FORD MOBILE CHARGER SOFTWARE UPDATE?

[Mach Turtle]

Picked the truck up today. The dealer replaced the charger cable. I was watching the charge rate remotely after the cable was replaced and it charged at a consistent 6.5kw.

Emporia charger is still in my cart.

From your vehicle choice, it appears that you're (1) not made of money and (2) value conscious. Respect to that. I'll add $0.02 worth of vote in favor of the Emporía EVSE and add that the online deal sites seem to have some coupons that have worked for many people.

I've been using an Emporía charger for almost 3 years now. Trouble free? Not perfectly so. Every now and then, I plug it into my wife's Mach-E and it just sits there. I think I can hear it saying, "Yeah, so what??" So I grab a phone, get on the app, select the charger, and push the button to tell it to start, and there's no trouble after that. The other 95+% of the time, it just works. Never a hint of overheating, no loss of charging speed, it charges at the rate requested, etc.

A possible concern is that unlike some chargers (Grizzl-E, Wallbox, ...) the Emporía requires a net connection to the company to be controlled. If the company ever pulls a Juicebox, it won't be good for owners. I've seen no evidence that this is likely to happen, though. If you're into home integration, the lack of OCPP support (as far as I know) might be problematic.

There are imperfections with every such device, but the consensus of this group seems to be that the unit in your cart would be a good choice, especially if/when you can get it for a discount.

Edit: Non-disclaimer -- I have no relationship with Emporía except being a mostly satisfied customer.

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