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Yep.

It's not just EV technology. If we don't continue to invest in EVs, we'll concede all battery technology to the rest of the world; we'll concede the entire automotive industry (when the rest of the world is operating spaceships with wheels and we're still building slightly-improved Model-Ts, the...

Do you have a link for the 2025s? The main Ford site hasn't made those available yet and I'm looking to help someone get into a Lightning. Their local-ish dealers are all charging at least $10k more than they should for the 2024s.

The J1772 standard allows for 16 Amps with 120 volts on a 20A circuit, but the issue is that it's impossible to *know* you're on a 20A receptacle without requiring a NEMA 5-20 plug be built into the EVSE. Requiring a 5-20P limits accessibility to the point of being almost useless, so most EVSEs...

We did! They got our order wrong. Still, good pizza.

We find taking road trips for the journey to be far more relaxing than rushing to get somewhere. Again, if I need to be somewhere in a hurry, I fly. Just got home from a trip to DC. I didn't have the time to enjoy a drive from Arizona to DC, so I flew.

The upfitters guides have specific recommendations. https://www.fordpro.com/en-us/upfit/publications/

https://koa.com/ev/

I won't ever go back to fossil fuels for our vehicles. I can't wait to trade up from our diesel tractor to an electric one.

The list of adapters kept in our Lightning: 6-50P to 14-50R -- for connecting to welder outlets. L14-30P to 14-50R -- for charging other EVs from the Lightning 14-50P to 3x 5-20R (T-slot) -- for distributing the Lightning's 30A to 120v appliances TT-30P to 5-20R -- for charging at a 30A RV site...

I pay less while road tripping in the Lightning than I did in the Tacoma and certainly less than I would in an F-150 gas truck.

I wouldn't recommend someone with a tight schedule on a long distance trip drive at all; I'd recommend they fly. Road tripping to me is as much about the drive as it is about the destination.

Someone with a Mustang Mach-E tapped into their HV heater connection to pull about 380V at 18A (the heater is fused for 50A inside the high voltage junction box), for 6.8kW max power to a 240V inverter.

The wheels weigh 37 pounds each. https://parts.ford.com/shop/en/us/wheels-and-tires/wheel-parts/wheel-rim-85-x-20-p-nl3z1007c?pdp=y

A2Z builds very high quality adapters, have great customer service. I have both the Ford-provided and an A2Z adapter for DCFC and A2Z is better than the brand-T provided by Ford..

We had almost no issues with charging reliability or overcrowding during our road trip the week before and the week of Thanksgiving. There was a lot of traffic, but there were plenty chargers and we didn't encounter any non-functional chargers (well, one plug was down at a T charger, but there...

The EVSEs were set to a maximum amperage by the installer (or should have been) based on the circuit ampacity. There's typically a mechanical switch that allows the installer to set the maximum amperage the EVSE will pull from the grid. Sometimes it's a software setting. Based on the...

I would be happy to go into more detail if needed.

I lay out my route using Google's My Maps website (ahead of time or after--it is independent of the actual trip). I then export that to KML/KMZ and open it in Google Earth, which allows me to show the elevation profile (by right-clicking on the route). I think ABRP can also do something similar...

This last bit. With the cells rated for 2000 or so full cycles at a 1-hour discharge rate (DCFC at 130 kW) before a loss of 20% or 30% capacity, your battery has a long, long life ahead.