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Early Access / Early Adopter for beta OTA - how to get into it ?

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How does one get into the Ford's EA program ?
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How long does it take to be accepted ?

I am waitlisted on 2 Ford EVs.

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How long does it take to be accepted ?

I am waitlisted on 2 Ford EVs.

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They will accept you when they choose to accept you, IF they choose to accept you. My 2021 was never accepted for the year I owned it. I bought a 2022, and was immediately accepted.
 

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I also learned the secret handshake, perhaps that's why they accepted my 2022. ;)
 

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I just received my email and was accepted into EAP. Let’s see where this goes
Yay!

Same here - we must be on the same wavelength!

Lightning just enrolled, MME waiting.

What a great forum to be a member here!

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Keeps telling me I don't have a qualifying vehicle. Are MY23's not allowed in yet?
 

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I also learned the secret handshake, perhaps that's why they accepted my 2022. ;)
Well let’s see what early access we get because everyone else is enjoying their updates while I suppose we are stuck on yesterdays software 😂
 

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I just got accepted today as well. Hoping that will help with getting updates. I've had the truck over a month now and still haven't received a single update yet.
 

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I am in IT professionally, and the stipulation that makes me nervous is this:

“Understand the software provided is pre-release, therefore you should expect some errors, bugs or failures”

I get it, but I worry about what failures they are talking about.
 
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I am in IT professionally, and the stipulation that makes me nervous is this:

“Understand the software provided is pre-release, therefore you should expect some errors, bugs or failures”

I get it, but I worry about what failures they are talking about.
Same profession and not worried.

Sure Ford will fix anything that happens as a result...
 

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Same profession and not worried.

Sure Ford will fix anything that happens as a result...
Software engineer and former release manager, not worried either. Frankly most of the times beta testing is when we confirm what we know. Like “oh we know there’s this dialog with a typo and don’t care if people report that, we are going to release it anyway and fix later, we mostly want to find the odd stories of bugs we didn’t know about”


There are slight risks to a public beta but it’s not nearly as big of a risk as you might be worried about.
 
 





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