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Thanks Rick, you're one of the most reliable and consistent posters here.... Not frustrated with the free charging, simply hate public charging as it literally never works correctly for us with the exception of maybe 1 or 2 that aren't either offline, broken, can't accept payment or won't...

So, we have both a Lightning and Mach E. We have a ton of charging credit left in the Blue Oval charge bundle on both cars... mostly because public charging basically never works at any EA station, or I can't get the Blue Oval stuff to work at the other random station that it claims is part...

I live on 1PD, especially in the Lightning. On certain trips, its literally the thing that makes the difference between getting to our destination on our existing charge and having to go to the horrific public charging stations on our route. Especially on the hilly sections in NY state and...

I did exactly this, although I downrated the Ford charge station to 50 amps (I believe this was it, don't have the manual in front of me) My main panel is packed to the gills, and the house has only 150Amp service, and we have AC/pool pumps/electric ovens, etc... We also have a 30 amp EV...

These here are some fantastic points. The Lightning was the first spin at building a true full EV version of the venerable F150, which in most cases, is a work truck for many, a towing vehicle for many others, and for the rest of us, maybe a family hauler and occasional work truck, and probably...

I did the $100 reservation, which they say is closing next week.... I'm not super particular, I had numerous Dakotas, a Ranger, an old GMC and also have a gas F150 XL now also. I love the Lightning, but public charging is a no go. I guess if miraculously, public charging improves in the next...

I'm going to totally charge at home and use it as an EV when traveling locally. To me, the saving grace of the onboard charger is I don't have to go the horrific public charging stations, burn huge amounts of time trying to get 1 out of 6 to work, then burn another 45 minutes because the...

Same, I don't do that much stuff online, but I always submit at Plugshare so our fellow public charging victims know how things worked out

Yes, I now totally ignore the Ford charging map. I generally rely on Plugshare at this point as at least its crowdsourced and generally accurate if there are recent postings. The Stewarts in Latham does work 50% of the time, but all the NY EVolve stations are different and all use different...

Yeah, not just 91... we use the 87 section of the NYS thruway, and its a wasteland. Route 7 into VT is also completely devoid of anything. FYI, there are a couple of almost functional DCFC in Latham near the 90/87/7 intersection that work when venus is aligned with jupiter, and 3 dudes named...

I have zero brand loyalty in reality, and have been a car collector for 40 years or so... have owned something like 124 cars at last count. So happens, I've owned about 20 Fords (including the godawful Maverick in college, with see through floors!). I like their cars just fine. We're also...

FYI, the Ramcharger, as Tom pointed out, is an EV with an onboard charger via gas engine. Same as how the old Chevy Volt works. Stellantis is claiming range in the 650 ish mile zone between battery and gas. Earliest shipment will be probably a year from now as a 2025 model year. As others...

Well, owning the 23 Lightning ER has been a pleasure... mostly. We do love driving it, its an F150 to the core, and its been dead nuts reliable (except Android Auto of course). Incredibly comfortable, and now that they installed our beloved heated steering wheel, its just super warm in the...

We commute from northern NJ to southern VT most weeks. In the winter, its often below zero. The trip northbound has a fairly substantial elevation change, and lots of sections are indeed "uphill". Its 200 miles door to door, and we cannot make it in the winter on the northbound leg. We...

I'll have to check to see if my Lightning got that update. Android auto is a train wreck for me. it literally never works the same way twice in row. But the bluetooth outgoing call thing is a disaster, I need to be able to use the phone in the car to make calls, and it literally doesn't...

AFAIK, there are 2 major components. The wheel itself with the filament and the controller/module. This is how its configured on my Mach E. Just curious, did you also install the controller or just the wheel We never learned from Ford which of these parts was in short supply when they...

There still no fix for this bad functional defect to basic phone operation via the in car infotainment system. It is clearly a Ford problem, not a AA problem. I use AA in a variety of cars and only in my Lightning and Mach E do we have this problem. Google is sloppy as hell with their...

I do like the larger AA format for sure, but it deprecated the ability to customize the screen. I've been using Sirius built into the car, but maybe its time to switch to the phone version, if the phone will take over the entire screen.

I do like it, but it seems that when I'm using Android Auto, I can no longer manipulate the lower Sync based "cards" to see other stuff like Sirius or weather etc,

I don't even know how to ask this question or understand what to do. Earlier versions of Sync/Android Auto allowed for larger tabs in the lower section of the screen so you could have the AA map above, but larger "cards" showing what is playing on the radio, weather, or whatever else. There...