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Would the lightning, which is reported to be less slippery than the Rivian, be affect less by poor aerodynamics of a trailer?

Even if you won't max tow often, if the manual says 7700 max without any you are towing 8000 then you are outside the spec. It is more significant with the Sr battery. 5k without max tow is not that much. Even if the rest of the power train is the same if the specifications say 5k, then 5k it...

Off topic, but if anyone wants to know what winning looks like .... Look no further than pungoteaguedave. I mean this with respect.

I have some garage constraints. I have multiple EVs. Front left works great. Rear left sticks out and gets in the way sometimes. It has nothing to do with where the evse is located and everything to do with where the plug goes into the car. With multiple cars in a household there is often no one...

Mannequin is the dealer demo car. Mannequin build date is the date that Ford builds the dealer demo car on the production line, the same as a customer car. They are building the mannequins first to find problems with the line. Better on a dealer demo car than a customer car.

It can matter for how long and which side if there is a tight fit in a tight fitting garage. Park truck with front bumper almost touching wall then have a narrow walkway on each side. Add a cable sticking out of one side into the walkway. Now imagine that this side is the same side that you need...

If we could pull up on either side then it wouldn't be a problem. It would just be nice if we had options, particularly because the vehicle will be plugged in for much longer than a car is at a gas pump.

Let's all hope that all of the accepted orders will actually be built. I hope that they would not accept an order if they were not going to be able to build it. This is particularly concerning since the builds have not been scheduled in wave order. It would be particularly poor form to have a...

Maybe. If on average you generate more they would need to source energy from somewhere else. If you always at every minute of every day supply more than you consume then no, there would be no fossil fuel burned to support your needs.

My cars have reported it both ways. Chevy volt and bolt were miles/kWh. Volvo EV kWh/100 miles. It would be nice if we can choose how it is displayed.

Watt hours, kWh... It's just a decimal point. Yes on charge flaps both sides. One side for DC charging is ok, but level 2 on either side, or both at the same time would be great for garage /public charging situations. It is always better to not wrap the cord around the car. It is a long enough...

When did mpge start incorporating charging loss? Does the mpge change based on a 120v charging on a frigid day versus 240x48amp at 75 degrees? What I want to know is based on a given battery size how many kWh are removed from the battery for every 100 miles. Getting them back into the battery is...

Maybe they are calculating the consumption rate 48kwh/100 miles and multiplying by the entire battery capacity (not the usable capacity) otherwise it would take 154 usable to go 320 at 48kwh/100 miles. That math makes more sense for ford's published charge times. From Ford media charging from...

I had a car once that should have had different a pillars. Test drive was fine (rural roads/highway). The first time driving into a sweeping left turn at the grocery store...Oh F*ck, I can't see the space that my car is about to occupy. This necessitated shifting left and right in the driver's...

Would a 7 minute reservation window have been acceptable? I exaggerate, but Subaru having a 3 week window for next model year production would have been equivalent to Ford closing reservations after the first night (under 24 hours). That would not have been acceptable.

Hopefully these batteries arrive soon. Even if it is 2025 when they first arrive, it will have been 15ish years of lithium batteries (2008 first Tesla roadster, 2012 first model s, Nissan leaf 2010)and zero years of solid state batteries. Solid state may be the future, but it will take it a...

When it is 68 degrees where the car is charging it may not make a big difference whether it takes 10 hours to put in 14kwh (120v x 12 amp) or 2 ish hours to put in 14kwh (240x30amp). When it is 5F the 120 x12 amp may not even increase the state of charge due to battery heating. It is the other...

I'm not sure. Last time I checked our local dealer had one or two. We have a 2016 xc90T8 phev with about 6kwh usable battery and 87 hp EV drive motor. As little ng as it isn't too cold (50ish degrees) the car can be driven EV for 12-16 miles at sub 50moh speeds. I am in the Burlington VT area...

Volvo xc90 recharge extended (extended is new for second half of 2022 with a bigger battery and more EV power). PHEV with lots of power, safety, comfort. The extended has a 150hp rear end (EV on the back, turbo/supercharged 2.0 driving the front). 18 kWh battery, though I do t know how much is...

I'd like to I know when I can get mine, ordered 2/18 wave 4. I want to get a good price in my low mileage Tacoma (don't need two trucks) and I can get a sales tax credit if the sale/purchase transactions occur within 3 months of each other. If the repurchase of our Chevy bolt happened a month...