Effonefiddy Lightning
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Yep, ICE cars/trucks feel antiquated to me now.
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Why not tow your teardrop with your Lightning?I agree. When I had the battery module problem last year they gave me a new F150 Ecoboost as a loaner. Man I hated that thing. I thought something was wrong with it but it was just me being used to driving EVs for the previous year. Recently bought a '16 Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel to tow our teardrop camper. I used to loved diesels. Not anymore.
We split time between Kansas City and Montana. The charging infrastructure isn't there to tow a trailer to MT from KC unfortunately. Hard enough to get there in the winter without a trailer.Why not tow your teardrop with your Lightning?
We were sucked in when I test drove a 2022 Model Y. Way over paid for that thing during the height of COVID but much to my surprised sold it a year later for 7k profit to a desperate KIA dealer. Then way overpaid for an Ioniq 5 (which blows the Y away in every respect except software)What did it take to change your mind?
A test drive I'm sure..
What's even more amazing is that you don't need to be in 1-pedal mode to put power back into the battery. F150L and MME both use blended braking. This means that even hitting the brake pedal will use regen until you hit the threshold of braking power where the regen doesn't cut it, then it starts adding disc brake friction into the mix. I really don't like 1PD, but I still get almost all my braking power from regen.totally amazed that one pedal driving could put power back into the battery.
It's not only the effortless acceleration, it's also the deceleration, and just surgical speed control. EVs are in control.I also miss the ease of getting up to speed getting on highways
I don't use 1PD because I have bad knees, so I try to use adaptive cruise control everywhere I can and have no feet on the pedals except to stop, and when I do stop, I'm thankful I don't need to hold the brakes down because I have brake hold turned on. So when I stop, my knees get a much needed rest because I have no pressure on either pedal.What's even more amazing is that you don't need to be in 1-pedal mode to put power back into the battery. F150L and MME both use blended braking. This means that even hitting the brake pedal will use regen until you hit the threshold of braking power where the regen doesn't cut it, then it starts adding disc brake friction into the mix. I really don't like 1PD, but I still get almost all my braking power from regen.
Having worked on my own vehicles for fifty years, not having to replace brakes every year is a major plus. I've been driving electric since 2018 and my yearly state inspections haven't shown any brake wear on the Volt I had, my Mach E or my lightning.What's even more amazing is that you don't need to be in 1-pedal mode to put power back into the battery. F150L and MME both use blended braking. This means that even hitting the brake pedal will use regen until you hit the threshold of braking power where the regen doesn't cut it, then it starts adding disc brake friction into the mix. I really don't like 1PD, but I still get almost all my braking power from regen.