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Thank you for removing "the Philosopher's" posts! Hopefully you can do that to his other posts as well.

Just to clarify, you shared he drove his Bolt EV from New Mexico to Colorado to buy a short range Lightning? Where did he buy his Lightning? Colorado Springs? Denver? How did he get from Colorado to Santa Fe, NM in a short range Lightning with out charging at an EA location previously...

I hear you. I have driven 5 different CCS EVs from Denver to Albuquerque many, many times so I know that stretch well. Better to be stuck in Santa Fe than in Wagon Mound, NM. That has to be one of the most remote chargers in the entire EA system. I think your friend's experience should be a...

Your friend spend two hours frustrated at the EA charger??? If he could get a Bolt EV to Colorado from New Mexico then he could easily get a Ford F-150 Lightning back home to New Mexico. If worse comes to worse, get your card out and swipe your card. Not sure why there was so much drama.

Thanks, @Monkey . I have a Lariat with the all season tires, and will check my window sticker for the right GVWR. Don't want to short myself $1k of tax credit!

Just curious, but does the state of Oklahoma have a state EV rebate? In Colorado, we have a $2,500 state EV tax credit. Do you use the truck for business purposes? Do you have a side hustle business where you use the truck? If it is a No to these two questions, then you will pay full MSRP...

I hope this happens sooner than later. I, for one, have no issues paying more for a priority reservation while on a road trip. My Lightning is my work truck, my Taycan is my road tripping car. It will charge 60kWh in 20 minutes or less, which is all I need to get to the next charging...

This should be a fun thread!! Like when someone drops a silent but deadly in a crowded room and sneaks out! And, as someone who has logged over 100,000 EV miles since 2015 I would say

Now that temps have dropped, the BTC units are working. You can look up individual chargers on Plugshare to see recent status. Electrify America has, and will continue, to say nothing. Their app is a mirage of fully functioning chargers since they sold system reliability to every EV car...

Thank you for the reply, Tom. I was wondering what version of the Ford software you were using since a few on this board who have gotten more recent updates claim the range estimator functionality has been negatively effected? And, thank you for your contributions on YouTube and on this board.

I asked that in the Youtube comments since I was curious about that as well. Hopefully, he will do do something so we see what the range hit is with the knobbier tires.

Agreed. It would have been nice to know what software version he was using, and how much climate control he was using. Tom's wife was in the car, and he was dressed comfortably, so I have to imagine they were using a decent amount of climate. Hopefully, he can share these details at some...

Sorry if this is a duplicate. But this is a must watch.

It is all about having access to cheap land, and keeping operating costs low. This is why you see a limited number of charging locations not on a Walmart or Kroger parking lot. And, they pay contractors for service since they do not want the overhead of permanent repair staff. I like your...

This does not seem to be the issue because Kyle went back the next day after the snow had stopped and the BTC chargers still would not work. He took his Audi this time and experienced the same fault. It was still below zero, so there is some component within the new BTC units that does like...

10% extra range with the bed covered up? No noticeable range difference with the bed uncovered? All a moot point if Electrify America chargers continue to be marginally reliable.

If you were an hour west of Dodge like in Garden City or closer to Ulysses, then I would be concerned. At least you could get enough charge at that stop to where you could make it up to Salina or back to Wichita if you needed. I have heard there is a 50kW charger in Reno County in Hutch...

I have used the newly installed Loveland, CO and the Anthem, AZ locations in my Taycan recently. They initiated charge quicker than the older units, so that was a pleasant surprise. I got some really great charging speeds even though there was an ID4, a Mach-E, and a red F-150 Lighting with a...

I totally agree with you on that, however there is going to be a lot of EV owner pain and frustration before we get to that state of charging. The current non-Tesla charging infrastructure cannot effciently support the current number of EV's on the road, and there are more EV's being...

@georgepearkes overall a very positive article, so thank you for taking the high road when talking about EV's compared to a lot of the other crap that is found on the internet, or Youtube. I bought my first Tesla Model S in 2015, but shifted away from Tesla in 2019 to CCS compatible...