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Ford CEO has been quoted to suggest spinning out the EV business into a separate company. Wouldn't this separate it from their dealer network also?

It's a California law. They have categorized it as an emissions warranty.

That's a legal requirement. All manufacturers must provide that warranty.

I'm curious about what this additional cooling really entails. Seems like a manufacturing annoyance to require a lot of additional parts. I think it would be worth it if it does provide additional cooling. Unfortunately, I think many of us will make assumptions based on previous experience and...

That is a bad scenario. Sitting and running the heater will burn through your range. You can still get roadside assistance. I doubt you can get a roadside recharge, maybe someday. You would probably need to load it onto a flat bed.

There is a technique for connecting a generator to a house called back-feeding. It requires care in switching out the main breaker before connecting the gen to the house wiring. This could be done with an adapter from the Lightning 9.6kw output. The slang for an adapter for this purpose is call...

The electrician told me he would only quote a 50A line when I had the work done. I got two 50A (40A useable) circuits so I suppose I could use them together to get 80A charger. But I did it that way so I could charge at least two cars at the same time so I may just go with my original plan. I...

It will work, but your range increase per hour will be about half as fast as the car you are charging now. I have a 40A charger on a 50A breaker (Clipper Creek) and I am sure I will notice the difference in charge speed.

Looks like most mfg estimates were actually pessimistic. Rivan was at 2 miles per kWh so if we assume about the same I estimate 250 mile range at 70 mph. But that's trying to guess based on data that isn't solid. It may actually do much better than that.

I have no data for the Lightning. This is my intuition based on accuracy of other mfg estimates. I think Ford is looking for customer satisfaction and that the range estimates are based on 2.3miles/kWh which accounts for the coefficient of drag. The 300 mile range estimate could be optimistic...

It isn't going to be 40% less range at 70mph. Probably more like 15% for 255 miles range. Thats why you need the big battery. You might see 40% range drop in cold weather, rain and driving 70mph with the heater blasting.

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Towing range will be an issue. Pull through charging locations would be nice. I speculate that there will be ways to improve range, such as slide in range extender battery, fuel cell or gen. Also, the trailer could have a range extender and could even be self propelled.

I noticed the XLT has Copilot 360 and Active 2.0 as an option. Does that mean the XLT can have Bluecruise when equipped with Active 2.0?

Don't use the Mach-e performance to predict Lightning performance. They are completely different. Mach-e battery pack comes from LG Chem. Lightning battery pack comes from SK Innovation and is a completely different capacity and design.

I would tell him to keep it.

Probably get a SoftTopper for the bed. I need to be able to convert to open bed fast.