It's been one heck of a rollercoaster.
From winning the lottery and being one of the "chosen" to buy in 2022, thinking man was I lucky with the price hike, interest rates and so on.
At this point it's more of a "aw, sh-t, guess ill be keeping this one for a while".
I was already planning on...
If I remember correctly the "pivot point" is 40% SoC, and the "difference" it's gradual.
(not a scientifically accurate depiction, but you get the gist of it)
The batteries have a cooling circuit already, the max tow provides an additional one.
For regular driving (w/o towing) I doubt 1 vs 2 matters, but it might be beneficial for charging (L3/DCFC).
For the money, I'd get it (and I did) even if you'll never tow anything of significance.
It's not as complicated as it may seem.
The BMS sensor is brand new, it's already "reset" and you need to close the frunk by hand after replacing the sensor (because the 12v battery was disconnected and it lost its "sense of direction"), that's it.
No gizmos, computers, calibration procedures...
I personally feel there's got to be a better way of demonstrating EV hate than to break into someone's house to steal their EV, only to drive it a few miles down the road and torch it on a ditch (if I got the gist of what happened correctly).
Unless of course [foilhat on] this was a targeted...
Oh I know/understand, my point was simply that there comes a time where we won't get any more updates unless it's a critical/safety related issue, simply because "if it works, don't fix it" and there's got to be an incentive (new features) to upgrade to a new vehicle.
So even something as...
Just guessing here, but a 4-9 year old truck will probably never get an OTA from Ford, this is not an iPhone.
I'll be very interesting to see if the changes that was shown on the Flash (charge rate for example) will even make it to the 22 and 23s.
Given the excitement you'd think everyone have been stuck with L1 charging for the past two years. I guess I'm just fortunate that I never had the need / lusted after Super chargers.
It'll be interesting to see how long it takes before people start b-ching about (even more) overcrowded...
Ah, the excitement of another early adopters email, congratulations you're going to beta test the latest and greatest features... oh wait, it's just another survey....
This one in my opinion is the worst by far...
Were thinking about implementing a feature that can already be accomplished if...
Somewhat to the contrary, I have a few fixed routes that I take "all the time" to/from the office depending on the flow of traffic, two of which are normal surface streets @35-45mph.
Generally speaking I'm fairly gentle and try to accelerate smart, brake ahead of time and follow all the rules...
I think they're working great !
I haven't noticed any negatives in terms of harsher ride, more noise or any of that.
The wheels are much heavier than stock lariats so turning and acceleration feels a bit more sluggish, but I'm not setting lap records anywhere so...
Range is probably 10% less...
The truck will stay on "indefinitely" (I haven't checked to see if it'll ever shut off, but it does stay on through the night).
My only concern would be the dash / main screen, it stays on with the truck, you can dim it but only so much and it's still fairly bright, so if you're a light...
The trucks hotspot is "powered" by AT&T so you'll need a subscription / plan for it, which is separate from your phone / everything else.
The sh-tty part is that the trucks own streaming services - news, music etc. is not using this plan, nor will you be able to use it if you're using wireless...
Definitely not quiet/silent.
Fans running is quite obvious what it is, then there's the 20mph and under hum, but in addition to this there's pumps for circulating the coolant for the battery/heater core, but I can't hear that while driving, only when parked. (It's there, it's just that it's...
I don't know about better, but I suppose it's an option.
Personally it's not an alternative for me (in Michigan) as it doesn't offer any real benefits over an AGM battery plus the lack of thermal management means that - best case - it throttles the charging current in the cold (since it...