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So, I used the in-car Nav on my trip from Boston to DC Saturday. I just went with what it told me to see what it was like. Generally, it was OK. The second charge stop it gave me was quite far from the highway (6.8 miles) when there were many other potential stations right off the highway in...

@Ford Motor Company As of now the only way i can see what rate the truck is charging is by looking at the time it’s predicting to finish charging and then calculating myself what the presumed charge rate is. This is totally unacceptable. Knowing your charge rate is one of the most basic pieces...

I’ll add more details we we go but I just started on an week long trip to visit family in the Lightning. Got off the line at 5:00 and stopped at Stratford, CT EA station. Chatted with a couple in Rivian that was super stoked to finally see a Lightning. The EA 350kw station display is...

This might only be meaningful to past EV drivers but i noticed that the Lightning creeps forward when i take my foot off the brake just like an ICE car. My Bolt wouldn’t do that, it just sits still in that situation assuming relatively flat ground. I think i like it. I also noticed it will...

One unique aspect of the Lightning, that I assume many people have found, is that when you pull up to a DC fast charge station you're an instant celebrity! I did my first DC fast charge yesterday (had the truck one week now) and both people at the station got out of their car to come talk to me...

Let’s just say there’s “opportunity” for improvement here. It’s great that there’s a Apple Watch app and the remote start through the app is a great feature but even just a little more functionality would be great. How about a charge status monitor and ability to stop/start/limit charging...

Now that a lot of Lightnings are landing, it would be fun to do a meetup/cruise. Maybe September timeframe?

I've owned a Bolt for about a year, I've gotten used to the charging rhythm required for day to day use but I've never roadtripped with the car. When I get the Lightning, I'm planning to get rid of my other ICE vehicles so I've been thinking about what road trips will be like. Analytically, I...

I've been on the fence about the stock Lariat wheels and I think I'm to the point where I've decided I don't want to keep them as-is. I like the design but the color really clashes with the Smoked Quartz paint, I thought about trying to swap for some Platinum wheels but I' not sure I want to go...

For those following @OutofSpecKyle on Twitter you'd have seen him posting pics of a roadtrip race between the Lightning loaner from Ford and his new R1T. Both trucks will be towing a U-haul trailer with a full tote of water (probably 4,000ish total trailer weight). Looks like he has a max...

Maybe not a competitor in the EV truck sense, but the iX is a large-ish family vehicle in the same price range as the Lariat ER/Platinum trim. Seriously impressive range numbers for a vehicle this size. Tom saw 345 miles at 70 mph and Car & Driver had seen 290 miles at 75 mph in their testing...

I was just fooling around with trip planning for the Lightning and I still feel a little in the dark on the real DCFC rates. I know @OutofSpecKyle will have something out soon but I'm wondering what that 50%-80% taper will look like in reality. I had been assuming that the rate tapers off from...

For those who listened to the InsideEVs podcast this morning @tommolog said that they have already shifted his delivery window and looks like they’ll miss it again (i think he said it’s currently 6/14-6/20). His dealer told him the truck still hasn’t been loaded so a Monday (6/20) delivery...

EDIT: It's not their truck but they do have it for a week+ to create content. Sounds like it's a loaner from Ford.

@tommolog posted his 70mph range test today. He had spoken about this on the podcast a couple of weeks ago after @OutofSpecKyle posted his Rivian range test. Tom ended up with 253 miles of range (fully drained). He ran up against some headwinds (literally and figuratively) for getting max...

First SQM Smoked Quartz Metallic Lightning delivery. Good video of underbody / undercarriage, too. This one appears to be a dealer mannequin demo.

I've finally gotten around to adding my Lightning to FordPass, when I put in the VIN I get an error message "FordPass isn't responding". This has been happening all day. Anyone else having issues with FordPass. Not really great that the first time I've bothered to use the app it's been down...

Marques Brownlee posted this on Twitter a few hours ago. Is this the first proof of a Lightning delivery?

I listened to the InsideEVs podcast this morning and @tommolog said his understanding is that retail orders will start hitting dealers next week. I hope he's right! Let's get these trucks on the road!

This has been discussed a lot over the last year and I think we had come to the conclusion that there is an "extra" cooling loop in the battery but just listening to Kyle's Pro review he said they told him it's two chilling compressors not two loops. I think that makes it fairly likely you can...