Our 2025 Lariat has been parked, completely unused, for a little over 2 weeks (since December 10), and I've been collecting data on the power drawer. It is plugged into a Level 2 charger (Emporia EVSE) with no limitations configured on the truck or charger about when it can charge - maximum...
Following the mantra of Always Be Charging, I've got myself into the habit of plugging the truck as soon as I get home, every time I get home. I get a reminder to plug the truck in 15 minutes after I get home if I've forgotten, and another at 9:15pm if the truck is unplugged but home.
Always Be...
One of my grievances about new cars is how many things are moving to apps which require cloud access and often subscriptions to use them. When we bought our Subaru Crosstrek a couple of years ago, we paid an extra $400 to have the dealer install the OEM remote start module so we could use our...
This past weekend we took our brand new Lightning Lariat on its inaugural road trip - a weekend tent camping on Deer Isle, Maine. All in, between the drive there and back and a few short drives around the islands, it was just short of 800 miles (the truck had less than that on the odometer when...
I'm a new F-150 Lightning Lariat owner living several miles down an unpaved Class 3 town-maintained road in rural, central Vermont, and have a ~1,000ft relatively steep driveway. While the town plows the road and we have someone to plow our driveway, as a volunteer firefighter I often find...