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I am told "by the end of the year" by Ford engineering. As noted above, I remain skeptical that a software solution can solve the underlying wifi interference issue. I'm no expert but seems like a fundamental design issue and use of inappropriate technology to do the interface. We shall see, and...

My system has “worked” and ran the house for seconds to minutes, and one time operated for an hour. But simply opening the truck door, or nothing at all would cause a fault. Every time, no exception. Eventually everything failed and it won’t initiate a generator session. Ford sent the head...

It ain’t fluid level. It is power in, power out. Both inputs and outputs are simply akin to filling or draining a tank with respect to batteries. I knew that but one of Ford’s top engineering managers confirmed it, standing in my garage.

The truck does not communicate with the inverter. It communicates with the charger, which then communicates with the inverter. Everything must work, in the proper sequence and perfectly, including the inverter's handshake with the SunRun server, and the charger's handshake with both the truck...

that's plain insane. You are serving things rather than having things serve you. Run them like rented mules, replace when degraded. So much wasted time/effort when all we have in life is a limited number of heartbeats.

Technically incorrect. Ford's head of integration engineering visited my home (along with reps from SunRun) to work on issues around the bi-directional charging system (still inop). I asked and they confirmed that the HV battery is not able to "reserve" upper or lower portions - a battery is...

You would not have an EV alternative if it weren't for Tesla and Elon Musk, full stop. Credit where credit's due. I'm no Elon fanboi but the anti-Musk stuff is ridiculous.

uh, no, from person experience

Nice. I have the full height Overhead HD due to having kayaks that extend over the cab. I also have the same extendable ladder, must say it's pretty heavy, but a great piece of engineering.

Interesting - I have an all-electric 2-700-sq-ft townhome with one heat pump, was able to move every circuit over, but was required to add a soft-start device to the heat pump in Oder to reduce the max draw there. I normally only draw 1.2-1.4 except when both the heat pump (a/c in our case in...

sure, but does that capability exist in the various elements of hardware? The issue is apparently communication between the truck and the charger. The truck has bluetooth, but does the charger? It requires use of wifi to perform setup functions - initially a direct smartphone connection...

which is why I am skeptical that it can be solved with a software update - I am not very technical, but it seems that if stray wifi conflicts from non-linked nearby access points is the issue interrupting communication between the truck and the FCSP, hardware changes may also be required. Can't...

It all depended on where you were in the production lineup. My truck was an early and infamous "Project One" truck produced February 2021. All Project One trucks had issues receiving the download. Some got it done, reportedly with replacement hardware in some cases, but many simply failed...

SunRun had nothing to do with the design - everything was inhouse at Dearborn labs - SunRun is just the installer. They are as much a victim here as are owners. Ford tried valiantly because the feature was/is a real marketing differentiator, but it is way too complex. Not using the truck's...

Correct, battery size and space issues, plus I need a truck to tow stuff (boat, jet skis, utility trailer) from time to time, and two long tows when switching homes twice per year. I also have limited wall space in the garage, although in hindsight did not realize the HIS has five boxes and...

Ford believes the issues are environment-dependent. My dense neighborhood (3-story 2,800-sq-ft waterfront garage townhouses) is full of mesh networks and varying brands of router hardware, all with their own communication protocols. Ford's working theory is that overlapping device signals from...

I am in the buyback process right now (entire truck and HIS), cannot discuss much more until complete, but have found Ford to be very responsive, including flying the head of the HIS engineering program in Dearborn to my Florida home, and the head of SunRun's electrical installations from New...

See post above. There is a LOT of detail but I promised to give them space and time... With respect to the open/closed question, according to Ford's top HIS engineer, this system is not designed to be open standard or generically support bidirectional charging outside of the Ford environment...

There's apparently more to it than that - and some installations do work when isolated from nearby wifi or mesh networks. All of our trucks will require an OTA update to resolve inherent issues. Yours may work, but Ford has identified "environment" issues in communication between the truck and...

Not necessarily. I've promised to stay quiet until they complete their process, but suffice it to say that SunRun has flown their top HIS engineer to my home twice, New Jersey to Florida, and two weeks ago, the engineer leading the HIS system group from Ford Dearborn flew here. They have both...