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Because of this chat ill be more conscientious about finding semi’s with rear mud/rock flaps as for the truck’s efficiency: the BEV world is only just now waking up to the reality of physics and frontal plane as relates to drag. It’s equally true for ICE vehicles, and nothing unique about the...

Having been through the Lightning’s first winter, some of the critiques of this system have not aged well! Ford may have tested the Lightning in cold weather, and may have found acceptable range losses, but it doesn’t mean physics cease to apply! Also the Monroe tear down of the lighting seems...

thanks for the write up. Me! Especially with an EV! For long drives I used to be a hunt-and-peck driver, but for the last several years I’ve found a meditative alternative: set the cruise control in the slow lane, and think about driving as little as possible. Not only does this method avoid...

Mine was picked up today around 11AM. We’ll see how this goes!

STILL THOUGH: while this “sequence” may be the best way to “launch” the Lightning in terms of achieving max speed ofline such as it is, it is NOT what I consider a proper launch sequence in terms of altering the vehicle’s performance for launching (eg optimizing launch traction, adjust steering...

I tend to think this will be a marketing boon for Tesla. Before I give my hypothetical below, remember first the types of relatively minor genitalia-measuring that vehicle Ads are currently based on: “we can tow [X] more pounds than competition,” etc. Now imagine this hypothetical: GM vehicle...

that the vehicle wouldn’t move doesn’t necessarily entail that the battery had zero juice could instead be software/engineering that means a remaining reserve is merely unavailable to the vehicle. From a usability perspective, that’s still consistent with “out means out”

re-read my post and tell me what prompted you to so brashly fly in with my “numbers are wrong” my post speaks in terms of stations, not stalls Tesla is committing to 3,500 fast charging STALLS, which equates to about 350 STATIONS (assuming, probably incorrectly, they use the 3,500 stalls to...

I think you’re touching on a core reason it’s a hard business: since so many BEV users will primarily “refuel” at home, there’s that much less total demand for stations. but the wide distribution of stations especially in remote portions of the country is still critical for the very small...

You’re still misreading the distinction between supercharger stalls vs supercharger stations. At least read the linked article (or reflect on its, title: “The U.S. only has 6,000 fast charging stations for EVs. Here’s where they all are”). Or, squint again at the map you provided and think...

Some context: • 3,500 superchargers refers to individual chargers, not stations • the release says some portion will be ~retrofitted chargers at existing stations • A good article on related point from MIT Tech Review today: The U.S. only has 6,000 fast charging stations for EVs. Here’s...

which article is really only a regurgitation of the original: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/17/ford-f-150-lightning-ev-issues-battery-fire.html

Interesting bit here “but Ford cannot definitively say how many more may have a faulty battery because these issues are detected through vehicle data monitoring, Gunsberg said.” interesting to also find (from the CNBC article) that my Lightning is one of only “about” 100 that are being brought...

i tend to agree at which point I follow-up wondering which companies have been making any better products for many years because when it comes to choices, it’s driven by relative metrics not absolute metrics

as I mentioned in a prior post and mentioned in the quoted post, these “reliability” rankings are built in significant part on customer surveys accordingly, all kinds of sociology drive the ultimate “ranking” put forth. For just a few examples: manufacturers with cult followings will by inertia...

a member here may be the source in this article :whistle:

Fixed it for you. And its corollary is: “the absence of a recall = a potential reliability issue of significance to either safety or the value of the vehicle the customer deserves … that the company isn’t addressing.” I think we’re in strange “violent agreement.” the point you’re attributing...

simplicity cuts (get the pun) neither way here the point was, Ford could be recalling 10,000,000 vehicles for a windshield wiper blade malfunction, while Volvo recalls 1,000 for the wheels falling off at high speeds. there is no necessary correlation between recalls and long-term vehicle...

but recalls for what? there is an inapposite conclusion that can be reached via your comment: that Ford is meticulous, paying attention, and making things right, while other manufacturers have deathtraps on the road I’m not saying I believe either way, but instead only that the fact that...

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