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A friend of mine has started a new route-finding application for EVs. I don’t have any financial connection, but do have a personal one. It’s still new. One of the things I find interesting it that it includes a numerical and visual representation of the reliability of the charger it puts into...

Found these while looking for Scout EV conversion donors. Might be of interest to the EV conversion crowd. I have no affiliation. https://www.freedomcarauctions.com/auctions/29035-dorsey-mansion-hoard-collector-car-auction?search=mustang&filter=(end_time_from:now)

Found an interesting report about the generalized range of EVs across the Contiguous US. https://www.xweather.com/the-ev-range-report

For reasons, we had to drive both the Mustang and the Lightning from northern AZ to Los Angeles the other day. The Mustang is a 2022 California Route-1 AWD, Extended range (312 miles EPA, 91.7 kWh useable battery). The Lightning is a 2023 Lariat Extended range (320 miles EPA, 131 kWh useable...

My Mustang chipped a tooth and now is missing one of its louver panels on the front air control. Do I really have to purchase the entire bumper cover assembly to fix this? Or am I not looking in the right place for the part? I don’t have a 3-D printer, but buying one would be cheaper than buying...

Ford recently put out their winter driving tips and mentioned tire pressure, but what was said was pretty useless for making sure your tire pressures are actually correct. I found a great procedure for adjusting tire pressure based on ambient temperature in a Toyota TSB. This is basically what...

We've put off having the recall work done for several reasons I'm not going into right now. My partner dropped off at 11:00 AM today. It's 2:15 PM and they just called her to tell her it's done. That seems unbelievably fast. The Ford website still indicates the recall is incomplete. This is...

School is spinning up again in the United States. I passed through an active school zone on my way to a meeting this morning. The AZ school zone sign looks similar to the one I've included here. In my area, the sign is usually mounted on a pole welded to an old vehicle rim or something similar...

I've been wanting this for a while now, but I'm having my Lightning's Power Station Pro EVSE installed next week. I won't be able to justify the $2250-$2500 expense of this any time soon. Also, hilariously, the spec sheet says it can't operate at my altitude...

We just got home from a 1500 mile round trip from northern Arizona near Flagstaff to Cayucos, CA to spend some time on the beach. We got rained out, but the hills on the coast were worth the drive. We decided to do two things differently on this trip and those two things didn't work out too...

I received my @A2ZEV NACS adapter the day we headed across the southwest for the eclipse (5 April). Since we were taking our ICE truck, we loaned the adapter to a buddy of mine who was taking their Rivian R1S. They had zero issues with charging at a bunch of chargers on their way from Arizona to...

Just about home from a 2300 mile road trip that has been absolute misery (the driving has been awful). We took a trip from Northern AZ to the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas to watch the eclipse. But because we were caravanning with a couple who drive gas, my partner decided we should too...

Instead of sleeping like I should, I was browsing my Electrify America charge sessions that have been recorded since we bought the car. Note that none of our charging sessions on the free 250 kWh were included in this because I did not have an EA account at that time. Note also that this is...

Got up stupid-early to go to the airport for a work trip that is far enough away and too short of a visit to justify driving. The vehicle didn't pre-condition the cabin and was icy cold inside. I had to wait several minutes for it to warm up, but I was already late so I had to accept that I...

We just got home from our trip to Death Valley. When we plugged in at home, the odometer read 33,467. Tomorrow marks the end of year two of our ownership of the Mustang and the beginning of year three. Most of the 33,500 miles we've put on the Mustang were road trip miles, where a road trip...

On our trip to Death Valley, I played "I spy" looking for different EVs. On the highways: Every fifth car seems to be a Tesla A lot of Mustangs A few F-150 Lightnings A few Leafs A few Bolts A Hummer, but it was on a tow truck A few Rivians A lot of Hyundais and Kias. A few VWs An Audi A Lexus...

I'm slowly putting together my 2-year review of the Mustang. It's hard to believe it's been just over 23 months since we picked it up. This isn't a full review of everything related to the Mustang. It's just a brief post of where I can remember where it's been. Below are a few of those places...

We got our first large snow/ice storm of the year last night. I was out at a friend's place when it started but didn't head home until snow had fallen, melted, re-frozen, and was re-covered with more snow. During the drive home (about 10 miles), the car performed perfectly up and down hills and...

A few photos from our adventures, in no particular order.

We recently returned from a trip of more than 2100 miles. I had a big write-up with each stop identified, etc., but I guess the forum software doesn't keep those drafts indefinitely. I'm not going to write it all up again. Summary: Northern Arizona to Los Angeles (I-40, I-15, CA-210) Driving...