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Tell the Supercharger nazis that you’re plugging in there because Tesla is giving Free Supercharging to Fords….

This may be a minority opinion, but I’d be for $1/kWh at EA and Tesla if it guaranteed availability of 500A (with no waiting in line) and reliability (no inoperative or derated chargers) of DCFC on a long-distance trip. L2 charging at home is the standard for economical EV operation. The price...

The cost of insurance has very little to do with the value of your truck, or something that might happen to your truck- it’s all about the cost, and risk, of liability for injuries you cause to someone else with your truck.

The cost of insurance has very little to do with the value of your truck, or something that might happen to your truck- it’s all about the cost, and risk, of liability for injuries you cause to someone else with your truck.

Those were a gift from Ford, a token gesture to make good on an early promise that was not deliverable when true production costs materialized. No more basis in reality than a $75k 200kWh Silverado EV has.

Slow charging compared to what? An 800v system with a small battery pack? Or to the vaporware Silverado EV, whose $75k base version is about as likely to make it to market as the original $39k F150 Lightning Pro? The couple of dozen Silverado EV prototypes (like the Hummer EV before them)...

Well said. However, in uncharted territory, I’m inclined to fall back on free enterprise principles. We need to disenthrall ourselves from the idea that “everyone must drive an EV”- I think that the actions inspired by an urgent-must-stop-climate-change-now agenda have done more to set back...

I think the main realities are technological more than economic. First, today’s EVs are a miserable choice for apartment dwellers (especially those who live above 40deg N latitude). Ditto, for garage-lacking urban drivers. A garage (or at least a private driveway) is needed for charging and...

DC fastcharging should be priced high enough to encourage use of Level 2 for ordinary local charging. L3 should be used for enabling long-distance driving, when it’s worth $.50-$1/kWh to have reliable access to DCFC. And if the IRA was intended to expand availability of DCFC, it should have...

Next time, tell the stink-eyes that you’re there because Tesla is giving free Supercharging to Fords!

And the space to the left, which you are blocking, can be occupied by an arriving Tesla who is able to charge as soon as you’re finished. Or, they can simply move if another space is available. Power-halving is a myth, on V3 Superchargers.

Mach-E VLOG (Youtube) recently used both the A2Z and the promo-batch Ford adapter, and actually had better luck (better “mechanical” connection to the Supercharger cable) with the A2Z. Most comments on YT are that the A2Z seems to be more substantially constructed than the Ford/Tesla. This...

The “reality” of satisfactory OTA update practices was established before Ford ever made a MME or F150L. It doesn’t have to be that way, for Ford owners.

At the risk of being “one of those guys,” my naïveté has been conditioned by the manufacturer of my two other vehicles. OTA updates are frequent, universal, beneficial and timely. Usually in a matter of days to a couple of weeks, every vehicle on the road has received the same update (tailored...

I respectfully disagree. His expectations are fully in line with: 1) Ford’s oft-stated promises of regular OTA updates, and 2) customer experience expectation for a new (flagship?) vehicle at the purchase price of an F150 Lightning.

Agreed. Received mine yesterday as well. Very solidly built, but wish that cable lock switch had some bright paint underneath it, or other visible indicator for locked/unlocked position.

Which lock are we talking about, being tricky to engage? (there are two locks, right? one to lock the adapter to the charge cable, and one to lock the adapter to the truck’s charge port)

I got a July ship date, ordered 2/29/24 1pm. I wonder if they’re prioritizing the adapter orders based upon our trucks’ delivery dates? (2022s first, then 2023s, etc.)

DCFCs in urban areas are like laundromats: the people who use them lack the basic appliances at their homes. As the DCFC networks expand (at taxpayer expense) the question of priorities remains: are DCFC primarily to enable long-distance EV driving, or to provide facilities for locals in...