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I bought the truck last January - and even on the OEM tires it was night-and-day better than ANY truck/winter tire combination I have ever had. -I put this down to the combination of weight on the rear, all wheel drive, smooth power and lack of transmission shifts. Like @FirstF150InCasco...

When you have it ready I want to be an early adopter and test it out. I have 45kWh of LFP packs ready to go, they fit perfectly three x 15kWh side by side across the bed, a 12kW inverter fits right on top, and (importantly) the tonneau cover can remain in place and closed over the whole works...

not Ford doing that $ bleeding - SK ON has the warranty on the battery packs.

is there a correlation between early-build-battery packs and module replacements? ie, did the battery manufacturing side have more issues with 2022-2023 builds than 2024-2025 ? (correcting for age/mileage differences, I wonder if the battery fabrication and QC measures have shown improvement...

it is interesting to often see discussions about union vs non-union workers; and yet rarely see any discussion at all about monopolies vs antimonopoly policies for major industries...

Thanks Chad !! I checked out your suggestion for Item 1 and sure enough that was the ticket. So much better now. Just need to deal with Items 2 and 3 now...

Had the truck since January, driven 38,000km so far, (24,000 miles) What would I like to see them change/update: 1. When I am backing up, the cameras come on automatically to show me the rear view, often I need to pull ahead a bit and steer the front to get a better angle for backing - the...

Funny how talk of "all the EV's being added will cripple the Grid" goes right out the window when the conversation changes to some Mega data centre instead. Go figure...

Yup ! too! Corvette WRX Warlock Tremor Raptor All the noisy (stinky) turbo diesels too. We need a name for the silly grin that comes across your face as you Silently leave those vehicles behind ya, in your dust. What can we call that smile: The Lightning Grin? The EV smiley? The Gapping-Grin...

very true, everyone's situation is different, even just shading issues or being on the North side of a hill rather than facing south will have a major impact on the practical application of solar. I am ususally "home" most of the time -ie I work next door to where I live, so daytime charging is...

It may take longer to re-fuel the EV, but at least it doesn't stink, get on your clothes or spill electrons all over the parking lot...lol

Line it with plastic drop cloth material, and spray foam your own fitted liner?

I picked the Blizzaks and although these use a soft rubber compound we have cold winter weather in NW Ontario. We've had good results with these tires on SUV's in the past, but the Lighting is a lot heavier. The Blizzk tires are load rated 115R (2679lbs per tire) seems similar to the stock OEM...

The OP appears to be using an inverter - see the 237v/5kW output - I assume paired with his destination 240v charger adapter that came with the truck. No issue for warranty I can see, especially at 5kW energy transfer rate...ie very low. I have thought about doing some testing like this, I have...

What winter tire did you go with?

I have 23,000mi/37,000km on the stock Goodyear Wrangler HT's - I bought a set of Bridgestone Blizzak's on their own rims for this winter (Dec-April) then I will put the stock tires back on next spring, tread depth is fine for another spring-summer-fall season. I feel like temperatures have a...

As suggested by others here on the forum, we got the Rogue Bouge RVCooler and put it into the Frunk for grocery runs, it also fits perfectly in the rear cab area to supply cold drinks on a long summer drive. When we need more seating in the rear cab we put the cooler into the bed and plug it in...

In Ohio your solar potential should be better than typical PNW that Dave has in Oregon, at least during the Spring/Summer/Fall seasons. Will depend on if you have the right conditions and open areas for solar panels. You can check using PVWatts online calculator and your address here Plugging...

If you consider how the Lightning battery is used in the truck - ie you could deplete the battery from 100% SOC down to 20% in three hours Hwy driving in Hot weather: but compare to using it in a solar battery back up situation - where the same battery might power your home for 2-3 days (48 - 72...

my over night residential rate is 2.8 cents per kWh (in Canadian Dollars) so about 2-cents USD. They add a delivery and few regulatory charges to this. Typical monthly bill in summer - $34/month. in Winter $100/month. My monthly consumption (including the Lightning) is about 1500kWh per...