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This late winter-early spring I noticed that when I made a left hand turn, the turn signal lever would not return to neutral after the truck had straightened up after the left hand turn. Right hand turns no problem. As the weather warmed up the left hand return improved as if it was a sort...

I’ve done the RT from the ocean to Great Falls a half dozen times. ~1600-1800 miles round trip initially with a Mach E but now the Lightning. ~17 hour stretch each way. I use ABRP for route planning. No winter runs, all late spring-summer-early fall. Over and back is 1600 miles and I typically...

My driving style is changing 🙄 I retired April 1st though really back in March as I had a lot of PTO built up. 40 years in a gaggle of jobs. Averaged about 25K miles a year rural highway commuting. Drove vehicles an average of 100K (variable year to year). A couple at 60K, several 150K-200K or...

An old school take produces an efficient hybrid modular & scalable engine. The secret is the steady state generator operation. https://flip.it/Eds9eU

https://flip.it/7L0P4u Thinking of moving and having a BEV? Study up buttercup! We live in coastal WA state and our rate is $.064/KWh. The above link might just indicate your dream state-county….eh.. not going there! A state by state heat map that can get you to the county level if your...

https://flip.it/CHvk5z Great article. I commuted 6 years at 92 miles a day and 5.5 years with a BEV (Mach E then Lightning). Power at $.064/KWh and gas at $5.69/gal now makes it a no brainer although not anything predictable like Iranian War. With Hormuz shutdown and no one knows where this...

https://www.wired.com/story/how-byds-ev-charger-got-even-faster-and-it-might-not-matter-as-much-as-you-think/ The conundrum: If the majority of EV users charge from home…with occasional on-the-road charging..,how does the marketplace justify the expense of a super fast charging network? None...

Dig this..here we are playing in the BEV sandbox and a smart player does some serious heavy BEV lifting. Link here: https://flip.it/O_aRgy

https://www.thestreet.com/automotive/ford-refuses-to-shy-away-from-evs-despite-19-5-billion-cost “The really high-end EVs, the $50k, $60k, $70k EVs just weren’t selling,” CEO Jim Farley said in an interview Dec. 15.” With housing costs up, wage stagnation, uncertainty in the economy… it’s a...

Recent study on what consumers want… https://apple.news/Amscf6Q0ZSyeXHVg5UTqK0w

After driving the Lariat ER since July of ‘23, I am so over range anxiety. https://www.theautopian.com/chinese-ev-buyers-have-already-figured-out-they-dont-need-huge-batteries/

Outstandingly optimistic! I’ll be like 116 years old.

Figure I’ll add another 6000 miles a year to the ‘23 ER Lariat for a total mileage of around 156,000 miles by say 2043. Charge at home, dink around the local area. I’m curious of what serious component fail is most likely? And could new technology provide a work around or render something...

F1’s new 2026 power unit design specs place increased focus on battery /energy recovery; storage-duty cycling. Ford’s involvement in F1 with Red Bull makes more sense considering F1 hybrid technology challenges and greater focus on battery chemistry, duty cycling, & energy recovery...

Mine, one of many… I’d like to hear yours. The Lightning was a mere bystander here. I’ve driven the main road (SR 101) over 50 years.. lots of miles. Two years ago fall I came around a corner and a Western Red Alder had fallen completely across the two lane state highway. Rotten swampland...

After stewing on Ford’s Extended Range Electrical Vehicle tilt I began to research hybrids and Formula 1 race cars in particular. Ford has signed a partnership with RedBull. The current RedBull F1 racer is extraordinary as are all current gen F1 race cars. Imagine a 1.6 liter V6 spooling up to...

Mind blowing F1 hybrid power... https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/hybrid/how-f1-engine-works/ I do like my Lightning EconoCar ‘cause 80 mpge nothing to sneeze at. Run the 1/4 mile in 13 seconds or less! Sleeper attitude firewood hauler. Does make hybrid power look sophisticated but I don’t see...

I put this overview together with AI assistance because I've had two instances of ESC-AdvanceTrac saving a truck from a slide/wreck… both on ice at speed (45-50 mph). 2010 Sport Trac Adrenalin Limited 4.6 V8. Uphill off camber right hand curve outside lane 48 mph. Hit a patch of ice truck...

https://insideevs.com/news/781973/ford-skunkworks-silicon-valley-evs/ The BEV “Maverick“ Solution. Obviously not a full size truck BEV. Probably sell well. It’d probably take serious battery density evolution. As others have said… a hybrid seems so odd for the niche 700 mile crowd. IDK?