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New road trip video ā”āļøšŖ«š With a @tesla Model Y + @Ford Lightning my peak rates expanded 3pmāmidnight at $0.60/kWh. One Powerwall... -
Cbowe posted the thread We finally got Ionna charging in the Bay Area! in Charging / Chargers / Battery / Vehicle-to-Vehicle Charging.We finally got Ionna charging in the Bay Area and itās perfect for an EV San Quentin escape š I brought my Lightning as part of the Bay...
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Cbowe replied to the thread The New Ford Universal EV Platform isnāt a Lightning replacement.I noticed that too. They are really trying to cut costs on this EV š
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Cbowe reacted to vvgogh's post in the thread The New Ford Universal EV Platform isnāt a Lightning replacement with
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Cbowe replied to the thread The New Ford Universal EV Platform isnāt a Lightning replacement.What part of ābased onā was confusing? I took their images, including the ones from their windtunnels and sketches and combined them...
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Cbowe replied to the thread The New Ford Universal EV Platform isnāt a Lightning replacement.Itās not fan art itās based on the images Ford themselves supplied during their presentation, and I had to make a thumbnail out of...
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Cbowe posted the thread The New Ford Universal EV Platform isnāt a Lightning replacement in Lightning vs..Fordās upcoming EV isnāt a Lightning replacement and isnāt chasing Tesla, itās chasing new volume. LFP + 48V + a compact electric truck...
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The story continues here : IYILO Charger Done Hubbell Reached out!
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Good that they wanted it back for a postmortem. That's what a reputable company should do.
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Cbowe posted the thread IYILO Charger Done Hubbell Reached out! in Charging / Chargers / Battery / Vehicle-to-Vehicle Charging.Closing the loop those whoāve been following along on my earlier posts about my Tesla charger issue and the Hubbell outlet failure. They...
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If you're going to look for a replacement....I'd avoid the 'carbonized'...just sayin'...might have been an omen..... Seriously, I hate...
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Gotta admit, this is the first incident with the Lightning Iāve seen or heard of for that matter. Several with Teslas but not the Lightning.
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Cbowe replied to the thread My Lightning burned to the ground.Keep us updated idk how they will figure out what happened with such a crazy fire. Never seen anything like it. Scary and glad no one...
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Cbowe reacted to Deleted member 19221's post in the thread My Lightning burned to the ground with Like.
No issues. Itās been great. We thought we hit something the pop was so loud. And we felt it under our feet. How was there no warning? I...
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Glad you guys made it out! Thatās crazy any idea what that pop may of been?
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Cbowe reacted to Deleted member 19221's post in the thread My Lightning burned to the ground with Wow.
Sadly my truck burned to the ground tonight. Felt a pop under my feet. There was a loud pop followed two smaller ones. We had barely...
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Damn , any other issues with the truck previously ? What was the build date out of curiosity?
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Cbowe replied to the thread My Lightning burned to the ground.Just spontaneously no previous issues warnings, not charging, didnāt hit anything?
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.Yeah I think Iām going to send it to Martin Meek who I do our podcast with he wanted to tear it down and check it out. He does Martin...
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One in a million failure, tear it open look for fractured contact or bar running between the wire lugg and the ground spring clip...
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Wowā¦.thatās bizarre. I take from looking at your installation that you donāt plug/unplug often, which takes fatigue failure out of the...
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A good argument for hard wiring. If you do need to plug and unplug often you will see more failures in the receptical
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.I canāt really put both the probe and plug in at the same time I donāt think it would be in the way.
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.I might open up the outlet and see what is going on inside. Iām not too sure internally what happens when the plug is pushed in to the...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.Here is a follow up testing the Hubbell outlet check out how strange this failure was š Iāve Never Seen a Hubbell NEMA 14-50 Fail Like...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.Iām going to take some meter readings tomorrow and see what I get. Iām at work now but Iāve had some folks curious about that so Iāll...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.Definitely never checked the torque of the lugs š¬
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Cbowe replied to the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed!.The thumbnail is just a thumbnail there also werenāt any lightning bolts coming from it either lol š it was actually bizarrely normal...
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Cbowe posted the thread Shocked My Hubbell 14-50 Failed! in Charging / Chargers / Battery / Vehicle-to-Vehicle Charging.I knew betterā¦ and yet ā¦. š ā” After 4 years of EV charging, my setup finally failed. If youāre using a NEMA 14-50, youāll want to see...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.People have V4 dispensers but the actual power cabinets were still the V3s and could only do 250kW per post the actual V4 cabinets where...
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Cbowe reacted to Scorpio3d's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
Are yāall just getting V4ās now or just the superfast version? I posted a pics over a year ago?? January 4, 2025!
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.That was just went the Superchargers were empty finally. Because they load share across all the vehicles plugged in, if we wanted to...
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Cbowe reacted to astrand1's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
What happens at midnight charge wise thatās different than any other time?
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.That would be amazing for sure!
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.Are you thinking because everything will be NACS or because chargers will be everywhere or both?
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.This is so next level man! Thatās awesome š³
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Cbowe reacted to K6CCC's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
It's getting there...
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Cbowe reacted to DavidS's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
Iām hoping for the day this all becomes unnecessary.
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Cbowe reacted to K6CCC's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
Me too. Prior to my October trip (detailed in this thread...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.Itās tough when there is only 8 at a v3 I do get anxious hoping I wonāt block anyone. When I roadtrip I try to target the big sites if...
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Cbowe reacted to K6CCC's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
The V4 pedestals are nice with the longer cable. Unfortunately we can't benefit from the higher charge rate. Maybe I've just been...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas.Yeah that part is amazing!
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Cbowe reacted to Heliian's post in the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas with Like.
The cable actually reaches! I used one on Friday night, Parry Sound, Ontario. AND... it's in a mall parking lot with food options and...
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Cbowe posted the thread Lightning Charging Test at First True V4 Tesla Supercharger Open to Non-Teslas in Charging / Chargers / Battery / Vehicle-to-Vehicle Charging.We took a Ford Lightning and Chevy Silverado EV to the first true Tesla V4 Supercharger open to non-Teslas, then met up with Tom...
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Cbowe replied to the thread Fordās Future Role in Affordable EVs.Totally agree seems itās one extreme or the other. Super exciting or a huge let down
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Cbowe replied to the thread Fordās Future Role in Affordable EVs.Yeah thatās the one !
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Interesting, thanks.
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Cbowe replied to the thread Fordās Future Role in Affordable EVs.Current thoughts from most is a type of carbon nano tube that uses a screen printing type of manufacturing. Check out the video from...
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I put together a video on why EVs have to get more affordable, and what Fordās new 27 platform could mean longterm. At 6:30, Iām at...
