This could be a killer for me. As it is, the cheapest I can afford to get into an extended range Lightning would be roughly $60k without tax credits, and my wife and I bring in more than $100k per year. A lot of reservations will be canceled if this stands...
I live southeast of New Orleans and have driven PHEVs for years. Air conditioning has minimal effect on range in my experience. Maybe 2% at most. Heating, on the other hand, can really drag the battery down. I've found that preconditioning my car while its plugged in and using the heated seats...
I'm coming from a Volt as well. I'm actually surprised at the amount of degradation your 2011 battery has experienced. My first Volt was a 2015 that I bought new. I was able to regularly get 40+ miles from the battery from the time I bought it until I replaced it last year with a used 2017 Volt.
I know that many of us are hoping for the new $12,500 tax credit legislation to pass, but for this topic, I'm only interested in how many tax credits Ford has remaining under the current $7,500 law. I tried using google to find my answer, but the most recent data I could find was from June...
I'm certainly no electrician, and I could be wrong, but my neighbors and I have had a lot of experience with hurricane outages. Those of us running portable gas powered generators have never been able to pull the necessary starting amps for a whole house A/C. A window unit, sure, but not whole...
At first, I was a tad upset to learn that this truck would have the capability of powering a home only a couple of months after having my 22 KWh natural gas Generac installed. My electrician assures me, however, that the lightning would not be capable of powering my 4 ton AC in southeast LA...
Well it's good to know there is already a line of people waiting to get an 80A charging station. I expect I'll be able to unload it easily or perhaps even trade it for a 48A setup. Thanks!
I know I may be in a small camp here, but I plan on buying an XLT with extended range battery, but have no need for the 80A charging station. My reasons are simple:
1. I already have a 240V/24A charge station in my driveway that will handle the majority of charging for daily use (30 mile...