Blue Oval network: Can you really charge at any of the listed places?

[ryan]

I see a Toyota dealer and a few hotels near me on the Blue Oval network. Does Ford have some sort of partnership with those places where you can just show up with your Lightning and start charging? Or are they just scraping everything they see on Plugshare and putting it in their network?

Do you ask first, and politely mention to them that there is some sort of corporate agreement between their hotel/Toyota and Ford?

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[sotek2345]

Most likely it means that those chargers are not owned / controlled by the local businesses but on the evGO or EA (or similar) network.

 

[FlasherZ]

Most likely it means that those chargers are not owned / controlled by the local businesses but on the evGO or EA (or similar) network.

Correct. The charger at my Ford dealership is on the Blink network. It has its own electric meter and service, and the dealer isn't responsible for its condition or service.

 

[jefro]

Many of the charging apps will show all sorts of chargers. May or may not be a free thing to users. Some show a charger at a dealer but reports on plugshare have claims that only one brand allowed to charge. I'd get second opinion at places like plugshare and chargehub or the network that owns it.

 

[Maquis]

I see a Toyota dealer and a few hotels near me on the Blue Oval network. Does Ford have some sort of partnership with those places where you can just show up with your Lightning and start charging? Or are they just scraping everything they see on Plugshare and putting it in their network?

Do you ask first, and politely mention to them that there is some sort of corporate agreement between their hotel/Toyota and Ford?

When you view chargers in FordPass, it will show chargers that are not in the network. I’m presuming the ones you’re talking about are tagged as “In network”?

 

[rdr854]

My local Ford dealer parks vehicles in front of the charger and then made the spots next to a handicapped parking so that customer EVs can’t easily use it.

 

[RickLightning]

I see a Toyota dealer and a few hotels near me on the Blue Oval network. Does Ford have some sort of partnership with those places where you can just show up with your Lightning and start charging? Or are they just scraping everything they see on Plugshare and putting it in their network?

Do you ask first, and politely mention to them that there is some sort of corporate agreement between their hotel/Toyota and Ford?

Pay-as-you-go access to Greenlots, Electrify America, EVConnect, EVGO, Flo, Chargepoint, and SemaCharge. https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/f150-lightning/features/ev-charging/blueoval-charge-network/

Any other charger showing won't give you pay-as-you-go access, but may be free, or may require another form of payment.

Many have noted issues with chargers at some networks such as EVGO with Mach-Es. Unknown how an F-150L will charge.

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As of now, BlueOval network provides no discount. In the future, for $50 a year, it will. EA Pass+ is $4 per month, can be turned off and on at will, and pays off usually on the first trip.

 

[jefro]

I tend to use plugshare and chargehub for reports of quality and ease of use.
You really have to study the route you will be on. I took a gas truck on a route just to see the quality of the chargers. Don't trust any app. I've pulled up to EA stations that were listed as working an only one worked and EA tends to be fairly new.

 

[tls]

As of now, BlueOval network provides no discount. In the future, for $50 a year, it will. EA Pass+ is $4 per month, can be turned off and on at will, and pays off usually on the first trip.

So they made it official that you can't upgrade the BlueOval subscription to include discounted EA charging like their documentation says - even though it was possible for a few weeks?

That's too bad, because without plug-and-charge, all too many EA chargers just don't work, with card readers and app both dysfunctional. But plug-and-charge with our cars is currently charged at full price, there is no way to associate it with the monthly EA subscription.

 

[RickLightning]

They are working on it.

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