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I lived through this with my old Saab. Not only did they stop making that model, the entire company went out of business. All dealers closed. And yet I was still able to get parts for many years.

Maybe not news to this forum but there’s apparently a lot of leased EVs hitting the market soon. I wonder how many of these will be Lightnings. https://www.autoblog.com/news/the-flood-of-cheap-used-evs-will-cost-car-companies-billions

The 100 - 150mi towing distance between charges sounds correct and for some people that can be a deal breaker. But for almost everything else, you can’t beat the Lightning in my opinion. It is a great time to buy used.

Question on the simple breaker and interlock style approach. How does the Lightning play nicely with the bonded panel when the Lightning itself is also a GFCI bonded neutral generator? Do you have to do anything special or does it just work?

I’ve learned that this is unfortunately due to the architecture of the whole vehicle. Instead of having a central computer (like Tesla or your iPhone) Fords are made up of dozens of separate “computers” (ECUs) all made by different manufacturers with their own computer code on them. From a...

Agreed. In about 3 months Americans will forgot all this happened and the EV haters will rise again. lol.

I read through this lengthy thread but I’m still uncertain about what wire gauge I’d be allowed to use with the Ford Charge Station Pro when I’m derating it. If I want to set it to 64amps I’d probably still use 3awg copper with an 80amp breaker. But if I wanted to set it 48amps with a 60amp...

So it looks like they do indeed do a coolant flush when they replace the heater according to the 2 gallons line item.

On the website to sign up, there's an option for $60 additional dollars that says it covers the following: Interior / Exterior Lighting - $60 The interior/exterior lighting option provides repair or replacement for electrical failures on incandescent bulbs, halogen bulbs, High Intensity...

Something tells me Massachusetts will never approve this. Here’s to hoping! 🍺

Did they have any ideas on how the SOBDM got shorted out? Glad to hear the truck is fixed!

Really looking forward to this series! Agree with several others that the protective skid plate with side protection for the HV wire harnesses and the coolant lines would be my first thought. It’s too bad that Australian company isn’t responding. But fabricating that piece of metal can’t be that...

This also popped up when browsing FB but I won’t even bother asking if this would work on the Lightning 🙂

That’s cool. I’ve never seen one of these in real life before but it seems like a really cool feature for not a lot of complexity.

I noticed this too. Maybe it has a really large low end buffer to prevent you from completely draining the usable battery. Otherwise you’d be stuck waiting for the onboard engine to recharge the battery before you could go anywhere. And the gas truck people buying this would lose their minds if...

I saw this FB Marketplace listing for a Ford truck that has a hydraulic bed that can dump. I’ve never seen this before. So of course it had me wondering if this could ever be done on a Lightning?

Keep us posted on how the journey goes!

As a side note I can also shuttle around my EV snowblower (and charge it from the truck) which I had to do this winter.

It’s a great camp vehicle. Thanks for the reminder we need to do this again this summer.

We might need a new song called, They Killed the Lightning and Broke my Heart :)