Recent content by Timeless Epoch

For the first time in the history of having my lightning, PPO showed up a few minutes ago on the Ford app.

I’d love to see much more aerodynamic consideration in the RV world, but lightship can keep their $150-200K solution.

24 Platinum here and on EAP. Never had PPOB show up on my Ford App (iOS 26.3 Ford 6.3)

Is this serious?

Run your truck to under 50% SOC, navigate via the onboard map to a DCFC (so it preconditions), and see if you get close to 500 amps or 180KW of charging. If you do, you are golden.

Bravo sir.

I don't know what was in his head, only what he posted. There will be scenarios where the gas engine is not only the primary source of locomotion, but charging the battery. So to say the genset is not connected to the drivetrain and is "solely a generator to charge the battery", is...

Sure it is. It is electrically coupled. It’s not like you’ll deplete the battery and the truck comes to a stop.

Hey @Ford Motor Company (Brian specifically), I wanted to say I appreciate your telling us the news upfront. I am sure you donned your asbestos undies prior to posting this update, knowing it was not going to go over well with Lightning owners. One of the best decisions Ford has made recently...

Ford already stated it would be about 1 second slower in the 0-60. That math would say, assuming a similar curb weight, of about 460HP. So 120HP less. That would also make sense, because you would want the ICE part of your EREV to put out close to the EV part of your EREV so that you don't...

In BEV mode, probably. Once the battery is depleted, maybe equal to ICE, probably worse. One, its an inefficient path to move energy (chemical>mechanical>electrical>rectify AC to DC>convert DC to multiphase AC>electrical back to mechanical). Two, one would imagine that the genset would use its...

Hmm, interesting. I sort of see where Ford is coming from. The Lightning, guess we’ll have to call it the Lightning BEV now, is not a great long haul tow rig. But it is excellent at everything else. I don’t think the EREV is going to go the way most (customers and Ford) think it is going to...

We had our first heavy snow yesterday. I packed up the wife and puppy to go see some Christmas lights in the snow. Here are a few things I found that help. 1) Its important to not only clear your windows, but also the hood on our lightnings. I found this a few weeks ago and it makes quick...

I have to park my truck outside. A few weeks ago bought this for snow removal on my truck. Wish I found this years ago. Makes quick work of the windows and hood and the corners work well for pulling snow out of the cowl. [unaffiliated Amazon link] https://a.co/d/8vJxuc4

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