A friend of mine has had a Ford Explorer Premium with Driver Assist pack for almost 3 months and driven about 2200 miles. On a recent 285 mile mostly motorway round trip it averaged 3.2 miles per kWh giving a real world range of 246 miles (with the A/C and heating on at 22 degrees C). It’s their 2nd EV (Previously had a BMW i3S) and they think it is an all round excellent car.
They really like the head-up display and having now got used to it, find the Adaptive Cruise Control with Lane Assist really useful for taking the stress out of long journeys as the car almost drives itself!! They also find the speed limit warning very unobtrusive as there is just a subtle friendly occasional tone.
To answer @Socket’s question on the boot, it partly depends upon the position of the Driver & Passenger seats, however as an approximation it’s about 170cm or 67 inches from the tailgate to the backs of the front seats based on the driving position of a 5’11” driver.
Although the base AP is higher than the base AP for the Enyaq, if one was to specify the same level of equipment in both cars the Enyaq would be way more expensive with non refundable options should anything happen to the car during the lease.
They did test drive many EVs before choosing the Explorer, including; Tesla Model Y, Hyundai Ionic 5, Kia Niro, Toyota BZ4X, Volvo Ex30 & Ex40, VW ID3 & ID4 amongst others….
I’m happy to ask them any other questions if you have any.
