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I have an offgrid homestead set up on 30 acres, good deep well, septic, 20 acres of forest. Bought the place in 2001, and for the longest time I "really wanted" solar, but the costs were just far too high at the time. That all changed pretty recently - 2020 I got excited when the cost of PV and...

Me either, but I expect after 8-10 years when I am ready to replace the Lightning, there will be new, better options, likely including Ford. I read Hyundai/Kia are planning to release the first solid state EV's by 2028-or so. I like to imagine the "second generation" Lightning appearing by...

CA has 40 million poeple, ND has 800 thousand? CA has some of the highest cost Electricity, but Tesla is the #1 in sales? Ford F-series includes the Lightning.

sometimes it seems like people assume a lot when they see the lighting, but at home between my wife and I we have the '24 Lightning, '23 Hybrid Escape, a 2010 Mazda Tribute (camp-mo-bile) and I also still have my 2500 Ram when needed -ie company truck generally for towing heavy long distance. No...

I continue to be surprised by how many free chargers are in the area, including a couple level 3 50kW free chargers, if I'm not in a hurry.

reply - "It will take under 4-SECONDS"

merci beaucoup!

I like the idea of 'charge while driving' - however not really interested in using a generator. I have a SR and a favourite lake that is right at my limit for the round trip from the nearest charging location. Rather than a generator, I am working on a battery pack that fits in the bed with the...

If you consider the US personal auto fleet is approx 300-million cars/Lt trucks, of those 4-million are currently EV/PHEV. New car sales are 14-15 million units per year...of those 1-2 million are EV/PHEV units. even if 100% of new passenger vehicles sold from now on were EV's - it would take 20...

Correct - there is no nation at 100% EV fleet. Even the countries with "95% of new car sales are EV's" generally gloss over the 70% of the active on the road vehicles remain ICE, and it will take a long time to fully replace ICE with EV's even with the very high EV sales in say Norway. A search...

L-NMC 9.5.5 cells supplied by SK-On used in the Lightning are rated at 240Wh/kg Sodium cells by CATL's Naxtra brand are only 175Wh/kg (other brands are even lower at 140Wh/kg) 37% heavier for the same energy content. The voltage curve for Sodium cells is very wide (4.1v down to 1.5v) while the...

Norway - often quoted for their high 95% of new car sales are now EV's - but a deeper dive shows EV's are maybe 30% of the actual cars on the road, and we all know Norway is a small population. China - often quoted for their 45% of new car sales are now EV's in a much bigger population, but...

Sad to see the Lightning sales never caught on, too bad really since the truck is a wonder of modern engineering - software could do with some work yes. I bought the truck at a great price, (same as the 5L ICE) and although badged XLT, it came with a lot of optional features like bed lighting...

The places with high gasoline prices, but low utilty electric prices are a no brainer for daily communiting and running around. Our "ultra low overnight rate" 3.9 cents is amazing deal. My last ICE (Ram2500) weighed more than the SR Lightning, and cost me $150/wk for gasoline (plus exhaust...

And - it gives a silient way to back up your home if you need power during a grid outage!

yeah, best to take the total cost of the bill, and divide by the total kWh and get the net total rate that way...

report back how the set up and everything goes! I figure the ULO rate plus delivery regulatory charges etc at about 7.9 c per kWh approx. at least for the winter months, then 'almost free' Solar in the spring-summer-fall (ok "free" after the cost of the solar set up LOL) At 10-cents/kWh it...

did you sign up to SwTCH ? Grizzl-E waive the 120 fee for the first year, so anyone that is using them could cancel and go with SwTCH at the end of thier first year,... or the competition will force Grizzl-E to drop the membership fee...intersting to see anther pay to charge platform.

It keeps snow out of the bed. That's reason enough for me.

interesting. I bought the bed cover so I had ONE PLACE I don't have to shovel snow anymore...:sneaky: