Announcing: Tesla Superchargers + Connected Navigation

[Jim Lewis]

So I like the information you are trying to give new owners....just letting you know some things are lacking.

From another thread:

There's been debate about when the Lightning BMS kicks in and cools the truck's battery when the truck's not plugged in. Numbers like 115F and 120F have been batted around. That's another thing @Ford Motor Company could come clean on. They treat it like, "Don't you worry your silly little heads about such things. We've got you covered (but we won't tell you the details)..."

I agree—critical, useful details about how the truck works are often lacking, @Ford Motor Company .

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[Kev12345]

“Is there a cost to use Connected Navigation?
Connected Navigation is a connected service with a complimentary 3-year trial included for electric vehicles.
For F-150 Lightning, Connected Navigation/Connected Built-In Navigation (as equipped) is available as a standalone paid subscription after the expiration of the 3-year trial.
Thank you and happy charging!

Robert and Brian”

Tesla nav stays connected without subscription. Why can’t ford?

 

[Pioneer74]

“Is there a cost to use Connected Navigation?
Connected Navigation is a connected service with a complimentary 3-year trial included for electric vehicles.
For F-150 Lightning, Connected Navigation/Connected Built-In Navigation (as equipped) is available as a standalone paid subscription after the expiration of the 3-year trial.
Thank you and happy charging!

Robert and Brian”

Tesla nav stays connected without subscription. Why can’t ford?

Nickels and dimes add up.

 

[flypony53]

“Is there a cost to use Connected Navigation?
Connected Navigation is a connected service with a complimentary 3-year trial included for electric vehicles.
For F-150 Lightning, Connected Navigation/Connected Built-In Navigation (as equipped) is available as a standalone paid subscription after the expiration of the 3-year trial.
Thank you and happy charging!

Robert and Brian”

Tesla nav stays connected without subscription. Why can’t ford?

This is why the big OEMs are failing to gain significant market share. In order to navigate to a charging station, pre-condition the battery, etc, you must pay an extra fee. Finding a charging station is different from finding a gas station, but the OEMs do not understand that. Kia/Hyundai/Ford/GM, they all have a similar approach.

 

[nolavet504]

90k+ lol

I’ll be crying all night

 

[PrimeRisk]

Sooo… what about 2022-2024 owners? Are we just screwed?

And will Apple CarPlay also eventually precondition?

@Ford Motor Company

Don't worry, it will come with the BlueCruise v1.4 update...

 

[PrimeRisk]

“Is there a cost to use Connected Navigation?
Connected Navigation is a connected service with a complimentary 3-year trial included for electric vehicles.
For F-150 Lightning, Connected Navigation/Connected Built-In Navigation (as equipped) is available as a standalone paid subscription after the expiration of the 3-year trial.
Thank you and happy charging!

Robert and Brian”

Tesla nav stays connected without subscription. Why can’t ford?

It's not can't, it's won't.

In addition, in the 24s if you don't pay for Connected Nav after the trial, they completely brick Nav.

 

[Brons2]

In addition, in the 24s if you don't pay for Connected Nav after the trial, they completely brick Nav.

No problem for me as long as Android Auto still works.

Hopefully if they do that, they also take the button off the display for Nav.

 

[PrimeRisk]

No problem for me as long as Android Auto still works.

Hopefully if they do that, they also take the button off the display for Nav.

No, they don't remove the button. It will still operate as a general map. Long story, but I stumbled across the fact that they brick the functionality without payment when I took delivery of my '24 and the Connected Nav trial license wasn't applied, so the Nav wouldn't work at all. Dealer had never seen anything like it and Ford had to fix it on their end. In the '22s and '23s, Nav still operates after the trial, just without the live features.

Final analysis is the Ford Nav is so bad that I abandoned it after only a few weeks and have never looked at it since. I only use Waze through Android Auto.

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