Recent content by SD39U

I’ve been driving my Lightning for about 18 months now, and one thing that I have noticed on my daily trip is that I never can achieve 2.6M/KWh. I can do 2.5, I can do 2.7, but the truck will never show 2.6. Why? Antone else notice this?

After driving around in the snow and negative temps for a while and not having any issues, I managed to rip the air dam off the front of my truck pulling in the driveway busting through the mess left by the snow plow. Do the 2024 Lightning Flash’s have the variable air dam? Do I REALLY need...

That was the challenge. Stop in Nevada or stop in Joplin. SW Missouri isn’t very populated with DCFC’s (or population either) so I had to do what I had to do. I planned it all out ahead of time.

I bought by 2024 Flash back in November of 2024, but today was the first time I took it on a longer road trip. I was heading from just west of Kansas City to Rogers, AR a distance of only 236 miles. My original plan was to stop in Joplin, MO and hit a Supercharger to top off the battery before...

Thought I’d share some real world numbers from this mornings very cold commute to the office. It was -9F this morning. Truck sat outside all night plugged in and I had the charger set for 80% charge. Departure time was 0700 and I didn’t get in to leave until I was notified it was ready. 27...

We had about 16” of snow here in outside KC where I live, and after driving in it and the subsequent days during all the cleanup I can honestly say that this truck is a beast In the snow. The extra weight of the battery and the fact that it’s mostly centered on the frame results in some amazing...

I love the frunk. Best place to store my ‘Go Bag’ and other essentials.

I love the frunk. Best place to store my ‘Go Bag’ and other essentials.

Here are the incentives I got

I just bought my 2024 Flash 2 weeks ago. $10,500 in incentives $7,500 in Fed Tax Credit 0% Ford Motor Credit Financing Plus my kids employee plan price

Like many others, I took advantage of all of the rebates and the 0% financing on the F150 Lightnings. It also helped to have a kid who works for Ford so I got to use his discount as well. This was bought to replace my ICE 2016 F150 MVP Edition which was getting up there in the miles for me. I...