WPG_SKYDIVER
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I reserved 07/07/2021 Order Date 1/24/2022 and was in the first pick to order truck, I place order in same week. Yet I was just told I do not get my lightning this year.
I am a home builder and launched a new home purchase program with the homes 100% Green, however it needed to have the F150 backup power system to support our architecture. I had several hours with my dealer explaining the importance of getting a truck this year, and under there guidance because of chip shortages order that most basic XLT to insure our company would get a truck this year.
Having said that I called today and dealer said I was not pulled and would not get a truck this year, basically trashing a concept to offer green energy to new home buyers for another year. Really? Without the truck the buyers cannot understand how they could live 100% green. Yes there are many parts like solar shingles wind trees and evacuated tubes as well as Hydrogen generator, but without the Bi-Directional battery system there is a chance of needing fossil fuels. " Not acceptable in our minds."
How does ford make such choices, they attempt to save the planet yet ignore a dealer choice of priority 10, the highest there is! I'm confused.
EV vehicles are not only about saving fuel, its about saving our environment, I am offering a solution that goes beyond EV vehicles and ford ignores me.
MY TOO CENTS.
** REVISED **
I see some comments do not understand some of my statements, I hope this will help clear some points. I never said I was expecting employers to provide free power, and the truck is not intended to do anything more than what ford promotes "Home Backup Power" In our province in winter months we can get days of snow storms where if the home is off grid would end up freezing pipes and the people living in them, a 100+kw power wall would be the same as the truck, but what would you do if the storm lasted beyond the needs of the home. A portable power supply fixes that issue, and avoid the $20K plus cost of power wall. I may be harsh on Ford, but I do not understand how they randomly pick what they decide to build, rather than first come first serve. My dealer was allocated 4 trucks, and ford pulled trucks which the dealer put at a lower priority and after my order date. I guess the good point of waiting for 2023 is it gives time for Trudeau to add the Ford lightning to government rebates that currently are not offered on trucks.
I am a home builder and launched a new home purchase program with the homes 100% Green, however it needed to have the F150 backup power system to support our architecture. I had several hours with my dealer explaining the importance of getting a truck this year, and under there guidance because of chip shortages order that most basic XLT to insure our company would get a truck this year.
Having said that I called today and dealer said I was not pulled and would not get a truck this year, basically trashing a concept to offer green energy to new home buyers for another year. Really? Without the truck the buyers cannot understand how they could live 100% green. Yes there are many parts like solar shingles wind trees and evacuated tubes as well as Hydrogen generator, but without the Bi-Directional battery system there is a chance of needing fossil fuels. " Not acceptable in our minds."
How does ford make such choices, they attempt to save the planet yet ignore a dealer choice of priority 10, the highest there is! I'm confused.
EV vehicles are not only about saving fuel, its about saving our environment, I am offering a solution that goes beyond EV vehicles and ford ignores me.
MY TOO CENTS.
** REVISED **
I see some comments do not understand some of my statements, I hope this will help clear some points. I never said I was expecting employers to provide free power, and the truck is not intended to do anything more than what ford promotes "Home Backup Power" In our province in winter months we can get days of snow storms where if the home is off grid would end up freezing pipes and the people living in them, a 100+kw power wall would be the same as the truck, but what would you do if the storm lasted beyond the needs of the home. A portable power supply fixes that issue, and avoid the $20K plus cost of power wall. I may be harsh on Ford, but I do not understand how they randomly pick what they decide to build, rather than first come first serve. My dealer was allocated 4 trucks, and ford pulled trucks which the dealer put at a lower priority and after my order date. I guess the good point of waiting for 2023 is it gives time for Trudeau to add the Ford lightning to government rebates that currently are not offered on trucks.
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