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An aftermarket key fob with a remote start button in place of the frunk button (meant for other Ford models) will remote start from the key fob. At least the one I got from Aliexpress does. It would be nice if somebody made a Lightning specific fob with both remote start and frunk buttons.

To me it makes sense to have a 30 amp outlet if the output is limited to 30 amps. 14-30 (dryer plug) would have been another choice but that's not a common generator standard like L14-30, so adapters wouldn't be as easily available.

They are only 25 or 30 bucks so no big deal either way. Very common RV accessory used to plug an RV into a generator.

No. The Stellar plug is for AC charging (level 2) only. The older V2 (150 kW) Supercharger stations do not speak CCS so will never be able to charge CCS vehicles regardless of what adapters you have.

So I can get a convertible, and eliminate that whole class of problems! Sounds great. 😁

When I was watching the coolant heater draw via OBD during DCFC, it seemed to take more like 15 minutes to get battery temperature up to 19 C where the heater shuts off. (Of course depends on weather and how cold/hot your battery is to start with.) So probably more than 5 minutes to get to the...

Some stations are battery supported - around here they are made by "Freewire" and appear at On The Run gas station/convenience stores most often. It's a way to avoid the high demand charges but the tradeoff is low performance (charging rates) if the station gets heavily used. Many (most?)...

The battery heater is < 9 kW. I usually see 8.6 or 8.7 IIRC. So it's wasting a little energy but unless the DCFC is really slow, like 25 kW, it's not a huge amount compared to the amount being added. If you're charging at 90 kW it would only be 10% of the cost wasted. Definitely agree it's best...

I was planning to use one of those hoods that covers the whole works and attaches magnetically to the fender. Cheap, covers both door and ports, stays attached to the plug. But with the aluminum body you'd have to epoxy some magnets to the back of the fender. If I ever have it opened up enough...

@bmwhitetx you're probably right. My memory sucks. Anyway I did use the procedure in the manual, paying attention to the timing. I got this one. 315 MHz, "color" #4 I think. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mOyafPo No guarantees of anything with Aliexpress though lol. For me it was cheap enough I...

I bought a cheap key fob off Aliexpress for my 3rd one for backup, so I can reprogram a proper one myself if I lose one. For the princely sum of $36 CAD 😁 it programmed first try using the procedure in the owner's manual (only one press of the start button instead of the two in your procedure.)...

Some discussion here: 2024 DC Fast Charging Speed Limited to 120kW at EA?

You can see the heater current draw with an OBD dongle. I've only looked at it during charging (no cold weather since I got my OBD dongle) but it draws 8.x kilowatts while heating the battery, so ~9 kW nominal sounds right. 23 XLT ER

I had one, but I lost it

That's a bit extreme. I guess it's all been said already but the point is, you can both love the truck and hate the software situation. If they would just communicate a little bit and explain why it is the way it is, even that gesture would go a long way towards reassuring owners. But no, they...

14.4 volts is not 4% on a 12 volt lead acid battery. I thought the whole point of the CSP was that BMS module not correctly reporting the state of charge of the low voltage battery.

I doubt that they know it's available on the website. That's probably supposed to be the high voltage battery level.

What is the purpose of this thread? If it's to track actual deliveries, then mods should delete any posts with *estimated* information. Only actual deliveries, or actual shipments with a tracking number, should be allowed. IMHO. We already have a perfectly good thread to discuss orders and...

Same for me. I kind of thought it was only Electrify America for now, not Electrify Canada, but I could be wrong. Personally I don't care anyway. I would be using the Tesla app to get the subscription discount. The subscription would break even with just one full charge of the Lightning.

It's not there for many of us. Still waiting for some software update that adds it.