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The “low-hanging fruit” is not more range, but FASTER FDC CHARGING rates. More range is not the answer (that’s ICE-thinking), it’s faster charging that will make all the difference. Increase the pack voltage to at least 400v, solve the associated technical challenges, and the Lightning will be...

Teslas are not just smaller, aerodynamic, and with lower rolling-resistance tires. Tesla’s thermal management and power regeneration are best-in-class. If Tesla made a light truck (and someday they will), it would be a 2-3mi/kWh marvel. The Tesla Semi has 1.7mi/kWh efficiency, for crying out...

Fast DC charging (non-Tesla) is the “illegitimate child” of the EV industry- no one loves it, and no one will accept responsibility for it! The solution is simple, really: if fast dc charging was offered at $1/kWh, no operator could afford to have a charger down, and there would be a waiting...

Get politicians involved? Seriously?

A funny thing happened on the way to “saving the planet”: EVs got good- really good- on their automotive transportation merits alone. With due apologies to tree-huggers, even if my two EVs generated MORE emissions than ICE vehicles, I would still want to own them. Power, convenience...

Longer range only matters on the way to the first charging stop. Would you really want to wait long enough to recharge a 400mi battery pack? Experience with Tesla has taught me that the most pleasurable road-tripping comes from a 20min charging stop every 100-150mi. I discovered early-on that...

All wireless car chargers are useless (not just the Lightning’s). If you have a case substantial enough to provide any protection for your $1000 phone, it won’t wireless charge in the case.

Tesla recommends charging my Model 3 RWD with Lithium-Iron-Phosphate (LFP) battery to 100% regularly. The lower charge-limit guidance is applicable to NCA (Nickel-Cobalt-Aluminum) batteries- including other Tesla models, and the present F150 Lightning.

Use two Tesla Wall Connectors for charging 2 EVs- they have a sophisticated load share feature, and so even though two 60amp circuits are used (one for each hardwired Wall Connector) you can configure the two chargers to draw a total of 48amps (80% of 60), and not overload your panel. (use...

I followed the link in the text message, no hiccups, no problems, and ordered a 2023 Lightning XLT on my iPhone! All legit, paid $500 deposit on credit card, received order no. with delivery estimate of Spring 2023.

Um- the ratio of CPIs should be 109.1/107, not 9.1/7. So, XLT SR MSRP $52,974 x 109.1/107 =$55,843.90

Brilliant!

Don’t forget another motive for the buy-and-flip purchase: the EV tax credit, which goes only to the original purchaser. On the other hand, $7500 would cover little more than the sales tax/fees on the original purchase; a resale would have to be a lot more $$ than MSRP, to avoid a loss on the...

Sorry to be the one to point this out, but does anyone else see the connection between $7500 EV Tax Credits (let alone the possible $12.5k!) and ADM?? Kind of like the way college tuition shot through the roof when cheap student loans became available from the government? When will we ever learn…

Sorry to be the one to point this out, but does anyone else see the connection between $7500 EV Tax Credits (let alone the possible $12.5k!) and ADM?? Kind of like the way college tuition shot through the roof when cheap student loans became available from the government? When will we ever learn…

I don’t think so. Say, for example, your dealer has 80 reservations, and you’re number 7 by timestamp. (80 reservations allows the dealer 10 prioritizations among those reservations, dealer gets to choose which 10, and had until last Friday, 12/17, to report to Ford which of their assigned...

I’m skeptical, simply because Ford has invested so much PR capital in announcing a “2022” Lightning. If “September deliveries” is correct, that would effectively mean the first trucks are 2023s, as Sept-Oct traditionally begins new model year deliveries. Can’t believe they’d nix the 2022 model...

If I were Ford, I’d hold the MSRP of EVs $12.5k higher until the credits were used up…. anyone who thinks these EV credits benefit purchasers more than manufacturers needs to rethink.

Per leaked spec sheet, Pro seats are only 2-way seats (front/back, no back angle adjust). To get the seats you’d expect in a $40k vehicle, you have to buy the $52k XLT.

I’m afraid I’m not seeing the appeal of a $40,000 truck with a 2-way adjustable driver’s seat (per preliminary specs). Vinyl’s no problem, might even be superior to leather, but who’d want a 2-way seat, in 2022?? It’s as though Ford felt they had to do something to poison the consumer appeal...