Top Lightning gripes or dislikes.

[sotek2345]

That's great for you! If I were driving alone I don't think I'd even be putting the heating on... But we don't all have that privilege, and it'd be great to not have to worry about that impact on range because it could be the difference that makes another charging stop.

My point wasn't about keeping it cooler, it was that even if you set the heat to high it doesn't take that much from.our huge batteries. Just run the heat to keep you and your passengers comfortable and worst case have an extra 10 minute stop. Not worth stressing over the minor loss in efficiency.

I wouldn't have wanted to spend thousands more for the truck for the few days a year it helps.

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[Pioneer74]

Not really the place for this conversation but the simple fact that will help to save EVs from government oversite in this regard is just how much more efficient they already are.

You honestly think the Government, at some point, isn't going to try to regulate efficiency out of electric vehicles?

Government is regulation and they never give up power. Today, CAFE regulates fuel mileage and Co2. When EV adoption reaches a tipping point, I guarantee they will regulate mi/kWh. It's their nature and will never secede control. Especially because we still burn a lot of fossil fuels to charge.

 

[Ostrichsak]

You honestly think the Government, at some point, isn't going to try to regulate efficiency out of electric vehicles?

Government is regulation and they never give up power. Today, CAFE regulates fuel mileage and Co2. When EV adoption reaches a tipping point, I guarantee they will regulate mi/kWh. It's their nature and will never secede control. Especially because we still burn a lot of fossil fuels to charge.

Where in my post did I say the word "never" in conjunction with my statement? In fact, I mention specifically the % of the segment that's currently EV being chief among the reasons. Most would read to mean that I'm leaving the door open for this to be something in the future.

I'm not sure why you insist in putting words in my mouth to stand up a straw man to argue over when we're saying the same thing. There's no sense arguing over the length of the timeline of something that doesn't even exist nor is it relevant to this topic.

Not everything needs to be a debate.

Regardless of what you see almost exclusively on media these days, sometimes people are allowed to simply communicate and even agree at times, y'know?

 

[Pioneer74]

Where in my post did I say the word "never" in conjunction with my statement? In fact, I mention specifically the % of the segment that's currently EV being chief among the reasons. Most would read to mean that I'm leaving the door open for this to be something in the future.

I'm not sure why you insist in putting words in my mouth to stand up a straw man to argue over when we're saying the same thing. There's no sense arguing over the length of the timeline of something that doesn't even exist nor is it relevant to this topic.

Not everything needs to be a debate.

Regardless of what you see almost exclusively on media these days, sometimes people are allowed to simply communicate and even agree at times, y'know?

Your words, not mine.

Not really the place for this conversation but the simple fact that will help to save EVs from government oversite in this regard is just how much more efficient they already are.

 

[Ostrichsak]

Your words, not mine.

My words, your perception.

The mental gymnastics here to "win" some weird debate that exists only in your own head is impressive. Go on and think whatever you want. I truly don't care.

I haven't been here long to know if you've got anything positive to contribute to the community but I haven't seen any evidence of it yet. I'm really close to just adding you to my ignore list based on your insistence on turning everything into a debate.

 

[BzzzzztZapPow]

RE: Govt Effciency Regulation - I think that road tax will come much quicker to EVs than efficiency regulation.

RE: Heat Pump/Resistive - I cannot speak with heat pumps on EVs, but I live in an area in Maryland where natural gas is unavailable for homes so it is either all electric or propane. Lived in a house with HP only.....it was great until it dropped below 20F. The best that it could do was about 58-62 degrees. It never really was warm in the winter, though. Luckily, it doesn't get that cold very often. Our house now is HP with resistive backup/assist and it is always warm regardless of the outside temperature. Seem that a combo would be best but I would imagine that there may be a cost/benefit issue for mass production.

 

[Pioneer74]

My words, your perception.

The mental gymnastics here to "win" some weird debate that exists only in your own head is impressive. Go on and think whatever you want. I truly don't care.

I haven't been here long to know if you've got anything positive to contribute to the community but I haven't seen any evidence of it yet. I'm really close to just adding you to my ignore list based on your insistence on turning everything into a debate.

Don't bother. I'll just add you to mine. Your constant whining about anything non-Tesla almost pushed me to ignore you before. But now that I see that you want to argue semantics about what you clearly wrote tells me all you're here to do it look for a fight.

 

[RickKeen]

RE: Govt Effciency Regulation - I think that road tax will come much quicker to EVs than efficiency regulation.

Some states already have a tax to help pay for roads from EVs. I know that Minnesota adds a $75 surcharge onto the annual registration to make up for the fact that EVs don't pay road taxes in fuel purchases.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/168.013#:~:text=Subd. 1m.,tax distribution fund.

 

[SmokingtheMeats]

The truck is great, I love it, but there are still a few goofy things… Top 3 gripes, which should be easily solved with a software update:

- Ability to adjust charge amperage, or optimize charge level for your intended departure time

- Option for a universal setting for max charge level to 90% as recommended by Ford. Only possible currently to set based on programmed locations. This makes no sense.

- Ability to turn on power receptacles without the truck “running”. Or, at a minimum, have a setting to allow for all the interior lights to be turned off when running power receptacles only. If you are using the truck to power things in your house during a power outage, there is no way to turn off the interior lights. The best solution I could find on You-Tube was a guy making a cardboard cutout to fill in the dash ?. Should be a simple fix here FORD!

And, a bonus gripe is (to add to the chorus) the excessively loud beeper on the frunk, that thing is annoying!

My interior lights never come on. Just the dashboard and screen. Is this normal? I didn’t see anything in the manual for it to have them turn on when I open the doors.

 

[SilverBrewer]

I have been called by Ford in the past to discus Ford Trucks. Even got paid once to provide comments (poor chrome on Lariats and twin turbo vs supercharging opinions). I don’t have gripes, I see areas for improvement.

Ditto! I buy a new 150 every two years this will be my 12th. I like some of the truck stuff coming over even if it doesn’t make any sense lol. It’ll be interesting what the next electric truck from Ford will be tho.

 

[Mike G]

I've had my truck for two months- the shifter is definitely a leftover remnant from other trucks- it makes no sense at all- I never fold it down as I've heard there are problems with that- a simple rotary knob or even the little stalk from the steering wheel like the Ioniq 5 has would be fine. Also on the Ioniq 5 I just press the power button to turn it OFF- no need to move the shifter- once it's off it is in Park.
These are minor things- mostly the truck is great and very similar to my 2026 F150 except much quicker and quieter.

Since you mentioned that I thought I'd add that on the Mach-E if you forget to put it in park before hitting the button to shut the car off...if goes into park anyway. The advantage of a rotary knob. vs. a mechanical linkage.

Hang on...somebody else just said that if I shut the truck off with the lever in D it will move to park...heading out to give that a try.

 

[Mike G]

You can just hit the power button and turn the truck off. Shifter moves itself to park.

Well ya learn something everyday...I did not know that...I'm going out right now to try that out.

 

[Mike G]

Some states already have a tax to help pay for roads from EVs. I know that Minnesota adds a $75 surcharge onto the annual registration to make up for the fact that EVs don't pay road taxes in fuel purchases.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/168.013#:~:text=Subd. 1m.,tax distribution fund.

Alabama adds $200 per EV over the normal annual tax. Cause they aren't getting any money from their gas tax from me. It's a reasonable amount to me.

 

[Mike G]

My interior lights never come on. Just the dashboard and screen. Is this normal? I didn’t see anything in the manual for it to have them turn on when I open the doors.

Mine came that way...I found a button to turn them back on...I think it was on the overhead console? Maybe? I think it had gotten turned off before shipment.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Mine came that way...I found a button to turn them back on...I think it was on the overhead console? Maybe? I think it had gotten turned off before shipment.

I had this problem too, IIRC it was the overhead console cabin lights, there are switches for driver and front passenger, tinker with them to see if it resolves your problem.

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