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I find the Silverado RST to wander a bit more under hard acceleration. However, this might be due as much to the rear steering as to the construction method. The Silverado handled like crap on a minor axle-cross situation on a minor dirt road near Moab. The air suspension also got confused and...

I think the point isn’t that they needed to replace what was working well. If Ford had simply created an HD version with a larger battery option (say an F-250 Lightning with a ~200 kWh battery), while keeping the F-150 version of the Lightning, they would have stepped up their game. Instead...

The main takeaway from this 4700 mile road trip? The Lightning would have been a better truck to do this trip with. The range benefits just weren’t strong enough to overcome the comfort, storage, and other benefits of the Lightning. The rear seats in the Silverado fold forward instead of...

I know some people who “need” the range of the Silverado Max Range trucks, mostly people who tow long distances. But for most people who use their trucks like most people use trucks, the Lightning a fantastic truck.

Totally. I think we’re in complete agreement. The sad thing is my 2024 Silverado doesn’t have its 800 Volt charging enabled, so I still only get 400V charging. But the Silverado sees >100 kW above 80% through to 95%. That has been nice to recover from the much larger battery. I’ll be...

With the charging station in Kayenta, there’s almost nowhere we couldn’t go in the Lightning that we’ve typically gone in a gassy truck. The only Silverado-enabling trip we think exists anymore is to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. There are no DCFCs between home and there and it’s a 410 mile...

I don’t have time for a full report, but I’ll post something and maybe update later. We took the Silverado on a 4700 mile trip from northern Arizona to Banff National Park in Alberta, CA, with a short drive up to Jasper, AB. Then we went to Seattle and down to Crater lake before making our way...

Preview for when I get time to write it up... This was our third long road trip in the Silverado and we miss the Lightning.

To be clear: The Silverado is a good truck. It’s just not as good a truck as the Lightning was given the way I use the truck. The only benefit is longer towing distance. I still stop at the same locations when I road trip; I still need to pee, and a bigger battery in the truck doesn’t change...

After a little over a month and 3700 miles with the Silverado, here’s my current impression…. The Lightning was a more comfortable truck and better for most road trips. The Silverado is okay. Its extra range does help with towing; it’s okay for ranch work but not as good as the Lightning...

With an appropriately specced off-grid or hybrid inverter and an L2 or L1 EVSE, you can certainly charge the truck with that. You'll get about 10% charge from it after accounting for inefficiency. What's the context and configuration? I have a solar system with several similar batteries on...

We just got home from a ~1600 mile road trip from northern AZ through north-eastern AZ, to southern and eastern Utah, through the Rockies to Boulder, CO, then back through the Rockies to Durango, then the Four Corners region, back across the Navajo Nation to northern Arizona. We did it in our...

We left Durango with 88% state of charge and arrived home with 23% state of charge. That’s 65% or 133 kWh for a 320 mile drive, so about 2.4 miles/kWh. We stopped for a restroom break, but weren’t feeling especially hungry, so did not stay for a meal. And we didn’t charge. And now we’re more...

We are on a 1500 mile road trip from northern AZ to Boulder and back. We’ve been wandering our way through the Rockies on the way back to AZ. Last night, we charged to 100% overnight in Breckenridge. Then drove 320 miles through the mountains to just a bit south of Durango. The overall...

It was obvious from their first statement.