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For reasons, we had to drive both the Mustang and the Lightning from northern AZ to Los Angeles the other day. The Mustang is a 2022 California Route-1 AWD, Extended range (312 miles EPA, 91.7 kWh useable battery). The Lightning is a 2023 Lariat Extended range (320 miles EPA, 131 kWh useable...

Someone in a different forum asked about what the various modes mean for off-road play. I ran a few experiments on a nearby trail. This first one was meant to give a baseline of how the two different motors behave in normal driving mode. Everything before the spike is on a 2-ish mile gravel...

On yet another road trip. I didn’t have a choice of hotels this time, so I couldn’t choose one with an L2 charger. No big deal, I figured I’d just charge before I hit the road home. When I pulled into the parking spot near my room, I noticed that there was a bank of 120V receptacles along the...

We went for a short camping trip in the nearby forest where there are a lot of great 4x4 / jeep trails with rocky sections. No photos because (luckily) everyone was in the Lightning. On the way up one road, there was enough cross-axle terrain that we were on three wheels multiple times. There...

Took a short weekend trip to Tucson from the Flagstaff area. On the way to Tucson, I stopped south of Phoenix for a quick restroom break and snack. Didn’t need to charge, but did it anyway. The truck says my efficiency was 2.9 miles/kWh on the way down for this first leg. It was mostly...

We took a trip to join Ford at their Cars & Coffee before the Electrify Expo. Had a good time. My partner was already in town for a work meeting, so we brought both the Mustang and the Lightning (Grabber Blue and one of the greys). I was hoping without any hope we would get a sneak peak of...

Despite your best efforts, you do sometimes run out of energy, whether it's gas or electrical energy. A friend was hauling up a bunch of stuff from their late mother's home and in their hurry and grief, they ran very low on energy. It happens. The Lightning can provide up to 30A, 240V (7.2 kW)...

I was curious about a statement @Ford Motor Company made in one of their threads that claimed a Ford driver on most highways is within 30 miles of a DCFC. I pulled data from the Dept. of Energy Alternative Fuels database. Those data are somewhat out of date (2022), but still a good enough set...

We took a quick road trip to Moab and Canyonlands this past week. Day 1 of trip: We left northern Arizona with 100% battery charge and 13,311.5 miles on the odometer. We stopped in Kayenta for lunch and to get a quick charge. We arrived in Kayenta with 60% charge. While eating lunch, we gained...

I got a snow plow just before we traded in the Tacoma for the Lightning. But it's been a dry winter (we're about 50 inches below normal) and we haven't had a need for it yet. Last night I finished setting it up for the Lighting's rear tow hitch. We got a few inches, maybe 3-5, of snow last...

The "Silent Mode" setting allows you to tell the truck not to respond to anyone's approach. It won't turn on puddle lights, rear lights, the light bar, interior lights (except one), etc. This has to be enabled in Forscan (at least on my 2023 Lariat it did). I don't have Forscan running at the...

We had almost no issues with charging reliability or overcrowding during our road trip the week before and the week of Thanksgiving. There was a lot of traffic, but there were plenty chargers and we didn't encounter any non-functional chargers (well, one plug was down at a T charger, but there...

I don't have the energy to write up the full report, so here's a summary of our 2-week trip for Thanksgiving: General Trip path: Northern AZ to LA Valley LA to Ventura Ventura to Redding Redding to Vancouver Vancouver/Portland to Lathrop Lathrop to Northern Arizona Total distance was 3,323...

I don't usually stop in Winslow to charge since it's too close to our starting point or destination to be worthwhile. Today, on the way home from Albuquerque, we needed a quick restroom break. The new Android Auto was navigating us to the Flying J for no good reason, but we decided to stop...

Saw this bus being driven from the manufacturer plant in the California Bay Area to Maryland's Montgomery County...stopped at the Barstow EA charging station. I didn't get a chance to talk to the driver--she was being harassed by the mall cop complaining about the location of the chargers by...

I was in Berlin last week and saw this pulling into a parking space. It's a German-distributed, Chinese-made all-electric pickup about the size of the Toyota Tacoma. Battery is an 89 kWh LFP. Cost is high at 65,000 Euros (~$72k), especially for the capabilities. That said, I would love to see...

We just got back from an 850 miles round trip camping trip. Started in Northern AZ and went to Bandelier National Monument in Northern NM. It's about 425 miles each way. The truck performed perfectly. We left home with 100% charge. Set the BC for 73 moh. We needed a restroom and leg stretch...

We finally took the Lightning camping! It was fantastic! I first installed a couple of 100 W solar panels on the rack so we could recharge our 1.4 kWh battery that would power the ICECO 60L fridge/freezer, which fits neatly under the tonneau cover. Packed up everything we thought we would...

I need to get into the habit of checking my charge ports and the charge plugs before plugging in. What's the worst you've seen? I unplugged the FCSP from the Lightning yesterday and noticed this. Gotta watch for bugs. A few weeks ago, I happened to check a NACS plug before plugging it into...

I've been wanting this for a while now, but I'm having my Lightning's Power Station Pro EVSE installed next week. I won't be able to justify the $2250-$2500 expense of this any time soon. Also, hilariously, the spec sheet says it can't operate at my altitude...