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Likely the prying made a short circuit. If it's anything like EV battery cells. Hydrogen and a bunch of lightweight hydrocarbons are let off in the jetstream of vented gas. Thermal runaway of a Li battery is pretty much an all-in chain-reaction as I understand it. I've been reading a lot of...

@PJnc284 @GoodSam Thank you both for the info and concerns. I'll see what I can do with both of you expressing valid concerns. My experience raised a red flag in your memory so I'll take it seriously. Looks like we have old threads on that notice...

Negative. I do not have an OBD2 dongle for that. Don't have the extra cash to shell out. Good thought to use car scanner to rule out the bad cell hypothesis. I would have expected the motor power output % to decrease if a bad cell were lowering the voltage. I'm going to have faith in Ford's...

Just adding a data point. I also just experienced an unexpected loss of battery % while driving on Mar 14th. Went from 96% SoC to about 66% SoC over the course of about a short 19 mile drive. Around a 30% decrease or 40kWh. Unexpected amount for the distance covered. Motor power was showing...

I use the J+ Booster as my primary charger. It's the only product I found that can do all the different adapter options. The adapters just take a few seconds to swap. Convenient. The feature to down rate the amps is very handy. Lets me downrate to safely charge in case the campground plug is...

I did Raptor because of I recently saw a dumb race against the two. Here's the regular F150. That's better. Doesn't change the result the Lightning saves.

I read a study a while back about factors in EV adoption. Gas greater than $4/gal was a statistically significant factor in getting people to get an EV. $4/gal is a tipping point for folks to start thinking and going for it.

FuelEconomy.gov calculation with California prices. Compared the Lightning to the Raptor and the hybrid F150. Lightning has $1,000-$2,000 per year fuel savings. Yes California has stupid high electric and gas prices. Still worth it to go with the Lightning. Graph shows the 10 year...

Common problem. Plenty of threads here for tips. My solution was to use this antibacterial surface cleaner. Poured some down all the outside air vents until it ran out the drain holes. Ventilated the inside of the cabin with windows down for 15-30 mins to evaporate the stuff. I haven't had...

That's what the 2nd Phase of NEVI was suppose to do. Focus on building out level 2 charging.

I do agree with you. The takeaway is there were systematic costs built into the traditional supply chain. The UEV platform announcement video, I think, does show Ford has learned. The simplification of the engineering, manufacturing, production. Ford piloted building an EV on tradition. That...

Overall very positive review. Great truck. Range and battery for towing holding it back. CarGuru liked the Lightning more than the Sierra EV truck.

That wasn't me. As someone with a camper on the Lightning. Stats are: Efficiency: ~1.4mi/kWh. ~1.1mi/kWh climbing a mountain on the highway. ~1.7mi/kWh city driving. Range: ~160ish miles. Charging stops are about 100-140 miles on road trips. Avg around 120miles 90%-80% down to 20ish%. Tires...

Thank you for point this out. I just looked up the waitlist. End of 2021 Cybertruck had 1.2million reported on the waitlist. End of 2021 the Lightning waitlist had 200,000. Big difference trying to compete with those waitlist numbers. For context in Dec 2021 the hype was real...

Here's some interviews and news clips of Linda, including from @Aminorjourney .