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Low tire pressure would Increase the contact area of rubber to surface. Could make sliding LESS likely. The weight of the truck doesn't change, lower tire pressure increases contact area, reduces contact pressure. The area x the contact pressure = the weight of the truck. Higher contact...

Can the OP/Admins up-date the Thread Title - for accuracy.

I wonder about a portable battery - 'solar generator' like the bluetti or the ecoflow delta type of portable units. Say your parked for 8 hours per day and just want an L1 plug to maintain battery temperatures for you for that time. From what I have seen so far (Very limited experience so far...

Its not so much the weight of the battery as the surface area for the heat loss. With a heat pump 1kW of input can be 3kW of heating potential depending on conditions. I don't know the efficiency of the truck system, but my home Heat pump runs to -27 C (more efficient at - 15 though)

I just got in, from an hour drive at moderate speeds (not highway) and plugged in the L2 charger to the truck - this is held to a 24A current (to suit the other EV ) 240V. The truck is programmed to charge up the battery to 90% starting at 11:00 PM tonight, and the departure time is 7:20AM...

it is only as crazy as expecting to lift yourself up by pulling on your own boot laces...but if you plug into Pro-Power on a Lightning parked beside yours... :) LOL

Makes sense. and as you say, if it is cycling on and off, it must be reaching it's desired set point. For OP (@Iroc34a ) if you can find any 120-15A outlet at your work, you could maintain the battery temp with a L1 charger. In some places block heater plugs were common back in the day, but...

15A x 120 v = 1800W 1200 W is only 10Amp draw. 1000 W (ie 1kW) is 8.3 Amp x 120 v = 1,000W In any case, the truck right now is drawing "less than 1kW" per FordPass - waiting for the schedule charging at 11:00PM. maintaining battery temp (minus 18C at the moment) with less than 1200W is clearly...

If the battery is already warm from a trip, and you park and plug in a L1 cord, say while your at work for 8 hours, would it use the 1500-1800W available to maintain the battery temps to the 60F range until your next departure ?

Doing a search I got: "the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning has a built-in Wi-Fi connection through the "FordPass Connect" feature, which allows you to create a mobile hotspot using a 4G LTE connection to connect multiple devices to the internet within the vehicle; essentially, it utilizes a cellular...

Seems like a smart system - not a negative to me.

I have an energy monitor in the shop that monitors the EV charger, I notice that plugging in the Truck when I come home, the energy monitor indicates less than 1 kW going to the truck prior to the set charging time (11PM to 7AM) so just plugging in the truck, it's taking advantage of available...

I have solar and low cost ToU overnight at home, so a nice sunny day I get a "free" charge for the truck, but a cloudy day like today I charge overnight on the "Ultra low" (2.9Cents/kWh) rate which sure beats the heck out of the $140-$160 a week I used to spend at the pumps...I can see this...

It would depend on the weather where you live, and the cost of electricity. Prior to getting the Lightning, I remoted started my V8 RAM and let it run 15-20 minutes a day using gasoline that cost $4.25/gal (USD) in my neck of the woods. Now I let the truck pre-condition plugged into utility...

I have had the truck (2024 XLT) literally a few days, I think I spent about 6 hours going through all the features, settings, options, and setting up Ford Pass etc - it works nearly instantly, lock/unlock, start pre-condition does it all. Maybe just my location. I call the truck...

I was out driving around today, and saw a gas station up ahead, I instinctively looked down at my dash to see if I needed gas...gee when did I last buy gas...Wait A Minute what am I thinking !? I don't need gasoline anymore !! AND THAT IS WHEN IT HIT ME - The "Leash" has been removed and I am...

Thanks - good to know! Those CHAdeMO standard chargers seem to be few and far between, and after checking, you're right about stations that have them also have another standard on the same station to suit various EV's. My original thought was if the CHAdeMO EV cars are 'rare' then these...

Do you mean the CCS to Tesla (NACS) adapter ? The dealer has one being couriered out to me, so I can use Tesla charging network as well as CCS. I wonder about getting an adaptor to the CHAdeMO standard - seems like these are very expensive and that standard is being phased out over a period of...

I did a run to a near-by City to my area today - to try out a fast charger - make sure it works and I learn the steps for connecting - worked great !! The dealer was supposed to include the Tesla adapter with the truck, and they have it coming now so I couldn't test with a Tesla super charger...

I see some hotels have chargers with your room as a feature - I wondered if you had tried that approach to those long trips?