This weekend I was ferrying my Lightning South to be sold. Anyway, having the perfect opportunity, I decided to do a true highway efficiency test between the two trucks. My Son (very much smiling) driving the 4WT and me with my Lightning.
2023 Lightning XLT SR VS 2024 Silverado EV 4WT. Ambient...
Just finished the tailgate dampener. Posted on the FB forum last week at $17.99. What the heck for that cost, Cheaper and easier than the ford OEM that needs to be painted…and easily put back to stock. Thanks to who posted this on FB. Less than 30 mins alone. Be sure to realign the lower...
Just started today, I was not monitoring the 12v with carscanner but started to after the warning, I got the dreaded sleep mode from FP when I went to remote start after 9 hours at the office. I thought that was strange and the truck had no videos on the screens. Then I got the 12v warning...
What fun. I left my empty android phone with CarScanner pro on my truck all day at work while it charged. The data is only as good as Ford reports but good enough.
so for example, my inlet volts were 208.8 and current 32.0 Amps for a portion of the day. It fluctuated from 31-32 amps. I chose...
I am a Mechanical Engineer and truly enjoy my Lightning and love to do EV calcs as well proving real energy performance.
We drove 234 Miles on a charge this weekend with 30 miles remaining. Great range, 264 from an SR. No complaints at all. We started with 97.96 kWh in the pack, a true 100%...
Lightning Economics (23 XLT SR) Road Trip Report, real energy and cost to drive numbers for a recent 332 mile road trip... 5 people. Starting Mid 60's, ending low 40's in temps (F). 192 miles 45-55 zones (Cruise set at 50 to 60 MPH), 90 miles Highway at 70 and balance around town.
Bar Harbor...
-$4599 Dealer Discount, -$2500 Ford Instant, -$2000 Efficiency Maine Instant and finally $-7500 Federal Instant. $40,891 plus tax/doc. What a deal. (Also more for Farm Bureau, Tesla rebate, veterans and others up to another $3K)
$41,513 plus sales tax. Leftover, 35 miles. These 2023 incentives are great plus the dealer is throwing in another $4K off the top. How can I not do this? That will be my cheapest EV to date and the best (in my opinion). That's in Maverick Lariat and Ranger territory.....and it will not rust.