Recent content by Lomilar

In case you need a reference point: Edit: https://ford.oempartsonline.com/oem-parts/ford-tail-lamp-assembly-nl3z13404g -- was for incorrect trim. https://ford.oempartsonline.com/oem-parts/ford-tail-lamp-assembly-nl3z13404h

Having.... engaged with the content.... First: I think that EV things must fail successfully before they will possibly be allowed to succeed successfully. The EREV platform will not result in people charging their plug-in hybrid vehicles in the garage, nor standards, nor infrastructure because...

I thought the primary issue with guard rails is that that the weight of an EV is in line with the battery, which is a significantly lower center of gravity, so the battery does the skateboard thing and goes under the guardrail and takes out the supports. The weight.... doesn't help, but my...

"Here we are doing the Pike's Peak run having just finished an absolutely stellar overnight bender, having fully depleted our 55kwh battery powering a 7000 watt DJ setup for 12 hours straight... Towing a trailer carrying a Polestar One and a Mazda MX-30, so a totally normal Thursday morning...

I could see a 4cyl ecoboost to achieve better peak horsepower given a smaller footprint. That occurred to me after I wrote this. Max tow isn't ever going to be a need for 320hp supplied forever though. You can also, in extreme edge cases (start at the bottom of a mountain with zero battery)...

Pretty sure we're all just carrying the joke forward. My truck cost more than my first house!

I think everyone is way overestimating what kind of engine is required to make this work. You want an Atkinson cycle with zero turbos, something like the Duratec 4 or 6 cyl. You want an engine optimized for exactly one RPM, which it pretty much lives at. And you want somewhere between 200-320...

https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/important-update-ford-ev-roadmap-future-of-f-150-lightning-erev-next-gen-model-⛔-admin-warning-no-politics.33426/post-618051 So the above states that you need half a Miata engine (80 hp) to keep the truck running on level ground with gas at 80mph...

I gotta say, after reading a lot of people's naughty lists here, that Ford really should have spun out Model E cleanly as a separate company / brand, ala Polestar. They did themselves no favors sticking with dealerships. I wonder if GM/Hyundai/etc are having the same heartache.

Wrong: 1. Model E dealership revolt. I was helping my dealership navigate the Model E process and they were super not happy with the whole thing by the end of it. 2. Dealer Messaging. Lightning was sold as an expensive F-150 without looking at TCO. Where I live, the return on electricity...

If my Lightning cost $270k in total to produce, my depreciation curve is going to look way worse!

Almost all of these features are chemistry specific, but in lieu of hard evidence slower is better. Something that strikes me about this is that Ford in general tends to do what's good for the vehicle, not what's good for the sale. I think there's something in their culture/process that...

While that could be fine to supplement power while the battery is draining, the exercise was 80mph -- which ended up being 60kw. 28kw is about 60mph sustained. Still super cool.

Dawg I'm way ahead of you. Overcoming rolling resistance and aero requires a combined ~1600N of force, 340N of rolling resistance and 1245N of air resistance, highly dependent on altitude, humidity, etc. To figure out the energy required to counteract the force at 35.76 m/s, you need 1585N...

:crackup: I went from a Ford Fusion + Mazda 2 to a Bolt + Mazda 2, got jealous of my wife because she got to drive the EV and I learned to hate car farts once I experienced a full EV. Went to Bolt + Spark EV, then Bolt + Y, now Lightning + Y. Nothing in my house uses gas except the stove (and I...