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Wow, anybody here have the trifecta of: 1) HVBJB recall, 2) blown bronco engine and 3) Chevy Bolt bad battery? You would certainly be due for a run of good luck. Maybe time to hit Vegas for the long Holiday weekend. Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Good luck to those affected...

With all the actual ransom ware attacks taking place these days, expensive cars and their associated remote access software would seem to be a prime target. All joking aside, manufacturers need to do everything possible to ensure that these access systems are as secure as humanely possible. One...

Haven't been around much lately, too busy working unfortunately. Insideevs had a link to these YouTubers who are claiming the dealer said that fixing PaaK would brick the car? I thought the SW update for this was pretty simple. I'll have to go back and check the last few pages. They also said...

Thermal system looks to be the first target of the teardown:

Concerning "eliminates this problem": What exactly is the root cause of the problem, and what is the implemented software solution? Thanks, SCPony

Other thread seems to indicate that the 12v battery is automatically charged by the HVB. Will just have to see what Ford has to say. SCPony

Tesla Bjorn video showed him turning on pre-conditioning which also trickle charged the 12v battery. His phone app showed the 12v battery voltage during the test. Does the Ford phone app show the 12v status? So maybe a periodic pre-conditioning helps, but still doesn't explain why the battery...

Sounds very similar. But Ford never said what the cause of the battery drain was. Only that a software update fixed it. SCPony

I thought for sure that the shipping delay for the "quality control" checks would at some point become public knowledge. Looks like I was wrong about that, since I haven't seen any discussion here about it, though I haven't been scouring the site. This battery thing is different in that it is...

The kinds of things that you then run into is that Ford has the car in the shop and maybe everything works perfectly. Owner drives the car home and the WiFi still isn't working. Then you have Ford, or the owner, having to work through the specific problem that the individual owner is having. And...

These are all software issues that other EV makers also have had to work through. Tesla had a devil of a time getting several features of this kind ironed out. The Android Auto thing wasn't one of them cause Tesla has their own architecture. Hopefully this gets fixed in a fast software update...

Especially if he is the VP of quality control down South... ;) SCPony

Electrek now on it: https://electrek.co/2021/01/15/ford-delays-hundreds-mustang-mach-e-deliveries-additional-quality-checks/

That kind of thing would affect initial production, but wouldn't cause delivery slips for cars already built. While there may be shortages of microprocessors, ones already built and installed should be fine. They have been making these since the 1970's, though todays are obviously more powerful...

Here we go... https://insideevs.com/news/466509/ford-mustang-mach-e-delivery-delay-reported/

EVs are hard. Just ask Tesla. Almost all other EV makers had crazy problems with initial vehicles. Leaf didn't cool their batteries properly, cooked them in Arizona. My Soul EV battery died likely due to heat issues. Batteries are even harder than EVs in general, they actually "are" the EV, as...

This is quite the claim for a first year vehicle that has only had a handful of actual customer deliveries. Batteries are notoriously tough too. My Kia Soul EV had the main battery replaced under warranty a few years ago. Care to share some of your research with us? That would certainly be great...

Have to echo what Jim said here. I tried using android auto several years ago in my Kia Soul EV. Granted, that was 3-4 years ago, and the Kia had a small screen, though larger than a phone screen. More trouble than it was worth. Took me nearly an hour to get it even functional. Then tried using...

Don, Any thoughts on when you think the other OEMs will hit the 70% market share you mention? Which companies do you think would be leading EV makers then? SCPony