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also worth adding that some recent research is showing that hard acceleration is actually good for battery longevity (also the opposite of ICE)!

Reducing power output in the snow is easy - just drive around with a cold-soaked, mostly depleted battery! In all seriousness I like a bit of regen in slippery conditions as it "feels" like downshifting in a manual transmission vehicle - scrubbing speed without disrupting weight/balance like...

Yep - as originally delivered, if you are in the right lane, the software biases left, and if you are in the left lane, it biases right. Basically the opposite of what a driver naturally does, giving a little extra space to vehicles in the adjacent lane. The updates being discussed here do solve...

I think this happened to me too - dealer had to do "8 hours of updates" to apply those TSB items and then bluecruise seems way more solid and doesn't disconnect where it used to. Cool!

Has anyone compiled a pricing comparison of the various ADAS level 2+ (handsfree) systems? I wasn't aware (until this thread) that SuperCruise was 25$ a month. BMW's system seems built into the cost of the option. Jeep has one and it doesn't look like it's a subscription. Just trying to figure...

With many PHEVs reaching 30 miles of range I think there is a real story to bridging the gap to EVs. In my family, the vast majority of days we are an EV-only operation (BMW X5 PHEV easily covering daily commutes and errands on electric only). If we are doing a trip within a 100 mile radius, we...

thanks - must have missed that approach. Would also work if the "auto" 1,2,3 phase button cycled thru a zero/off setting (like the heated / cooled seats)

I would vote for just an "climate off" button. There are times where I get in, start the truck, and the AC (or heat) starts blasting. I might be on a call or something, or it's just nice out and I want to roll with the windows down. Super annoying to have to hit the fan button, then spin the...

It's tough to even understand why/how a "software update" would require such a substantial power draw. 40 amps? Aren't most of these "modules" pretty just getting a ROM flash & boot cycle? Regardless, seems like amateur hours yet again from Ford to not foresee this issue when the vehicle was...

As I read this thread, I bet what happened is that somewhere in the software stack, 06/04/2024 was interpreted as 04/06/2024 and triggered the warning. Darn date formats!

Got this warning when turning on the truck yesterday. Doesn't seem to have affected anything. Would be nice to have some sort of communication as to why / how to fix / etc. Seems like Mach-E folks got hit with this too...

Exactly the same boat here. I'm not even sure its ever coming out of the box, because it's more convenient to be able to charge non-CCS cars in either garage bay (e.g. I'll probably just install another cheap 40a L2 when I do the generator inlet).

I bought an J1772 extension cable for this reason - not just at home but at the 3-4 other home L2 chargers I often find myself at (both my parents and my in-laws have them). Rather than re-arranging cars in the driveway, I just extend their L2 charger's distance and life is easier. I use it at...

Plug in your variables here ... should be doable https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/car-jump-distance

didn't even have the chance - when I went back to try again today it popped up. So weird.

Anyone else had this happen? I was trying to reconfigure wifi and can't get the keyboard to appear. Tried tapping everywhere, manipulating volume, switching dark mode / light mode. Nothing will get it to pop up. Same story on other screens like the bluetooth vehicle name. I'm on 6.8.0. Any...

My wife's BMW's (X5 PHEV) charge port door is maybe 25% less flimsy than the Lightning, and has a similar "feel" - where you are kinda unsure if you've engaged the latch or not. However, a few months back I had a brain fart and forgot to close the port door on her car and backed out of the...

I think if the EPA just published a "city/highway" range for EVs a lot of the "surprise" ownership stories and sensational news articles would go away. The Lighting is a 320 city / 235 highway truck and should have been sold/advertised as such. Yes the cold makes it even worse, but initial...

I'm a dev and have a ton of native app experience. I would say Ford Pass is a D- in terms of professional apps you would expect from a company as big as Ford. There are so many things wrong with it I wouldn't even know where to begin. My favorite is the banner for remote start in progress...

I disagree quite a bit. There are plenty of systems out there (built by companies with way less resources than Ford) that compose a vastly larger "number of modules", written in different languages, deployed on different platforms, etc - and as a cohesive system do not nearly have the number of...