Is the inability to set these still just a display of how far Ford is from having a passible application software development division ?
It's going to stay in the way of people adopting if what should be simple, sending an OTA message to a relay, and saving the setting persistently to a...
Starting the mobile conversion of our current off-grid charging system for our Lightning with the goal of WFC (work from campground) in the near future. Starlink standard kit and Roam subscription on the way. Fair warning, the trailer, if it happens at all, won't be purchased until next May...
Think it's OK for the battery to be charged to 100% if we’re only charging (from a solar array through an EG4 hybrid, split phase inverter) at only 12 amps? Hate to miss any free juice, and want to get to payoff as soon as is safe. We add in 10-20kW/day this way.
So, we've really already started testing the Array install, but this thread will track our 3600 watt, 10 panel, off-grid solar array and charging setup. I'm shooting for a 4 year payback, if we drove the average amount of miles. It may not actually be my payback as we both work from home, and...
Starting 2026, Ford is entering a technology partnership with Red Bull Racing.
Wow. Race on Sunday, sell on monday ?
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-ford-announce-new-technical-partnership-with-red-bull-for-2026-and.177bB2z0b7Iw6C79l1YQ9b.html
Just saw this today. Not sure it will be compatible with the lightning or not.
https://enphase.com/ev-chargers/bidirectional
Unfortunately, we didn't know much about the solar system being installed, at our home, and we ended up with non-compatible micro-inverters. Looks like we'd need $1500...