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No. Might have to 3D print something to prevent the buttons from being pressed, if your dogs go in the front.

Lots of entertaining answers here. Realistically though, the only thing that makes much sense in terms of weight and bulk is a generator and some jerry cans. Noisy and slow but extremely versatile and portable.

You can check prices at various locations using their website as well as the app. https://www.tesla.com/findus Deselect "Destination chargers" and "Superchargers" to leave "Superchargers open to NACS" (you need an adapter) and "Superchargers open to other EVs" (magic dock) showing. If you have...

You don't need to buy 20" wheels if you don't want to. But you do need wheels that are rated for the weight. I bought some aftermarket 18" alloys for my winter set. Fast Storm II

LOL I had an order in with them and cancelled it the day Ford announced their adapter would be free. I don't think the A2Z adapter would have arrived in time for my big road trip this spring, so it's still up in the air whether I should have stuck with the A2Z order. I haven't fast charged since...

Check the ones east of Toronto on the way to Ottawa or Montreal. Many are $0.90. With subscription that's still $0.72, still pretty high but if they are consistently fast and well located at least they'd be pleasant to use. Still impatiently waiting for my adapter here of course, as we all are...

Okay, now how about charging speed in kW? ? Not displayed anywhere in the truck. You have to sign over your soul with privacy permissions and go to the FordPass app. Or use an OBD dongle/app. That was just an example of a technical detail that Ford really really doesn't want to share. My point...

Ford is deathly afraid of giving us literally any technical info. Many (most?) of us don't even have charge% of the main battery on the console. I think they want us to go to the dealer for service every time we have any question.

CarPlay / Android Auto mostly solves the app and nav/planning issues. I don't think BlueCruise works when you're towing anyway, so you're not missing anything there.

3000 lb of battery (I'm guessing, based on the pack that's ~50% bigger than the Lightning's 1800 lb pack) places some constraints on how much additional weight you can manage, I would think.

I would argue that the *biggest* efficiency gains are realized by using a refrigeration system (compressor, condenser, orifice, evaporator) vs a resistive heater. The existence of that refrigeration system is "heat pump technology" in an automotive context. The way I read it anyway. I have a...

You keep using that term "heat pump" but I do not think it means what you think it means. All AC units, house or car, SW desert or anywhere else, are heat pumps. A heat pump is just a refrigeration compressor, as opposed to resistive heating. If used to move heat from inside to outside for...

This seems like a case study in how not to manage a supply chain.

I have 312A and the fob doesn't open the windows, at least not with any of the incantations I've tried performing. Maybe it was enabled/disabled by a software update or something. I don't pretend to understand anything Ford does with software features.

Charging speed >>> everything else, when it comes to long road trips. It doesn't matter how big the battery is, as long as it can get you to the next charger of course. Once that battery is exhausted the first time, then the ratio of driving time to charging time is purely about charging speed...

Ford software is terrible. I get those often too. Unrelated, sometimes a completely useless meaningless message on the infotainment screen on startup - "F-150 Lightning saved" or "Vehicle unblocked".

Yeah, my comment may have been a bit off topic, which I alluded to in my last paragraph. If you're not limited by the max current available on the charger, and it's still not fast enough, well, not much you can do about that. Long road trips are not really the Lightning's strong point. Comfort...

This should be stickied somewhere. The relatively low pack voltage of the Lightning is a huge huge factor. At least around where I have traveled in western Canada, it is the limiting factor. "50 kW" chargers around here are 125A max. 125A * 350V = 44 kW actual charging rate at low-ish state of...

It's interesting how going EV highlights how incredibly inefficient it is to drive a brick shaped object at highway speeds. Now that it costs time as well as just money, we really notice the inefficiency. If you were driving a more aerodynamic vehicle, that 100 kW would probably be fine. Stops...

I was under the impression that "delta", when talking about battery packs, referred to the variation in state of charge between individual cells in a pack, particularly when under load. But I agree this thread isn't particularly useful with the amount of information given.