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Want to give props to @Ford Motor Company for adding Passkey support on the Ford website. This adds another option to secure your account building on the additional 2FA/MFA support added last year. I didn't get a notice from Ford about this addition - just noticed it when logging in recently to...

FYI, while traveling yesterday the in-car navigation began showing compatible Tesla Superchargers as an in route charger option. i don't know how complete the list is but the one it chose in route guidance yesterday was one that has only been open for a few months. progress. * 10/29/24: edit...

well, it looks like Enel X Way is doing just above the absolute bare minimum in its NA departure plan (received this email today since i had a JB40 in the past):

Ford CEO on the future of EVs, Detroit, and his relationship with Tesla's Elon Musk

Automotive infotainment systems are a privacy nightmare but did you know they (may) also store your text messages and phone call logs that can be retrieved from the car itself? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/five-big-carmakers-beat-lawsuits-alleging-infotainment-systems-invade-privacy/

Interesting details in this article but it appears to be from an application and not an actual assigned patent so actual citations and the document itself are missing. https://electrek.co/2023/11/01/tesla-reveals-how-magic-dock-works-patent-filing/ After defuzzing the patentese language, it...

The next year or two will be interesting to watch and see if UAW can leverage its momentum. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/the-uaw-beat-the-big-three-elon-musks-tesla-is-among-its-next-targets/

some interesting bits in this interview - new in house rear drive unit and other changes also coming to main line versions

story link while Peter dodges the NACS question and pushes for more adoption of the "L2 charge where you sleep" strategy he also hits a few interesting points: they are targeting a $50k range car eventually; mentions mid- to late decade time frame they would "love to be able to license" their...

A little bit of something for everyone to chew on in this JD Power survey: https://www.theverge.com/23801545/car-infotainment-customer-satisifaction-survey-jd-power

wide ranging interview and covers a lot of topics including NACS, following and responding to social media (MachE Forum gets a shoutout), and where they are going with HV battery level in next gen (good), and issues around higher voltage levels in LV battery.

so, i have one charge location defined for my Home location on my MME. today after a drive fordpass decided to let me know i am at home, aka {CHARGE_LOCATIONNAME}...

from Reuters via Autoblog: Analysis: EV charger makers guardedly look to adopt Tesla standard

Jeremy Whaling, EVgo's Senior EVSE Engineer gives a broad discussion of CCS, a bit of Tesla's NACS, and other issues in this recent video from Transport Evolved:

Ford released May sales and production data last Friday and it looks like the production ramp up is going well. Cuautitlan Mustang Mach-E January February March April May - 360 7,381 11,858 13,639 I sure hope they have added commensurate distribution capacity as well for all...

another trade press to chime in: We’re Paying $650/Year to Subscribe to Our Ford F-150 Lightning The era of the car as a subscription service is upon us.

an automotive research company study shows challenges to Features on Demand strategy to produce significant revenue streams for auto makers: Selling Subscription-based Vehicle Features Will Challenge Automakers in Unexpected Ways i wonder if they're just reading our threads... ?

Out of Spec Review did an incredibly long, interesting, and full on geek mode video of a tour of ChargePoint with details on hardware engineering, testing, planning, and company perspectives on all of it. It is VERY long so I definitely suggest watching it in bites but the whole thing was very...

judging by the options available in the Select and Ca Rt 1 models, Ford appears to have removed the AM radio capability: we won't know for sure until order guides appear - the Premium and GT models only mention the B&O sound system without a lot of details.