I bought my first ev in 2018 a Chevy Bolt. It was cheap enough and my intention was to drive it until the wheels fell off or I had to charge it every day. Well the wheel didn't fall off but the battery recall did. Chevy bought it back and I got a Bolt EUV. I took delivery on my Lightning in...
I will probably buy it to ease the use of the super chargers. I would rather buy it from Ford but it doesn't really matter. Even if Ford eventually moves the charge port they won't be moving mine and Tesla is not changing all of the cables on their chargers. I spent 80k on a truck I will...
Hills make less of a difference than speed. When you go up you also go down. You worst economy is on the highway with the cruise control on. I also have a Chevy bolt. My daughter drives on and off the accelerator and gets much better economy than I do. Regen is your friend. Even wieght you can...
I think it would more depend on the weather. Empty on the highway at under 60 degrees I get 1.7 to 1.9 miles per kwh. At 65+ I get closer to 2.5. So to be safe with a small trailer I would take off 40%. That gets you a minimum of 88 miles from 100% with er battery. Generally I end up getting a...
A couple of times for no apparent reason the truck will display drive mode not available. It has happened while I was in sport mode but that is the only similarity. When I look at the screen it show that it is in none of the drive modes but still drives. It will not allow me to select a drive...