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This is my process as well. It works. I've kept the phones and iPads plugged in overnight and they have charged. I use a power strip plugged into the rear outlets.

This thread prompted me to look into Android Auto for EV charging on the Lightning. On first impressions. I like it. Looks pretty good. It's quick and speedy. Has good info on the chargers. The time to charge estimates look accurate. Time to arrive at destination with charging looks right. Can...

The Lightning's used value has held. Last year prices were in the $40k-$60k. Pretty much the same this year. Maybe a little lower with some higher mileage vehicles. Looks like the used Lightning prices have gone up in the past few months...

I just use @invertedspear 's calculator for range, battery %, and the dash mi/kWh. https://lightningcalcs.pages.dev/?battery=131 The truck doesn't know the future, only the past. I plug in 1.9mi/kWh and the battery % into the calculator. The 20% range it spits out I'll feel comfortable with.

I use PlugShare website's Trip Planner feature. There's a nice map that shows the pins in relation to the elevation gain. I make an initial charging stop plan based on ABRP or using the radius feature on the Trip Planner using 140 miles. Then I'll look at the elevation graph. If it looks like...

Ford knows it's customers. The truck is going to get the job done. Ford Tough!

I just noticed the infotainment maps is displaying differently. The nav is displaying buildings and textured water in my local big city. I don't recall that being there before. Is that new?

Haha that's so enjoyable when they have that confused look at the frunk. Then the realization "that's a really good idea!" Glad you shared a Standard Range road trip. So often the SR gets dismissed. The SR can still put in the miles. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

Walter showed off a charging cord extension cable. Looks like the company does a NACS version. You'd have to also get a NACS to J1772 adapter to plug into the Lightning.

Congrats! Welcome aboard. Any big plans for the truck?

MartinRebuilds did a run with only the Google Maps. He said it did well and it could be trusted.

If anyone is curious. I found this Fire suppression report about extinguishing EV fires. https://fsri.org/research-update/experiments-studying-fire-blanket-effectiveness-control-electric-vehicle-fires-are

I absolutely agree with you too. I have a '22 and only a 11 kW charger. For most it is sufficient. For some having that 19kW option is important. All depends on our use cases.

Agreed. The '22 are more valuable because of the 80 amp / 19kW capability for level 2 charging.

It's a truck. Use it as you need to. Ford tough. I recently did my own test to see the consumption. Been thinking about bringing my pets with me on a longer trip. Wanted to make sure it would stay on. Here's my driveway test notes. 5 hr 15 min test on Lightning. 41% -> 37% SOC About 1% /hr...

This is a recent report of a Hyundai Ioniq5 that's gone 410,000 miles. Battery replaced because Hyundai wanted to study it, battery was still healthy (87%). Edit: https://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com/story/CONT0000000000176112

Thank you for the update info.

Might skim these vids from Munro Live And MartinRebuilds. These are the only two I can think of that show the truck innards.

Saw this cool Lightning with the swapped out grill.

Part 3 finale to restoring the veteran's Lightning. Martin finishes up the restoration. Then takes us along for the road trip drive using Superchargers all the way back to deliver the Lightning. Emotionally moving to see the work Martin did. There was some notable repair tricks like how to...