This is the only other incident I’m aware of from the early days in 2023. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/04/20/f-150-lightning-fire-footage-growing-ev-risk.html
As soon as the battery tech allows for lighter packs and longer range I agree it’ll be back. Something like solid state batteries. Ford knows they have to be ready to pounce as soon as this happens so that’s what they’re keeping the electric drivetrains alive with the EREV and smaller next gen...
I recently saw this solution on a Facebook forum so maybe it’s worth a shot.
the pull plug they are talking about is yellow. The green pull plug is the high voltage disconnect.
I’m still looking for something that looks as oem as possible and doesn’t stick out. It’s too bad Ford put the blindspot indicator right up on the top left where a blindspot mirror would seem to make the most sense.
So does the pawl and the e-brake both apply to the rear wheel(s) only? If so, I can see why the truck might still slip on ice since 2-3 of the 4 wheels can still rotate. Unless I’m missing something.
I had never heard of this mode before so I had to try it. Seems to work but I have no idea what I’m looking at. Seems like it could be useful at some point though
My guess is that they will program the parking brake to engage at all times when you go into Park with the shifter. This is how our Toyota Highlander works.
This is my hope as well. If they can offer two configurations of this truck that would be great news. I have no doubt Ford engineers could design it this way to be either: smaller battery+generator (EREV) or bigger battery+frunk (BEV).