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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?

Pilgrims: I’ve grown a bit weary of the Love-Hate/Like-Dislike narratives on vehicle reviews so here’s my take on :Why acquired? I’d been driving a Twin Turbo Flex Limited on and off, pushing 20+ mpg. Very comfortable & powerful cruiser. Then switched to our Mustang Mach E for two years. So...

For your data junkie tendencies... Here in the southwest of the southwest of Washington... it's two seasons and here's a years' worth of data. Red line is under 300 miles range and Green line is above 300 miles range (estimates based on mi/kWh). The truck has nearly 54K miles so when I get...

https://unionrayo.com/en/ford-supervan-break-corvette-zr1/# Smoking fast “bread-pallet” van pushing new boundaries!

So, BEV pilgrims. After rolling nearly 50K (47,750) to be exact). I thought to share a Dec '24 through July '25 data graph. We've been a 2 BEV household (racking up a total of 110,000 miles between the ER Lightning Lariat and the SR Mach E) going on 5+ years now and I've pretty good idea of how...