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The charger has configuration setting (DIP switches) to configure the amperage that the car is allowed to draw. Check the book that came with the charger. You can open it and compare to the DIP switches settings to verify that they are set correctly. If it is set to 48 amps ... then your car...

Column shifters were EXTREMELY common in cars. Most cars had bench-seats and three people could sit in the front. This meant a floor shifter was in the way. Column shifting solved this problem.

I have two Mach-E’s and they are kept in the garage. I plug them in when I put them away but I only charge to 80%. There are lots of things that add stress to a battery … max charge, minimum charge … but one of them is the amount of charge. More frequent “short” charges is less stressful...

Many dealers remove the card with the door code and keep it in the office so that … should other shoppers want to see the car, they wont find the door code. BUT … they usually put it in the packet with all the paperwork you received when you bought the car. If it isn’t in your car ... check...

That’s normal cruise control with lane-keeping … but not hands-free (the car will scold you if you take your hands off the wheel for more than a few seconds). BlueCruise hands-free causes the whole driver display background to turn blue with a hands-free image. If the car is in a “blue zone”...

Have you ever disconnected the 12v battery … wait about 10 minutes and then reconnect it? I ask because, when I received my ‘23 I couldn’t activate BlueCruise even though the feature showed as being activated. Ford was able to confirm it was active and also that the car’s modem was on. BUT …...

When I check the Ford Power Promise page it is still mentioning QMerit.

The Ford Connected Charge Station and I *think* also the Ford Charge Station Pro are made by Webasto. They have a Ford cosmetic cover with Ford branding on it … but inside it is a Webasto EVSE. I never did understand why they didn’t just give people the Ford Connected Charge Station (48 amp)...

Clipper Creek (now Enphase) makes dual-chargers. It’s one EVSE with two charging cords and it shares the load. If only one car is charging then it works like a normal charger. If a 2nd car connects to start charging it divides the load in half. It’s NOT cheap though. They come in different...

EA have a mode they fall into when not everything is working correctly (e.g. the cooling system is not working) but they still have power.. So they fall back to this slow mode where it technically works … but isn’t very fast. Whenever you have an EA station that will only provide around 35kW...

It is normally in the glove box. Check the sun visors (it may be tucked into one of the holders on the top or bottom). For my latest car, it would have been in the glove box except that dealer normally pulls the card out and puts it with the paperwork (often they’ll give you a thick envelope...

I should probably bring up something that I’m not entirely sure everyone understands… Regen isn’t everything and there are times when you really do not want to use it. There is no free energy. When you are stopped (the car has no kinetic energy) and you accelerate, the car takes energy from...

I‘m a bit over 31k miles and the tread looks great. BUT… this REALLY depends on a few factors. 1) proper tire inflation. I have an air compressor in the garage so maintaining tire pressure is no big deal. While some gas stations have air … many (probably most) tire shops also have air. And...

I do not work for Ford, but I do live in Dearborn and know a ton of people at Ford (most of whom are retired these days) and they gave me the inside info on how build scheduling is done. Cars get organized into a build order based on options. For example… back when sunroofs were popular, it...

You mentioned your car is “generally kept above freezing”. I noticed when the temps are in the 30’s (°F) that the range loss is not very much … usually less than 10%. It’s when it’s much colder (temps in the single digits or teens) and that’s when it’ll make a much bigger difference. I have...