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People in Arkansas can have a distorted view of California, just like people in California can have a distorted view of Arkansas (yes, I've spent a lot of time in both). I pay $0.11 per kW to charge, off-peak. In California. Might not be as cheap as other places, but it is not that...

Maybe not a fact, but... it is a safe bet that you will find the Lightning to be, hands down, the best vehicle you've ever owned. Once your family learns how shockingly comfortable the ride is they'll never want to go back to a loud, rough ICE vehicle for a 4 hour drive to Dallas. (I...

Dear @dmd3home, You've gotten a lot of interesting responses. Here's mine. It's much more useful than a smoke detector or a carport and, added bonus, you can terrify your neighbors with it. (Uh, seriously... I also vote for running away while dialing 911.)

Interesting thread. My subjective summary after four pages: "People with ER think you should get an ER, while SR people think SR is plenty." Sounds like there might be some built-in bias here. And I agree with all of them, as I have one of each. You face neither extreme winter temperatures...

We went with the Toyo AT III EV's. The primary concerns were noise and acceptable winter performance while being willing to give up a little on range. Only about 2000 miles so far, but the noise and range hits were trivial. Now I just need to see if that "3 peak" rating gets me anything next...

Don't know if there are a ton of these threads, but... yup. Sounds pretty much like exactly the performance many of us see.

I just mounted a set of the Toyos last week. I personally am not a fan of the look, but I needed an AT tire. The only comments for this conversation are that I barely notice any noise increase from the Goodyears that came OEM, and efficiency seems essentially unchanged (not a lot of data yet...

Uh, think this through a bit. Even the SR w/o the heat pump could run the heater for days and DAYS when you're not moving. (I mean, you'd be in the Sierras, not the high plains; "cold" is a very different beast there.) You would be the last one to run out of juice. :) That said, if your gut...

I'm about 60 miles up the hill from Sac, and I have both an SR and an ER in the driveway. If I lived somewhere in the upper Midwest where distances are longer and charge stations fewer, I might have a different opinion, but: After multiple 200-400 mile trips around California in both vehicles...

This is not unique to the Lightning; it's common with a lot of portable generators (like my Honda generator). If they don't already know what to do, find a different electrician.

I hate "what they said" posts, but this is a special case. This is a terrible idea. Just buy a transfer switch! Added: I use the truck to power the house when the grid is down (common for me, too)... through a transfer switch. Works beautifully.

This isn't that difficult to set up, but devils and details and all that. I have ~10 kW on the roof and a 10kWh battery on the wall. When we lose power (not infrequently during the winter months) the battery kicks in automatically. It will hold up everything important in the house for 12+...

FWIW, I could charge at 48A but I've got the EVSE set to 24A. Everything stays cooler and the truck is still ready before I am in the morning. (Admittedly, I'm usually only charging from about 40% to 80%, but do you really expect to use 85 kWh every day?) Unless your use case requires the...

The only time I struggle with an automatic transmission is when "something unexpected happens" and I have to hit the brakes HARD. By reflex, I also try to step on the clutch pedal with my left foot... and it sometimes finds the brake pedal instead. :sadface:

I had about 5000 miles on mine before adding a cap. No meaningful change in efficiency over the next 5000 miles (and it was possibly a slight decrease).

The rate of adoption is higher pretty much everywhere else in the world, with China leading at about 50%. Like others have said, we are actively destroying our future competitiveness.

Come on, what's the big deal? I get that kinda mileage all the time while driving everywhere at 90 MPH. Doesn't everybody??? :) OK, seriously, pretty cool. My normal drive starts with a 3500' elevation drop over about 25 miles, so I see anywhere from 4-6 mi/kWh all the time on that...

You are, of course, correct. There are two questions, however: "How much power does your house typically draw?" and "How much power do you need in an emergency?" For me, absolute worst case, the highest draw I've ever seen was about 33 amps. We are normally using less than half that, and in...

I wouldn't touch that system, myself. Just get a transfer switch and an extension cord (that is basically how mine is set up). Search is your friend.

What everyone else already said... there are so many posts like this that you could have searched. Plus, the 320 mile range is NOT an advertisement; it's an EPA estimate based on a specific EPA-defined test. Welcome to the best vehicle you will ever own. Go drive it and I'm sure you'll love it.