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with Chargepoint, you don't actually have to have an account, or a card, you use the 'guest' feature and simply skip the signin and all that - you do have to input your card info each time, but, if you have it all memorized like I do...no biggy.

Plug & Charge should be included with the Lightning, but the Equipment provided at the charge point is what allows that to happen - I'm sure that over time this will become the 'default' action whenever plugging in an EV, but, for now, it's hit and miss. As far as I know, it's simply the ability...

Property owners have never yet had to concern themselves with this EV charging 'infrastructure' installation and costs before, so it's safe to assume that many will be hesitant, even if some of their renters are asking for it. I suspect that it will become more of a 'we have Charging options...

Ford designed the mobile charger to use the optional 240v 50amp NEMA 14-50 outlet for various reasons - this is the outlet sizing that provides not only the 30amps of power, and more, but can be available for upgrading to higher amperage charging at a later date. Also, this is a very COMMON...

it is true that the 'balanced' load of the EVSE 50amp plug does not need, nor require, the use of a Neutral wire. While the NEMA 14-50 50amp outlet/plug CAN make use of the Neutral, for other uses, most folks will wire it that way - but, I absolutely see that you, as a homeowner, can do what...

as an EV owner, two Nissan Leafs/2014/2015 models for several years, and now even an electric 'hybrid' plug-in Kia Sorento, and having discussions with many folks who 'question' the validity and their 'fear' of how EVs actually work, I have some thoughts: - homeowners have most all options...

as my wife and I came back thru Cordele, GA, right off interstate I75 N/S between Detroit and S Florida, which MANY MANY vehicles travel everyday, we noticed the Walmart ElectrifyAmerica 8 post DC Fast Charger station had not a single vehicle, while the brand new 10 station TESLA SuperChargers...

and just like most apartment and townhome complexes have to expand, expand, and add more and more parking options for the shear numbers of 'cars per household', as compared to only 20 years ago, those same 'rental' families will need 'at home' charging options - with new apartments and complexes...

the reality is the 'gas station' will NOT be the one footing the investment for this electrical infrastucture, but a third party company, like ChargePoint, where the gas station owner provides the 'footprint' place for the charging, and collects a small fee on each charge. The gas station owner...

I certainly thinks it's the best usage of money to expand thru the Interstate Road system to start with, as long distance travel is what is holding back most new EV buyers. DC Fast Chargers in rural towns and areas seems to be something that will come with time, as most in those areas probably...

I think some of us 'nerds', if there's not a better term to use, will be most interested in all these 'data' points and electrical 'anomalies', but I think the vast majority of Ford's bread-and-butter F150 buyers will have little interest or care about the 'differences' that 'might' have been...

I can imagine that 5th Wheel equipment might seem to bolt 'only' to the bed, but chances are it actually bolts to the FRAME RAILS underneath the bed, or something similar, which might make it difficult with a large traction motor underneath. When you look at videos and photos of the raw frame...

I agree, sounds like a waste of a perfectly good battery that is already doing the job, and should for a LONG LONG time since it's not required to 'turn over' a starter several times a day - but, some will just 'have' to have a different battery, if it makes them feel better.

I don't think there will be any issue in using the output of the truck while you are also charging the truck at the same time - in essence, whatever you are taking out of the truck will be lowering the amount of power available to charge the truck, although the technological aspect is not quite...

I think that while we want to compare and argue and try to 'reason' why these batteries and charging times are what they are, the vast, vast majority of any vehicles charging will be done at HOME, overnight, with little regard to 'speed'... only the very FEW relative times we hit a DC Fast...

I find it interesting about the question of whether a utitlity company can somehow 'shut down' your EVSE, or something similar, as a concern. While I certainly don't think they can, without some very dedicated and specific equipment, years ago we had a pitch at a City Meeting about the 'future'...

understood, but no one is coming here for my, or your, electrical expertise, nor are we providing it to them - we are arguing points, which we disagree on. Some will argue the virtue of the newest 'codes', while others will talk from experience and common sense.

and I don't mean to discount what people might read in the 'code', but my experience over many years does not negate what the breaker size SAYS on the breaker, itself. If it's a 50amp breaker, it's designed to handle 50amps of power, that's why it says so. If the code did not allow it to, it...

that's pure balony - the breaker is designed to protect the circuit wiring, regardless of whether one might consider 'continuous' loads, or not, whatever that even means. The 'code' is referring to other devices/appliance or draws that might be on the same circuit - these EVSE are on dedicated...

there can be confusion about how electricity and outlets work, and their capacity, but the main issue is always whether the WIRE can handle the amperage, or the HEAT, that runs thru it to power a device. And, it's not the wire itself that's any issue, it's the wire's outer protective COATING -...