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What filters do you have turned on on Plugshare? I'm not familiar with the area, but it appears as though the Best Western and the Days Inn in Bismark both have L2 chargers?

Miles/hour is a highly-variable metric. What's the kW rate?

Not likely. All of the dealers I contacted told me that the Work Truck was only available as a Fleet sale, so the pricing comparison is a little less obvious than it appears. We considered waiting for a Silverado, but the costs were/are much higher for the Silverado. And in the end, we found a...

I always have a piece of wood, usually a 2x6, or several just because of this. I've never had a jack that didn't want to slip when on pavement, the wood compresses a little on both sides and grips both the jack and the underlying surface and there's no slippage. I got a flat while towing a...

I do road trips in our EVs a lot. Several of our common long stops only have 120V outlets, so we charge via Level 1 at those stops. Despite the fact that it is less efficient, it works just fine for a 2- or 3-day visit to charge on L1. We typically take the EV out while running around town. We...

There's also a potential 30% federal tax credit for purchase and installation of an EV charger. There may also be state incentives. Given there are now very few 80A L2 vehicles, there's little reason to get the FCSP unless you want to try your luck at the V2H install. $1100 seems reasonable to me.

I have an almost 3,000 mile trip coming up. I'd really like the Google Maps SoC integration, but it hasn't shown up yet. Being my impatient self, I guess I'll need to spend an afternoon updating via FDRS. Sigh.

We got our '23 Lariat ER for $67k out the door (including the $7500 tax credit, we then traded in a $34k truck). We pay lower insurance because we've been with our insurer for >25 years with a single sheet metal repair in that time. We do a lot of road tripping, but almost never pay more than...

Yeah, insurance is all over the place and I'm not sure it's valuable to include it since it is, like interest rates are, highly dependent on the owner/driver. If insurance costs are similar to yours and the same regardless of the energy source, the cost/mile is even better for the Lightning...

I usually do the math in my head. If it's a particularly nasty division, I just ask Google to do it. :)

Mine is usually pessimistic about my range when freeway driving. Even after going 217 miles at 2.8 miles/kWh (4.2 miles/%), it still thinks I'll only get 2.2 miles/kWh (3.3 miles/%) for the rest of the journey. After >50,000 miles, mostly road tripping, I have yet to be in a position of not...

The rectifiers built into many modern, cheap electric blankets (and many motor controllers for tools like dremels) cannot operate properly on modified sine wave power. The Lightning's Pro Power inverters are apparently pure sine wave inverters (there's a thread on this site about it), so it's...

I've done several models--I can't make a decision without overanalyzing everything. The best approach seems to be a Monte Carlo simulation since we can't know for certain the costs of energy, gas, or maintenance, etc in the future, and regional differences may matter. Here are the plots from...

The Upfitter guides are what you're looking for: https://www.fordpro.com/en-us/upfit/publications/

All with stock Hankook AT2 275/60R20 tires--note that these are not the BFGoodrich AT tires that some trucks were shipped with. I run them up near the top of their pressure profile, rather than at the recommended pressure on the door jamb sticker. At some point I'll buy a set of lighter-weight...

Full disclosure: This particular trip, which I do once every 1-3 months includes a loss (and then gain) of elevation of about 6800 feet (2100 meters). On the way down I get 2.8-3.0 miles/kWh (22.2 to 20.7 kWh/100 km, as shown) and on the way up I get 2.0 to 2.2 miles/kWh (31.1 to 28.3 kWh/100...

There's a myth that 120v isn't "good enough." That's only true in certain circumstances, mostly related to very cold temperatures. We went for two years on Level 1 charging with our Mustang before I got off my duff and installed our L2 charger. It is true that it's far, far more convenient to...

I have AT tires on my '23 Lariat ER. I drive through the Mojave Desert about once a month. My last trip was when it was up to 120 ºF during the drive. Doing 70-73 mph on the freeway, I got 2.8 miles/kWh. That translates to around 360-370 miles range. YMMV, of course.

Ignoring the lies most dealers will tell to sell a vehicle... Do the math. The extra weight is negligible. Less than 1% weight difference from the added components, which translates to less than 1% range difference. Weight matters for acceleration energy cost, and we do more acceleration than...

What fantastically grand adventures! You're living the life I'm hoping to get to soon. We spend a lot of time camping in northern Arizona and southern Utah, perhaps one day we'll see you in one of the many, many beautiful campgrounds. The evidence is that age is the most important factor in...