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I guess Ford could play the marketing game too, and set the Lightning to charge at 211kW for 30 seconds. A 15 second software update, and Ford just outdesigned Rivian. I would recommend researching Li-ion battery charging. You will find charging is where almost all the damage happens, mostly...

No, but ask @JoeDimwit since he works at the Lightning plant.

It's all the in-game purchases, aka Ford Pro.

You might lose 1% in a week.

Keep the theories coming, it's great entertainment. Not to be a spoil sport, but those model year changeover dates were prolly set about a year ago. But ignore that, and stay strong, tin hats.

I am not sure where the sweetspot is, but yes, 240vac is more efficient than 110vac charging.

Of course, you do realize the 2023 vehicles will start delivering one day after the wave 6 2022 deliveries, right?

So what is the HP of the Lightning? ~ 560hp, or 418kW. The battery is 400VDC nominal. Power = voltage x current, so Current = Power / voltage. So, when you floor that Lightning, the battery has to produce 418,000/400 = 1045 amps. On the other side, when you are DC fast charging at 150kW...

Anyone order a blue one with a March 2 build date? If so, your truck is done.

Scheduling updates normally go out on Thursdays.

Weekly.

https://www.ford.com/cmslibs/content/dam/brand_ford/en_us/brand/trucks/f150/f150-lightning/pdf/FordChargeStationPro-Specs_06_v2.pdf This should work from 20 to 80 amps.

https://pro.ford.com More specifically: https://pro.ford.com/en-us/charging/ Home Charging Our variety of home charging options allow your drivers to continue to take their work vehicles home every day to help optimize uptime. Ford Pro E-Telematics can be used to...

I agree with you, there are so many factors affecting delivery that it is like predicting the weather.

Yes to the chip thing. Doubtful of any holds. OKTB is normally 3 weeks after Job1. That is important because vehicles are queued up (stored) for delivery until OKTB, and because any further quality updates done after Job 1 are typically performed "First In, Last Out". So the person with the...

Excellent guesses, but no. I'm sure all the driving for that vehicle was low speed, the vehicle was getting maybe 3.7mi/kWh at those speeds, and the range Guess-O-Meter went "hey, 130kWh x 3.7 = 481 mile range". Y'all with Mach-E's know what I'm talkin about.

You forgot the tailwind.

This is somewhat true, but the advances won't be as big as you might think. Everyone's EV motors of the same type, say permanent magnet, are highly efficient already. Squeezing even 1% better efficiency out of the motors requires substantial $$$. How about battery management? Well...

Priority code is just the priority for vehicles ordered by that dealership, meaning if the dealer ordered 5 vehicles, the lowest priority vehicle is the one the dealer wants to receive most urgently.

Ultra High Voltage for the "normal" grid is 100+ years off. Ultra high DC has two "killer apps" 1) It can efficiently transfer power between two AC grids, and they don't have to be phased, or even at the same frequency, say 50Hz and 60Hz 2) It doesn't have the same capacitance issue that...