charging

Seems Farley and others will find out about the challenges of charging on the road. Sort of hope he has challenges rather than an easy time... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/august-america-heading-out-road-jim-farley/

Hi, I just recently got my new Lghtning XLT. I don’t have a garage, so I park my car and new Lightning outside (I have a parking area on my lot). I have a 50 amp outlet near the vehicle (also outside in a weather proof box). To my surprise, I learned that the charging cord does not lock to...

I’m a new Lightning and new EV owner and wanted to know if anyone has a list of adapters I may want to have handy in my truck for charging. I just don’t want to be on the road and need to charge just to realize that I need some sort of adapter on that charging station for it to work on my...

Hello! I just picked up a 2022 XLT (used), and just brought it home. This is my 3rd ev, I’ve owned a model 3 and currently also own a Taycan, so I generally feel like I know how charging works. However, I noticed when charging the lightning I can’t find anything that say miles added per minute...

MKBHD just posted his thoughts on what's Ruining Electric Cars. I'd have to say I agree and this is absolutely an issue, but it's also why it's imperative that you need to factor in an EV charger at home as part of your EV purchase. I think EV's are still in the early adopter stage, and so...

TL;DR Use Plug & Charge every time. Yes, it doesn't allow use of the Electrify America Pass+ discount plan, but it doesn't matter. Plug & Charge takes care of the initiation handshake and greatly improves the experience. A few extra bucks per session is well worth the luxury of having the...

This adapter allows non-Tesla vehicles to use Tesla proprietary chargers and connectors. Allows non-Tesla electric vehicles to easily and safely use Tesla Universal Mobile Connectors (UMC) and wall connectors (HPWC). This means you can take advantage of the extensive Tesla Destination Charger...

So I had a F150 lightning as a loaner vehicle, and I decided to make and upload my video to YouTube documenting my experience of charging it at a EA station. Let me know what you think.

It’s been a week since I took delivery. Today when I went to the truck, I found it kept on giving me trailer brake fault in the instrument display (I was not towing). It also gave other warnings as rear cross detention not working. The sync screen kept on restarting itself as well as the...