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I hate to break the news to you but close to 55% of the US now consumes their news from social media videos so it's already here. Take a guess of the 55% how much of that is Youtube......85%. I really have no idea why it matters how you consume your news; whether you watch it or read it, it...

Commercial trucks use diesel because they need low-end torque to move 80,000 lbs from a standstill. The Ramcharger uses electric motors for torque. Since the engine's only job is to spin a magnet to make electricity, the 'torque advantage' of diesel is irrelevant, leaving you with only the...

While a diesel would technically offer better thermal efficiency (getting more energy out of every drop of fuel), the trade-offs in weight, emissions complexity, and "on-demand" reliability make gas the more practical choice for a generator. In this application

The idea that the truck fits a person's use case and the fact that there probably not buying one are not mutually exclusive. The world is filled with things that I want but don't/can't buy.

Until the tires hit the pavement and you have some real-world metrics, it’s all subjective.

I'm well aware that it's not at the wheels, it doesn't matter. It's all about sustained power regardless if it's at the wheels or to the battery. when you are towing 14,000 lbs up a mountain grade, the dual electric motors are pulling massive amounts of energy. A small 4-cylinder would have to...

It's an intriguing concept, and if it gets more people into the EV circle who wouldn’t otherwise consider it, isn’t that a win for everyone? Interesting to see what the maintenance schedule for the engine is? Is it closer to a generator or a typical truck engine The 3.6 Pentastar is one of the...

I use this one between the garage bays and hang it up on the ceiling rafters. It works good, way better than laying the cord on the ground. The key was to have it retract without putting to much weight on the plug while plugged in. Took a little to get it just right but it's been up for over...

Apparently, Ford can do no wrong with that series of check boxes

I wonder what the difference is since I have been using it for just about 2 years and it has never failed not even once. It's been slow to respond but never actually failed.

If you would just be a little patient you can find a replacement on eBay, it just takes time. I just got a fully loaded mirror with the correct paint trim pretty much mint condition for $450 shipped. It took about 3-4 months of looking a couple times a week to find it. It took 10 minutes to...

All I was pointing out is that it doesn’t make sense to claim an 80-amp charger will charge a car faster if the car is limited to 32 or 48 amps. A lot of people assume bigger is better but that's not always the case.

It's irrelevant, the car is going to cap itself and ignore all the extra amps.

You need 2 accounts not 2 phones.

If you plug an 80A charger into a car that only accepts 48A, the charger doesn't "work half as hard." It simply passes 48A through. The internal components aren't cruising; they are just performing at the car's max request. Installing an 80amp charger is overkill and not necessary If you’re...

The only new features you’ll get will be those already in the pipeline. I assume that once the EREV launches, lighting will be limited to bug fixes only. I know the Lightning and the Mach-E basically share the same architecture, but that definitely won’t stay that way forever. At some point...

Then they should can the entire lighting program along with it.

Not necessarily—the generator’s role would be to maintain, not charge. In theory, if there’s no load, it could charge the battery, but I’d guess it would take quite a while to do so and is it necessary.

If you know exactly how they work, then share it with the rest of us. Last I checked, Ford hadn’t made any specific announcements, so how can anyone be right or wrong? If I said it’s going to be diesel and not gas, I’m neither right nor wrong since no announcement has been made. It’s an...

How so?