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This is the best advice IMHO. I got the orange ring on my wife's Mach-E when charging at home; calling the local dealer and telling them the trouble codes made the necessary repair go as quickly as it could (a few days). You might find from the codes that it was indeed a one-off, and that...

IIRC, Mr. Farley showed interest in much of the tech in the Stainless Musk Ox. Since most of it probably isn't patentable, the good stuff may show up in the next generation of Ford EVs. Hopefully those won't be held up for too many more years by political shenanigans. For example, I would...

Welcome to the group. I think you're probably an ideal Flash owner, preferably with the larger older battery, but that's mostly based on your description of a long one way trip; it's nice to be able to make it comfortably (I don't consider 9% comfortable with the possibility of cold weather...

A question which comes to mind: Is the rate of totaled vehicles with salvageable batteries higher than the rate of failed batteries? From what I've read here and elsewhere, this seems likely, and if so, there should be a source of replacement batteries and modules for the next few years...

I was surprised to find that a 1/4"-20 stainless button head screw fit mine just fine. I never expected such a modern vehicle to use old imperial/SAE threads!? But there it is.

I've found CarScanner and Forscan, along with the hardware, both really helpful and recommend both if you want some control and understanding (rather than preferring to just let the dealer handle everything). CarScanner is good for monitoring what's going on under the frunk and spotting...

Wholehearted agreement with this. I ended up making tie(and bolt) down fittings that fit in the drain(?) holes in the front of the bed to hold kayaks, ladders, 2xN boards, etc. On a related note, let's hope Ford keeps in mind customers who customize. Actions such as encrypting CAN bus...

Good point about the HVBJB. Our 2021 SR Select (cheapest model) recently had its box replaced under warranty to fix that known problem, and a neighbor had his Premium's box replaced before any problems occurred with it. So if you can find one of the older cars which has had a new HVBJB...

Lots of good EVSEs out there. I've been using an EmporÍa (now 'Classic') for years with minimal trouble* and a Fisker branded Wallbox (closeout deal) for a year or so with no trouble. Both plug into a NEMA 14-50, and I usually charge at 15-20A because there's no need to charge faster. If...

Thermodynamic efficiency over 40%? That's a pretty tall claim for an ICE. Not impossible, but everything including the phase of the Moon would have to line up just right. With the high compression (thus temperatures) emissions will probably be a concern. Maybe VW can help them pass emissions...

What will be for sale 10+ years from now? Will our society be living in 2036 or 1886 by then? I have no plan to move on from the Lightning anytime soon. BTW, @Rthol21: what new tires do you have that are causing such a range penalty?

Interesting, especially given that Ford has a history of overseas partnerships, for example the collaboration with Mazda a couple decades ago which produced some pretty good vehicles IMHO (I owned two Fordzdas, both of which did a good job for me; Ranger/Bxx00 trucks are still all over the...

First, they should spend several years making license plates...

Answer: FUD. Is this company a provider of charge, or just a sort of matchmaker between those who have charge and those who need it? If the latter, let's hope they treat providers better than certain ridesharing app companies do.

That email may have been well timed, being sent on the First of April... Seriously, though: I would expect that a device such as that would supply some extra charge for starting an ICE engine, and that's all it would be designed to do. It wouldn't be very much extra charge, as supercapacitors...

Sorry you've had so many problems. We had similar symptoms from our 2021 Mach-E recently, with the orange ring when attempting to charge, warnings to STOP SAFELY NOW (when parked in our garage), etc. After leaving the car for an hour or so, it came back to life, so I read the DTCs, printed...

I don't think the title of this thread is correct. Farley is not saying he regrets learning how to do things better; he's saying he (and the company) had to learn new ways of doing business, and learning is expensive. The alternative would be not to learn how to make EVs. This would lead to...

About solar and storage-to-grid: Some Sunrun salespeople came by my house a while ago and said they might be interested in having me join some sort of program where they installed a battery on my house, a battery which they would own and PG&E would control to deliver electricity at high rates...

Agreed that cost per mile is a good measure, but it would be even better if it were cost per (some measure of carrying capacity times miles). 5 seats instead of 2 and around a ton of hauling capacity instead of...OK not sure how much the Insight could carry...should be considered. After all...

In a shocking development (not), Highway 1 is once again closed due to rock slides. Let's hope the damage is minimal (stuff on the road, but the road still there) and we can get back out there soon...