Check out the livestream @Bronco.Babe.Krista posted. At the 28 minute mark they look at the door plate of the Lariat ER in the SEMA garage. Gross weight was 8400 pounds. Payload was 1452 pounds. That puts empty weight at 6950 pounds.
I’ve seen on other posts where the ER battery was estimated...
After I placed my Lightning order I was over a my dealership and mentioned if he wanted to have it on display for a bit I probably wouldn't mind. I'm getting the only 2022 at this dealership and thought that the other 15 or so folks who have reservations may like to see one. He said no he...
You can check my posts in the Lightning Orders thread. In some of my posts I have shown my spreadsheet with all of the states and % breakdowns. I have been keeping track of the ZEV State breakdown and have shown the breakdown between reservation states, Wave order states and now build...
Same here getting more excited. I've got my electrician on call for him to come in on a Saturday and give me a hand with the install. Hopefully I can have nearly everything ready for him to check over and do the final connection inside the main panel.
I received notification the other day...
My point was that the use of winter gasoline only contributes a small percentage of the overall ICE winter fuel economy degradation.
I agree that many of the same winter environmental factors that impact EV range in the winter also impact ICE range.
- Short trips
- Lower tire pressure
- Cold...
20% loss for gasoline ICE winter driving would be a bit of a stretch unless drivers are letting their cars idle for an excessive period.
The winter gasoline contains lighter compounds and therefore is less dense in the winter than summer gasoline but it only accounts for maybe a 2% drop in...
VIN's in the Order Tracker now range from G02861 to G08069. This is from the 59 VIN's folks have shared in the order tracker.
There are 100 folks who have a build week and 59 have VIN's in the order tracker.
The latest round of scheduled orders added another 30 scheduled entries into the tracker. Here is the latest U.S. ZEV State Bias. The Wave Order % is now tracking with Scheduled for production %.
State
Reservations
Percentage
Wave Orders
Percent
Scheduled
Sched %
Total
1365
280
94...
Has anyone from the 5/30 build week group received an email from Ford advising of their production build date or has everyone just seen their build date through their Ford account tracker? I have only seen mine through the Ford account tracker and have not yet received any emails from Ford.
I find this humorous. The intern in charge of this email must have copied a Bronco apology email. Ford certainly has plenty of those to select from.
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Mine has been scheduled for the week of May 30 for quite some time: That seemed to be the last production scheduled week before Ford took a month's hiatus on scheduling more Lightnings.
There are 11 of us in the order tracker with 5/30 build weeks.
When you are in the Backdoor tracker, you can decode the HTML page and find info like your build date, VIN, etc. Here is one from a few months ago:
Step 1. Go to the Backdoor Tracker
Step 2. Open the Browser Console . Click and hold Ctrl + Shift + J
- Browser console will open on the right side...
I was considering installing a double pole double throw switch to isolate the EVSE circuit but those are about $500 for 60 amps. I also have considered installing a breaker box to segregate the 14-50 outlet from the ChargePoint wiring.
I’m still wondering if the mobile charger requires the neutral for it to work.
At this point I’m inclined to spend the extra $$ for the 6/3 Romex and wire in a NEMA 14-50 outlet and then run 6/2 a couple of feet to hardwire in the ChargePoint.
If the mobile charger doesn’t require a neutral...
To be clear I was referencing Romex 6/2 and Romex 6/3 wiring both of which come with the appropriate ground wires.
I'm just trying to avoid an extra $134 for 50' of 6/3 compared to 50' of 6/2 when the only requirement for 6/3 is to wire a NEMA 14-50 outlet. All other charging solutions just...
I think you will get the same result with the back door tracker as you get on the Ford reservation page. E.g. your order is not scheduled for production. https://www.ford.com/buy/manage.html?reservationId=xxxxxxxxxx
Once your Lightning is scheduled for production then the back door tracker will...
I have a question on the 240V wiring necessary for the LIghtning. 6-3 wire is needed to properly wire a NEMA 14-50 outlet. The Ford Dual Voltage Ford Mobile Charger has a plug adaptor for a 14-50 outlet. Does the Ford Mobile Charger require the neutral to be connected to work?
I don't want...
I have a similar question as FarmFord42. Will we be able to turn off the low speed pedestrian alerts. I also have a ranch and don’t want the cows thinking the pedestrian alert sound is the new feed truck sound. Also I will use the Lightning while hunting and don’t want extra noise in that...