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I’m glad I could provide a data point. I spent a bunch of money on that camper expecting better than I got. I’ve towed over 20,000 miles with my Lightning and thought I had a good idea of how it would do, but apparently not. I was able to make it home from the Oregon coast, but some of...

I never got a firm number I was comfortable with. I traded my A-frame 2,000 miles from home because I was having structural issues with one of the upper walls. The entire 7-day return trip had a 5-15 MPH tailwind, so I’m not sure how it would do in calm air. BUT it wasn’t great. I managed...

That’s exactly my thinking. I think there’s a good chance these trucks will vindicate themselves nicely past 100K, but I‘d be in a bad spot if they didn’t. None of this would be on my mind if I drove 15-20K/year. I have almost nothing but positive things to say about the Lightning. I’m...

You’re not wrong, but the engines in the ICE F150 have been a known quantity since their introduction in 2011. some are better than others, but there’s a long established track record of how they age pas 100 K. Catastrophic failures can happen to the best designs, but some are much better than...

Thanks! I pulled the A-Frame with my Lightning about 6,000 miles before having a structural issue, so I traded it out in Oregon for the Nucamp T@B 400. I’ve posted my towing thoughts in a couple other threads. The camper was a T21TBHW, which sits 68” tall when folded down. I averaged 1.4...

There’s a ton of data about reliability between models and brands, and they’re not all equal. I hope you’re right about the Lightning, though! But unless you or someone else is writing the check if you’re wrong, I’m not comfortable with the risk in less than two years. I can still manage...

That’s a good point, and much of that is driving my decision process. I’ve lost more to depreciation over the last ten years than anything else. I also have two older cars, an ‘04 Expedition and a ‘13 Prius. Neither are worth very much, but I’ve kept them around because they’ve been good to...

Mine is at 98% with lots of DCFC, but that’s not what bothers me. I don’t think the battery health is gonna come anywhere close to 80%, even at 200K. My battery health was also at 98% when I had a module fail, and it limped to the shop at the same 98%. I’m worried about cell/module failure...

I sincerely appreciate everyone’s thoughts. This is my fourth EV since 2019, and I’ve covered about 120K all-electric miles over that time. I’m comfortable with high-mile Teslas because of their reputation, and Tesla will replace the entire pack for about $15K out of warranty. I’m...

I was forced into retirement a few years ago because of a severe hand disability, and I’ve found a sense of happiness by being somewhere else. Anywhere else. I drove 40,000 miles last year, and I’m not slowing down unless/until my hands force me to. This truck has taken me from Minnesota to...

Thanks, just updated the spreadsheet! I traded my Flagstaff A-frame camper for a Nucamp T@b 400 last month, but I had a tailwind for the entire trip home. I’ll update next spring when I have some clean numbers, but it’s looking like 1.1-1.2 at 60 MPH. Not as good as I hoped. I arrived in...

The truck navigation will show Superchargers with built-in CCS adapters that are open to all EVs. No NACS adapter required, which is why they show up in the CCS filter in PlugShare. Google “magic dock” to learn more. They’ve been around for a couple years.

I’ve been beating the drum about how useless preconditioning is, and it sounds like the OP has seen one or two of my posts about it. To my thinking, the truck is preconditioning the battery when the coolant inlet temp changes after engaging the navigation. That shows the cooling system is...

Exactly this. Our trucks are much more accurate than the ancient float gauges used in the ICE trucks, but they're not perfect. Your PCM reports a number, but that's never going to be exact. My truck has never shown over 130 kWh available, and that number rarely lines up with my...

Thanks, guys! The spreadsheet has been updated.

Sorry, it’s tough to tell sarcasm on the internet. My 72-year-old mom just got her first EV last year. She’s 100% believe me if I told her that.

That’s impossible. The session ends as soon as charging stops, and the pump has to be re-activated to resume charging. I sometimes have to do this when I need 100% and forget to change the default 90% cap. The truck stops charging, I have to unplug, reauthorize the pump, and plug back in...

I’ve seen screenshots of EA and EVGo chargers doing that once or twice, but it seems to be quite rare. I used $675 worth of Supercharger sessions to get to the west coast and back last month. I never compared them with the FordPass log, but the numbers always seemed to line up. I never use...

I’ve spent lots of time towing with mine, and I’ve been really disappointed with the inability to precondition. The truck doesn’t seem to care if I navigate to a DCFC unless the battery is over 93º, at which point it’ll engage the A/C compressor to chill down to about 90º and stop. Charge...

I’ve heard the recommendation and seen it done, but I’ve never disconnected it myself. I sometimes get a “Trailer Wiring Fault” message when going in the water, but that’s he extent of it.