 100% charged. If I keep it charged to 80%, I will monitor the range in the next few days and will see what the actual range with the temps average 40s-50s. I will make a log book on my Excel to keep track this.
2023 EQE 500 SUV electric and 2024 Jaguar F-PACE SVR 5.0L
Was watching an Out of Spec video where they're towing with EV trucks and Silverado's display is just SO MUCH better than all the unnecessarily convoluted crapolla most EVs show you. Power consumption and genreation number is right there in front of your face. No dividing 1000 by the MB number to figure out mipkwh or any nonsense like that. It's just so refreshing when someone with a brain (accidentally) gets put in charge of the show. *sigh*
Thanks Crito, not bad for me, the EA here is about 12 miles from my work and 25 miles from my house; I was frustrated and wanted to find out if the Dealer's setup OK for EAs, so I will be more confident to make a long distance trips yet. I will try to charge at this EA location 1 or 2 more time to get this procedure down to the science of MB setups. Level 2 charges are available all around my work even some free charges; level 2 charges are average about 6.6 kW/hr, therefore, 2 or 3 hours plugins here and there is good enough for my daily commuting. I will try some level 2 Chargepoints around my work/home to see how they are working within MB 30 minutes FREE!!! Everything are so new to me... In the last 12 days, I felt like I was a Johny#5 in the movie... inputs, inputs, more inputs... LOL
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Update 4/4/24, back to the same EA charging station today, 2nd time: Use MBUX GPS to direct back to the same EA (of course, I know where to go). When arrived there, MBUX notified to plug the charger to the SUV, followed that instruction and pluged it in without selecting station #, and handshaked and automatically charging. WOW, It recognized my SUV automatically. Hopefully, this is the way to do it from now on and it's so simplified charging process. Happy camper. 518 miles on the meter so far.
Last edited by phillip04S430; 04-04-2024 at 06:47 PM.
Reason: typos
Update 4/4/24, back to the same EA charging station today, 2nd time: Use MBUX GPS to direct back to the same EA (of course, I know where to go). When arrived there, MBUX notified to plug the charger to the SUV, followed that instruction and pluged it in without selecting station #, and handshaked and automatically charging. WOW, It recognized my SUV automatically. Hopefully, this is the way to do it from now on and it's so simplified charging process. Happy camper. 518 miles on the meter so far.
I have 2 EA chargers within 30 minutes of me. Typically I just enter one into navigation and pull up to an unused charger and plug in. It used to recognize my car 98% of the time. Lately I’ve had to get out the Mercedes me app and select the charger for the handshake to occur.
Solved Finally, Got it charged at Electrify America Stations. I watched some instruction clips from some youtubers and realized what I did wrong as I was approaching EA and parked the car, turn it off, look at the station instructions: 1. plug the cable to my SUV, 2. pay selection, 3. charger initializes and connecting to the car. But, actually, this is the correct MBUX setups: 1. Navigate by GPS to selected EA Stations, 2. approaching and back it up an available charge station #, 3. recognize station #, 4. MBUX screen show all station #s and the infos of EA, 5. swipe to select station # you are about to charge and select it, 6. get out and plug the cable to SUV, 7. wait for connecting and bingo... charging. While it's getting charged, you monitor the time and percentage is charging 'cause only first 30 minutes are FREE. When I got there, my SUV was showing 31% and set up to 80%, 26 minutes later 80% filled and MBUX automatically stop the charge. I got out and unplugged and close the lid. I looked at the station report that $0.00 and 26 minutes fast. I am very happy camper now knowingly that the dealer setup OK. Thanks all members helping and so far 400 miles with slow level 1 at home and level 2 at the Shopping Mall. I will install MB box level 2 on the wall soon when the weather warmer. ? Inside or outside the garage? Pro and con either way? TIA
Thank you for the info bc I had same
problem last week with our new EQS charging at ES for first time and had to pay!
would you mind copying and pasting links to the YouTube clips you watched pls? Thanks!
04-01-2024, 12:45 PM
