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At 38 months and 49,000 miles, the tread was getting quite low on my OEM Michelin Primacy A/S tires. I was persuaded by the marketing hype to try Hankook's relatively new EV-specific low rolling resistance "iOn evo" tires. But before I did so, I recorded a little data to do a before and after...

It’s finally time to replace my tires. Got 50,000 on the OEM set but they’re down to the nub. Of Michelin, Goodyear, and Continental, what is my best bet? Priorities in order: 1. Low rolling resistance (don’t want a huge range hit) 2. Treadlife 3. Quiet 4. Comfort (the Mach E already has a...

Maybe someone already noticed this, but I want to stake my claim if possible… They eliminated the rounded corners on CarPlay with 6.14!! It looks much better now!

As some of you know, Ford says they’ve finally moved Sketch to the Entertainment tab to make it easier to find with the release of 6.14 - something we’ve all been clamoring for for a long time. THANK YOU @Ford Motor Company !!! But did you know that Sketch is also the newest way to leave...

Three years ago today, I flew to Denver to pick up Sonic - my Grabber Blue FE - and drive him home to Wichita. That odyssey is detailed here. 46,500 miles later, here is my three-year review. Much of this is copied from my 2yr review, with updates. I have no regrets. I made the right decision...

Just dropped today… This appears to be the sequel to 24-PU0102-SVD-FX, discussed here. What we know from the release notes… First, it’s a background improvement, so it is not a foreground improvement. Second, it has something to do with “Connectivity” although I’m not sure what connection...

What do you think?

So during the Chicago winter meltdown a few weeks ago which left hundreds of frustrated Tesla owners stranded, if you dig into the details it appears that the charging shortage was exacerbated by a great many Tesla rentals, being used by ride-sharing gig workers, hogging the chargers. Several...

I don’t know what to make of this. Originally reported by the WSJ but mostly buried behind a paywall, more of it is copied and reported here… I don’t know this “efficiency number,” but apparently it is used by the Energy Department to award carbon regulatory credits to manufacturers, and the...

That’s right, friends. The SUPER POLL is back. Prior iterations here and here. It’s a new year, and it’s time to remind @Ford Motor Company what software fixes and enhancements we really want. So here's the deal. There are 25 options. All great ideas. You get to pick up to 10. Why can't you...

What do you all think?! Ford wants to know!

So I’m sitting at a public L2 charger doing some weird L2 public charging and there is a Chevy crapmobile (not sure what it’s called) and a Tesla M3 also charging here, at 8am, and their occupants are both sleeping inside. I’m not talking just dozing in their seats. These dudes are camping to...

Latest EAP survey on Android Auto and Apple CarPlay was… actually pretty good! Good questions designed to elicit useful responses! Hopefully Ford listens.

Updating this thread from November 10… 16 weeks ago, back on September 22, @Ford Motor Company announced: "Over the next few weeks, the software package to enable BlueCruise 1.3 will begin to roll out through multiple updates. Please note, this process can take several weeks to complete."...

So my PAAK seems to have gotten significantly worse since 6.1.0. Specifically, I’m now frequently experiencing the car being very slow to recognize the key and wake up to open my door. I have to use the door keypad to wake up the car. Your experience?

So reporting software bugs to @Ford Motor Company doesn’t seem to be super effective. At best, that account appears to be nothing more than frontline customer service. They always try to dump us into the dealership service center cue, which is annoying because the best the service center can do...

I’m not finding this in a search, but I’m sure I’m not the first to experience it. If someone could point me to the thread on this bug, I would appreciate it. I have an issue with the radio activating on its own. It activates to a random AM station with static. Loud static. The bug appears to...

I’d like to use the DC port on the trunk to air up an inflatable mattress for camping. The mattress says it is 0.9A and 105w. I was looking at a cheap DC to AC converter that has an input of 13.8V DC, 12A and an output of 1.04A and 100w. Think that’ll be ok?

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/ford-set-lose-billion-electric-vehicles-year-despite-increased-revenue To be fair, I don’t know that these loss projections take into account the plan to charge $800 annual subscriptions for BlueCruise.

I know there were some complaints early on about this. I thought Ford had fixed it. Hadn’t happened for me in about 6mos. I have the very most recent OTA updates re PAAK and door latches. Today, leaving work, the car detected my PAAK upon approach, woke up, and then opens the lift gate on its...