For a few months now, I've been spending time trying to help those who have bona fide questions on how to install charging equipment, how to use the truck safely as a generator replacement, and how to ensure safety with electricity as they deal with an EV.
I wrote the charging FAQ for TMC in...
UPDATE: The masses have spoken. Through a number of thoughtful posts (and a few trolls), this one appears to be an annoyance to only a few, and the majority don't feel it's an annoyance to have to open and close both the "fuel door" and the "DC charging flap" manually (or share the annoyance...
Well, had the opportunity to do the first DC fast charge. Plugged in at 27% and it raced right up to 160 kW for a couple of minutes:
It charged quite a bit faster than I expected, but I knew the reckoning was coming for me as the SOC approached 80%... so we went from 85.6 kW at 76.5% true...
I received my Charge Station Pro today. I had read about the challenges a lot of customers were having and I guess I'll have to go through them.
Just looking it over, I was unpleasanty surprised with the CSP and its build.
For a high-current device expected to handle 20 kW, the physical...
I haven't seen a similar thread, so I figured I'd start one.
For those of you who have 1) taken delivery, AND 2) have driven an EV as a regular vehicle before, what's missing or needs to be improved? (No trolls, please - real experiences only.)
I've driven 350,000 miles in Tesla cars since...
The Lightning uses the same Ford PIDs that the MME uses for battery health. If you're a fan of the Torque app for looking at performance parameters of your other vehicles, you can load up a set of PIDs created by a poster at the MME forum.
This data is accessed by using a bluetooth OBD-II...
Is there any / a good place to see real-time charging information, such as how many amps the truck is drawing? I am looking through FordPass and both screens in the truck and can't find charging current anywhere - but I've been known to be blind.
Would like to hear others' experiences with dealers who are trying to hide ADM from Ford by accepting the order online, then reaching out and saying "need you to sign a buyer's order" that includes an additional $5k ADM.
Friend of mine placed his order, accepted by the dealer online, with a $0...
Hi all,
New to the forum, but old hat with EV's. Wife and I drive Teslas today - Model S for me and Model X. We had the fourth Model S delivered in the St. Louis area and the first Model X. With the exception of my rusty old 2007 F-250 w/ 6.0 for orchard maintenance, every mile we drive is...