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Demand for EVs has been exponentially related to the price of gasoline, since before Lightning launch, and has much less to do with climate concerns. Watch what happens when gas goes north of $5.

No, you had the concept, don’t be embarrassed. We live in a world where most people don’t know a kW from a kWh.

Series for charging (400v + 400v = 800v) and parallel for driving (400v).

The “trick” is to divide the battery pack into two equal-sized 400v modules; connect them in parallel for driving (400v operating) and connect them in series for charging (800v charging). This gives the benefit of faster charging (higher kW due to lower amps) and retains the (present) economy...

I too have road-tripped my SR Lightning, with pleasure (btw, the difference between road-tripping an ER and an SR is one more charging stop in a 500mi day, and $12,000 less first-year depreciation). However, I’ve found that access to Tesla Superchargers has effectively eliminated charger...

Don’t be afraid of the A2Z adapter. I’ve used it on two road trips for flawless Tesla Supercharging. Great thermal management, gets barely warm even with 160kW going through it. Based upon initial accounts, I have the impression that the A2Z adapter is superior to the free Tesla/Ford adapter...

[sigh] An ER pack is 30% larger (a nice upgrade, but not an end to range anxiety). Most people maintain SOC between 20%-80%; if you operate your SR between 10%-90%, you have 3% more range than an ER maintained at 20%-80%, and you’ve probably saved $12k and 300lbs less mass to haul around...

How much do you want for your truck?

Tell the Supercharger nazis that you’re plugging in there because Tesla is giving Free Supercharging to Fords….

This may be a minority opinion, but I’d be for $1/kWh at EA and Tesla if it guaranteed availability of 500A (with no waiting in line) and reliability (no inoperative or derated chargers) of DCFC on a long-distance trip. L2 charging at home is the standard for economical EV operation. The price...

The cost of insurance has very little to do with the value of your truck, or something that might happen to your truck- it’s all about the cost, and risk, of liability for injuries you cause to someone else with your truck.

The cost of insurance has very little to do with the value of your truck, or something that might happen to your truck- it’s all about the cost, and risk, of liability for injuries you cause to someone else with your truck.

Those were a gift from Ford, a token gesture to make good on an early promise that was not deliverable when true production costs materialized. No more basis in reality than a $75k 200kWh Silverado EV has.

Slow charging compared to what? An 800v system with a small battery pack? Or to the vaporware Silverado EV, whose $75k base version is about as likely to make it to market as the original $39k F150 Lightning Pro? The couple of dozen Silverado EV prototypes (like the Hummer EV before them)...

Well said. However, in uncharted territory, I’m inclined to fall back on free enterprise principles. We need to disenthrall ourselves from the idea that “everyone must drive an EV”- I think that the actions inspired by an urgent-must-stop-climate-change-now agenda have done more to set back...

I think the main realities are technological more than economic. First, today’s EVs are a miserable choice for apartment dwellers (especially those who live above 40deg N latitude). Ditto, for garage-lacking urban drivers. A garage (or at least a private driveway) is needed for charging and...

DC fastcharging should be priced high enough to encourage use of Level 2 for ordinary local charging. L3 should be used for enabling long-distance driving, when it’s worth $.50-$1/kWh to have reliable access to DCFC. And if the IRA was intended to expand availability of DCFC, it should have...

Next time, tell the stink-eyes that you’re there because Tesla is giving free Supercharging to Fords!

And the space to the left, which you are blocking, can be occupied by an arriving Tesla who is able to charge as soon as you’re finished. Or, they can simply move if another space is available. Power-halving is a myth, on V3 Superchargers.

Mach-E VLOG (Youtube) recently used both the A2Z and the promo-batch Ford adapter, and actually had better luck (better “mechanical” connection to the Supercharger cable) with the A2Z. Most comments on YT are that the A2Z seems to be more substantially constructed than the Ford/Tesla. This...