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They called me on the phone, early on, when I posted here about app bugs. Why did they call? To ask me for my VIN and the name of my dealership. I asked them what my dealership could possibly be expected to do about bugs in their Android app and they basically hung up on me...

Careful what you wish for. As a Tesla owner since 2015 I can say that pretty much every single major update has made the screen displays and controls much worse.

Is it actually 125kW via the Tesla cable, though? The EVgo units by us are all converted Chademo units that have Tesla Chademo adapters hidden inside a metal box next to the main charger housing. The Tesla adapters are limited to 50kW and so are these units' "Tesla" cables. Also, Tesla cars...

I'm not convinced it's safe to assume "nothing catastrophic/damaging" will happen with these off-brand adapters. I had two Hansshow "80A" adapters get so full of water I think they could have shorted line-to line just as easily as the line-to ground fault that tripped the safety in my Wall...

Maybe - one of Tesla's recent updates seems to be turning up a large number of Model 3s with defective cabin cameras or wiring. It sounds like before, if they had trouble with that camera they may have just ignored it (typical Tesla, right?). Which is not to say that is what's going on with...

Then why are you complaining about how other people choose to spend their money?

Their "next generation" chargers are no more reliable than their old chargers as far as I can tell. But they've done a great job sucking up more state and federal subsidy cash to put them in. EA recently took over the New York State funded "EvolvNY" network from Shell Recharge. They have...

Did they downsize the onboard charger for 2024?

Oh, yeah, that. Maybe I shouldn't post with numb fingers from the ski lift! I think I hit the "quote" button on the wrong message!

Why? Because I used the word "negotiate" when the actual current limiting is being enforced entirely by the onboard charger? Sure, that's not exactly what happens; but, at the end of the day, in a charge session that runs at rate R for 10 minutes and 10R for the next 10 hours, our truck's...

The truck definitely does know the actual output of the charger as negotiated with the truck - look at your FordPass app - but appears to actually report it by telematics (and calculate the expected charge complete time) only once per session (again, look at your FordPass app). This results in...

Doesn't this violate the dealership's franchise agreement with @Ford Motor Company ?

Having made the same error, but in a way which made it more obvious to me what happened - I tend to agree: https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/parts-availability-for-collision-repair-fender-bender-in-lariat-er.17191/post-346937

Maybe if you plumbed it with a bypass?

That's not what's happening. The charger knows nothing about "range". Your truck limits charging amperage (and thus charging speed) as the battery fills up. With most chargers you will see peak charge rate (170kW or so) from about 30% to 60%; a considerable falling off of charge rate (again...

Is your off-brand adapter a Hansshow, by any chance? I used to own several of those (now, after Hansshow refused to provide support, the local e-waste recycler does). After one reported an error charging the Lightning after being left connected during a rainstorm, shaking it revealed it was...

That's a Wattzilla - the only two-handle 80A charger on the market. Unfortunately, it costs more like 3X what any of the few single-handle 80A options cost. On the other hand, it's basically indestructible...

I'm missing one - it was missing from the factory. I asked the foreman at the shop that repaired my truck after a recent fender-bender if he could get them, and he shook his head and said most unusually sized Ford trim and body fasteners are supplied with the associated panel and aren't...

The ones I really wonder about are the Urban Superchargers. They're 85kW with no sharing between handles - every vehicle can charge simultaneously at full rate and they're often installed in locations like mall parking lots. We shop at a grocery store in a mall that has 20 of these. You can...

Lectron and A2Z both have DCFC extension cables in their product pages. The Lectron version is available but the product page is plastered with "ONLY for use with Magic Dock!!!" warnings. The A2Z product page as no such warnings but the product is not yet shown as available.