Just returned from a ~2000 mile round trip from Orange County CA to Albany/Portland OR.
Decided to take 99 up to my stop over at a friends house in Chico/Magalia CA as there are more charging options and it’s less travelled than I5 so I felt better about rolling into potentially busy stations...
Messing around with the trip planner today to scout some trips and it's sending me to a Rivian charger which they are going to open up to everyone at some point.... But they aren't yet. This could seriously screw someone over that is new to EVs and trusting the route planner. C'mon Ford!
This just made me chuckle... Same response on all of their Instagram posts as the @Ford Motor Company responses here.
Oh dear that doesn't sound like an experience we want you to be having, please send us a dm.
Yeah.... That'll fix it...
On Tom's YouTube channel, yes focused on the Lightning, but they basically talk about both vehicles in Darren's segment, some big takeaways for me:
If you know you're leaving at some point in the day but not sure when, still set a precondition time for when electricity is cheap, the car will...
Great MotorTrend article about the naysayers out there who say EV's are worse for the environment than ICE cars, etc.
https://www.motortrend.com/features/truth-about-electric-cars-ad-why-you-are-being-lied-to/amp/
Signed up for it, why not. Just have to use it once in the next 30 days at the minimum, they can come to my work and charge it up a bit (they offer 25kWh max, up to 80% charge).
Camping in Ocotillo Wells and storm came through and the power went out at our property. No problem. We have this adapter to plug into the cars rear outlet, powering the lights so we can see. Bonus pic of also watching football out here through hotspot on the phone. Go Beavers!
I've seen people commenting they wish there was a dog mode, but not really any how to steps to make one until Ford officially pushes one out (if ever).
So here's what I do:
I made a sketch that I have saved so I can pull it up at any time (I found the yellow on black had the best visibility). I...
The BZ4X wheels might fall off....major recall.
https://insideevs.com/news/593990/toyota-bz4x-recall/
Toyota Recalls bZ4X As Wheels "May Fall Off"
Despite only being on sale for 2 months, the bZ4X is already receiving a major recall.
By: Ben O'Hare
Toyota has announced a global recall of its...
Wife and I stayed in the back of the car this weekend out in Ocotillo Wells, CA in the desert. Put the car into a manual "camp mode" since there is no official one out yet (hopefully one day).
Pushed front seats all the way forward and tilted all the way forward, put these behind the front...
Searched but couldn't find anything on this....when I click on android auto to play some music, it always starts up Waze, and then it's running on my phone eating more battery, and I'm using Ford nav anyways. Does anyone know if this can be disabled?