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I don't have the energy to write up the full report, so here's a summary of our 2-week trip for Thanksgiving: General Trip path: Northern AZ to LA Valley LA to Ventura Ventura to Redding Redding to Vancouver Vancouver/Portland to Lathrop Lathrop to Northern Arizona Total distance was 3,323...

I don't usually stop in Winslow to charge since it's too close to our starting point or destination to be worthwhile. Today, on the way home from Albuquerque, we needed a quick restroom break. The new Android Auto was navigating us to the Flying J for no good reason, but we decided to stop...

Saw this bus being driven from the manufacturer plant in the California Bay Area to Maryland's Montgomery County...stopped at the Barstow EA charging station. I didn't get a chance to talk to the driver--she was being harassed by the mall cop complaining about the location of the chargers by...

I was in Berlin last week and saw this pulling into a parking space. It's a German-distributed, Chinese-made all-electric pickup about the size of the Toyota Tacoma. Battery is an 89 kWh LFP. Cost is high at 65,000 Euros (~$72k), especially for the capabilities. That said, I would love to see...

We just got back from an 850 miles round trip camping trip. Started in Northern AZ and went to Bandelier National Monument in Northern NM. It's about 425 miles each way. The truck performed perfectly. We left home with 100% charge. Set the BC for 73 moh. We needed a restroom and leg stretch...

We finally took the Lightning camping! It was fantastic! I first installed a couple of 100 W solar panels on the rack so we could recharge our 1.4 kWh battery that would power the ICECO 60L fridge/freezer, which fits neatly under the tonneau cover. Packed up everything we thought we would...

I need to get into the habit of checking my charge ports and the charge plugs before plugging in. What's the worst you've seen? I unplugged the FCSP from the Lightning yesterday and noticed this. Gotta watch for bugs. A few weeks ago, I happened to check a NACS plug before plugging it into...

I've been wanting this for a while now, but I'm having my Lightning's Power Station Pro EVSE installed next week. I won't be able to justify the $2250-$2500 expense of this any time soon. Also, hilariously, the spec sheet says it can't operate at my altitude...

We hit a tumbling weed (not a tumbleweed) between Phoenix and Tucson a few weeks ago. I looked behind the truck after hitting it and most of the weed did not go flying in a mess as they usually do with my ICE trucks. Hmm... I thought. Yep. The Lightning has a trash trap when on the freeway with...

I received my @A2ZEV NACS adapter the day we headed across the southwest for the eclipse (5 April). Since we were taking our ICE truck, we loaned the adapter to a buddy of mine who was taking their Rivian R1S. They had zero issues with charging at a bunch of chargers on their way from Arizona to...

For the first time since November, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again. The probe and its twin, Voyager 2, are the only spacecraft to...

We got our 2023 Carbonized Gray Lariat delivered to us on 12 April 2024. The dealer sent one of their rookie salespeople up the mountain from the Phoenix valley to drop off the Lightning and pick up our Tacoma. With the 2022 Mustang CA Rte-1, we are now an all-EV household. That is if you don't...

I'm curious if anyone has played with enabling the Upfitter Camper Mode configuration in the BCM (726-87-02)? I wonder if it's a way to turn on some kind of continuous power mode for running a camper (in-bed or trailer)? I cannot find any documentation online. It's not mentioned in the upfitter...

Knowing and experience the size of the ER battery are two different things! I had put the Mustang on the (ChargePoint 48A actual, 60A circuit) charger last night because I like DW's car to be at the SoC it should be at. I figured the Lightning was fine with 85%. This morning we decided to run...

We got a too-good-to-pass up deal on a 2023 Lightning Lariat and decent trade value on our Tacoma, so we're now an all-electric household with a Mustang and a Lightning. The Mustang is a 2022 and has ~36,000 miles of mostly road tripping. I've never been a Ford person before now, but they made...