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They did change things in the front: hood, bumper, fenders, under hood stuff. Now, I’m sure there’s a limit to how much they can change before it requires more major changes, but clearly they can change some things. Yeah, as a shareholder, hopefully whoever thought 50k/year has since been fired.

It's not spelled out in the original post, above, but the test was done at a constant 70mph. I definitely do better than EPA in normal driving, but at 70mph, I'm more like ~1.9 mi/kWh or so vs the EPA ~2.4 mi/kWh.

They changed the bumper, hood, fenders, and all the stuff under the hood, anyway. They probably could have made it somewhat less snub-nosed. But would the increased range (mostly at high speeds) be enough to justify the smaller frunk? Or would it look so weird it would push away more people than...

The Lightning is very un-aerodynamic. Therefore, it makes sense that it takes a bigger hit when average speeds increase, since aerodynamic drag increases exponentially with speed, not just linearly. Still it's disappointing how far off it is. It lost a notably higher percentage compared to EPA...

Interesting! I didn't get one in late 2022. Maybe me and the thread starter are the outliers, but I didn't think they were still giving these out!

I *believe* this is the adapter that Ford itself provided with some of the earliest Lightnings: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XQFN8RK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

It's also no good for people who have the EA pass to get discounted rates. Similarly, I had to turn off Plug+Charge because then I'd have to pay full price vs activating through the EA app.

They'll be happy to sell you the new "smoked" lightbar and headlights for like $5k!

Do V2s still outnumber V3s? A quick look at supercharge.info, filtering for USA only: >=150kW (v2+v3) = 1,755 locations >=250kW (v3) = 1,226 locations That would mean V2 locations would be just 529 locations vs 1,226 V3 locations. Now, maybe some of those V3 locations were originally V2...

Like you said, it's definitely use case dependent. I've driven through Tennessee and driven up and down I-75 in Georgia multiple times, and it's been fine. ER would be nice, of course, and I'm not going way off the beaten path, so that would make it worse, but just agreeing/supporting your...

My experience is very similar to @spadesaspade , but I'll add a couple comments. We've done three 1,000+ mile trips in ours and typically we have to stop every 80-120 miles to charge. Why? Because that's just how the chargers are often spaced, in my experience. Also, at normal interstate...

I adjusted the stoppers down a little bit and it still seems plenty tightly closed, but creaks less. It sounded like it was going to break something before.

Biggest risk with Supercharging is that it won't reach the port on the Lightning without taking up two stalls. Otherwise, I'd definitely rather use Superchargers, too. They just work better than "musical chairs" at EA to find one that works right. And Walmarts are "reliable" that they're there...

FWIW, I use that Lectron adapter for L1 charging almost every day, adapting a Tesla mobile connector to my Lightning. Build quality seems decent. Haven't actually used it for L2, yet, though, and I probably wouldn't try to use it for more than 40A continuous.

Has this been confirmed? It seemed like a generous interpretation of a vague comment, originally. Tesla Supercharging is going to be my go-to in some areas where CCS is straight trash (near the FL/GA line, for instance).

No one changes prices because they reduced costs: Ford, Tesla, or otherwise. They're balancing market value, production, etc. But this was necessary. Pricing was too high. $52k for Pro is very competitive, now, though. After tax credit, it's the same price as the cheapest, zero option...

Amazing! A huge increase in sales compared to Q2 '22 when the Lightning was only available for one month of that quarter!

This seems like bad news masquerading as good news since they weren’t even delivering Lightnings until the end of the 5th month of 2022, meaning there was only 1 full month in the first half of last year where they were even delivering Lightnings… yet they only tripled that one month with 6...

Yeah, this is a dumb warning. I'm not even sure what it's supposed to mean, since it seems like the full view WOULD be available if there wasn't a dumb warning in the middle of it. Maybe it's saying you can't get the "full" 360* view? (Which is obvious without the warning) Not sure, but the...

That seems optimistic.