My 2022 F150 Lightning is now officially an EREV, thanks to EverDrive!

[The Weatherman]

No matter what the source is, most of us will be limited to 40amp 240v. Not 48amps. a 14-50 outlet can only safely supply 40amps to the EVSE. That may equate to 8.6kwh/hour. My AI overview:

Al Overview
A 40-amp, 240-volt Level 2 EVSE delivers about 9.6 kW of power. This adds
approximately 0.16 kWh of energy per minute (or 9.6 kWh per hour) to your
vehicle.A Autel Energy +2
Using this charger while driving is functionally impossible because EVs cannot be
driven while plugged into an AC charging station. However, even if you could, the
energy added would not be enough to sustain highway driving.o
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Energy Added per Minute: 0.16 kWh
Range Gained per Minute: At 2 miles/kWh, this recovers roughly 0.32 miles of
range per minute.
Why it wouldn't "help much": Highway driving typically requires about 25 to 35
kW of power to overcome wind resistance and weight. This means your 9.6 kW
charger would only supply about a third to a fourth of the energy required to drive
at highway speeds, rapidly draining the battery anyway.
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Your AI response lost me at
‘Using this charger while driving is functionally impossible because EVs cannot be driven while plugged into an AC charging station.’

Because obviously it can.

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[ZSC100]

@ZSC100 Any comment on if additional changes would be needed to enable dcfc while driving if someone wanted to basically relocate or add a full charge port to the rear. From playing around on car scanner I think I remember seeing a different value when dcfc v regular level 2.

There is a video where someone demonstrates charging a Bolt on DC, through an EVSE. The vehicle doesn't care if the incoming power is AC or DC as long as it's within voltage handling limits, Rectified 240VAC is around 340VDC, so I think it may be possible to pass an SR Lightning's Battery's DC power right through an 80A EVSE. I'm going to try this soon with a GrizzlE, but if anyone else out there has the ambition to try it I'd love to see a video of it being done. I can't find the video of the guy doing it with a Bolt, but I think it was in another country. He was using a benchtop like supply to feed it DC Power.

 

[jwrezz]

Your AI response lost me at
‘Using this charger while driving is functionally impossible because EVs cannot be driven while plugged into an AC charging station.’

Because obviously it can.

With some effort!

 

[jwrezz]

Consensus among experts is that Ford was only making BEVs to satisfy regulation that let them sell more ICEs. This would've actually made EV's more desirable and that wasn't their goal. When Trump removed all the regulation they no longer needed to sell BEVs.

I don't know what they expect to accomplish by burying their collective heads. The whole world is changing around them and they and the fed admin are trying to ignore and tariff their way around it. Canada is going to be the last nail in the coffin once China brings manufacturing and quality built EVs to them. US consumers will suffer.

 

[proprepper]

My body can't everdrive and to me, everdrive is a dcfast charger at every exit (like gas stations are).

 

[jwrezz]

@Trucked Up EVs Latest video is up. Bluetti!

 

[windydrew]

My body can't everdrive and to me, everdrive is a dcfast charger at every exit (like gas stations are).

Tell rural Kansas trying to pull a heavy trailer a couple days a week....

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