Recent content by Altivec

Exactly This!!! All of it! Thank you for your comment.

and you don't think that is going to be major wear and tear on a smaller battery. I know my ELR Erev took a beating and the battery is ready to be replaced at under 75k miles.

Oh... I am sure people will be fooled into buying EREV's. The marketing is too compelling. Even I was fooled into buying one. But it's a very short sighted strategy that is going to cost in warranties, recalls and poor customer experience. I can understand the idea of adding an EREV model...

We have bought countless Fords for generations. We are as Ford as it gets but that iconic brand has turned on us. At Ford, when the going gets tough, we abandon everything. This decision is so blatantly out in the weeds. Clearly they know the future is BEV so something is up. To give up...

After many generations of our family construction business buying exclusively Ford trucks, this is the end of the road. Our lightning test truck has been such a great success that we made the decision that all our trucks will be bev from this point forward. Ford marketing is what killed this...

I have a Cadillac ELR which essentially uses the volt system. Do you still have your Volt or did you get rid of it after 7 years. I ask because that is when problems started showing up for me. Mainly, using the small battery all of the time chewed up its life cycles fast. I can no longer...

I am one of those. Dealing with all these problems and costs when you hardly use the engine is just plain dumb but the worse part is the battery is much smaller than a BEV. That means, we went through its life cycles fast. The Car is still great and usable but the battery needs to be...

Lightning for me. Rarely ever go past half a charge Not a big deal for me to have a stop or two for the few times a year when I need it. I am probably still ahead in time with all the gas stations I avoided the rest of the year. If I did a lot of long range driving, I would go gas or diesel...

Perhaps you've never heard of tact. It's a YouTube channel, not your personal school system. You must be real fun at parties. Get to the food and get out. The rest of that meaningless friend talk is a waste of time. Many people don't share your opinion. Trucked up EV's is one of my...

o_O I never heard that from happening before. My truck that's antimatter blue gets super hot in the sun. I have it sit all day long in the sun and that doesn't happen. there are 3m double sided automotive tape you can get but they usually have a slim foam centre. Not sure if they will end...

And 100" TV's use to cost a $100,000 not too long ago. You can't base the future solely based on pricing.

Nice! I'm going to log into my Unifi and get right on that. lol. sometimes its the small things in life that makes us happy... lol.

Oh I should add a caveat. The platinum lightning has a good chunk of its tow rating and payload reduced. A lot of it has to do with the extra weight of all the extra stuff but I am sure some of it has to do with the low profile tires. If you are someone that maxes out towing and payload, you...

When I got my platinum, the wheels were actually something I didn't like. Maybe it was too ahead of its time for me. But now I also like them the most. Strange how that works. The overall diameter of rim and tire should end up being virtually the same. You should have zero problem making...

That doesn't change anything I said. I tow a lot with my lightning. 99% of the time, it's well under 100miles so no charging is necessary. A couple of times a year I do take it out long distance. When towing with my gas trucks, I would have to stop for gas more often too, an EREV wouldn't...