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Yesterday we ordered a Lighting. Correction, my wife ordered it, I looked around at vehicles on the lot. She is the one who wants it, and i despise salesmen and business office people.

Over the years I did have some Volvos, when I sold them all I had 3 of them, also KW, and WS. All truck brands have good and bad things about them, Volvo are just as good as the rest. If I was going to go buy a new truck today, there is a decent chance it would be a Volvo. A customer who I...

Update: Spending 3 days with the Demo was interesting, and we learned a lot. I was always a bit more skeptical than my wife, who really wanted me to look at it, a lot more than I would have without her encouragement. From the moment of my mentioning shopping for a new truck, to replace my 11...

Thanks. 99.9% of our boating is fresh water, haven't taken our boats to the ocean in 6 years, and that was the boat before this new one.

Thanks to all of you for your input. And thanks Rick for this, I am all but certain that up to the bumper is deep enough. I saw discussion of unplugging the trailer, which is something that I have always done, and continue to do. Out of curiosity about how well it tows, we hooked up our...

At most launches I put my rear tires in 20%-40%, but have had to occasionally back in till about 70% is under water. I change the rear diff oil in my ram every 2nd year, approximately 30,000 to 40,000 kms, and never had water contamination in it. The lightning doesn't have a diff, so that...

Any issues with boat launches, being electric motors back there, as sometimes, especially shallow ramps, I have to back in reasonably far. My current vehicle is a Ram 1500, and I have had to occasionally back in until about 70% of the rear tires are in the water. Is that doable without any...

Thanks. The more I read, talk to people, it seems like 120 volts meets our needs. Also happy wife, happy life.

Thanks. The good thing is that it will spend most of its life inside the garage, which we always keep above freezing temperatures. If needed, we can always turn the heat up a bit more as well if we find it doesn't like being as cold as it does get in there. About the coldest it ever gets in the...

Thank you for this, and 0.84% per hour is more than enough for our regular needs. On trips, we will use charge stations. A typical week without extra trips we drive 120 to 130 kms, which is approximately 73 to 80 miles, or a small part of the ER battery, which for me would be a must, not the...

Yes, I always thought if we really need to we can park in the big shop and plug it into 240. Daily it will be in the small garage on 120. 1% an hour is way more than we need for charging. 0.5% per hour would be more than enough. Considering that in a typical week will use about 25% to 35% of...

Wife has arranged for a demo truck next week for 24 hours. She wants one, so wants to see how well it does being plugged into 120 in our garage over night.

When we began talking about getting a lightning probably 4 months ago now, I had an electrician I know come look, and his comment was that to add a charger to the house, we would have to lose something else, perhaps our hot tub was his suggestion. The wife and I laughed so hard, because the hot...

Great information, thanks very much. Also yes a long trip at -40 isn't likely, but I like to plan for worst case scenario. Probably wouldn't buy another GM product, had 2, and they were both terrible. We just spent 5 days at our lake cabin, where if we drove an EV it would be parked...

Thanks everyone. My concern about the slim creek charger is it being the only 1, it not working if i need it. Down in the bowl it seems to be several degrees warmer than where i live west of PG off hwy 16 towards Vanderhoof. My daughter lives on the other side of McBride, about 10 kms towards...

Thanks for your input. Maybe an ev isn't for me. Which is why I joined this forum, to get an education in ev workings, instead of just buying one. If I don't go ev, it would likely be a Ram diesel. Honestly I am a bit surprised that some feel at home charging is the only answer though, with...

Our daughter who lives in Mcbride, the 260 km regular trip we make, just 10 kms away in town, are charging stations. We can easily go there and charge it during our trip, and top off there before we head home to. While its rare for the temps to be -40 while we are there, it has been in the past.

Good to know thanks. We could leave it at home plugged into 120, and have friends drive us to and from the airport if we had to, or even take a taxi. Great input, thanks. I know last year my ram 1500 sat out there for a month, and when we got home it was -37 C, and while it started, it wasn't...

The garage attached to the house is I'll guess about 14' wide and 22' long, and just 8' tall ceilings. My Ram 1500 just barely fits in the door. My truck shop is 40' wide, and 100' long, and 18 foot tall ceilings. It actually has 2 Blaze king wood stoves, but I usually only light 1, whichever is...

Thank you very much! In the garage where my pickup is parked, there is only two outlets, 120 volts. In my big work shop, i do have 240 volt outlets, and could unplug my air compressor, welder/plasma cufter, i already have to switch that plug between my welder and plasma cutter. If memory serves...