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I'll do the same thing that I did with Lightning. That is, look at the amount of extra range you get for the price you gotta' pay. Let's say hypothetically the ER battery is $4,995. But let's say it only results in an additional 40 miles of range. Is it worth it? I would say no. In that...

That's interesting because when I compared specs from 1990's midsize trucks to 2020's midsize trucks, they were pretty much identical. I did this on another forum because people were claiming that today's midsize trucks are the same size as yesterday's full-size trucks, which is simply not true.

Any time a brand new clean sheet design vehicle goes into production, there are bugs and issues that have to be worked out. It usually takes 2 to 3 model years to really make a brand new vehicle mostly problem free. What we're seeing here is not only a brand new vehicle, but a brand new...

It's good that people like yourself are thinking about things like this. It's all the fine details that often get overlooked in reviews of new vehicles. I recall when the 2015 F-150 came out most body shops at the time didn't know their way around aluminum and insurance costs were sky high...

The Ford Power Promise was an amazing promotion, and it literally was the final detail that pushed me to sign papers on my Lightning. Without that promotion, I likely would have passed on the truck. I'm set up now with 60 amps of juice in my home garage so I'm ready for the future, but for...

I had BlueCruise in my Lightning. To me it was 100% gimmick. So I can lay my hands in my lap. OK... it's just as easy to lay them on the steering wheel. I'd rather shave thousands off the cost of these trucks and do without these useless gimmicks which double as privacy intrusions.

Exactly. The $40k Lightning advertising brought in a ton of pre-orders and buzz. But when it was game time those $40k trucks were literally impossible to find. I think I heard of ONE guy who ended up getting one at that price. As far as the Slate goes, I personally don't think the Slate will...

So you're saying NACS isn't compatible with level 2 charging at home? What do Tesla owners do when they are at home? I'm not really referring to level 3 charging out on the road. I'm talking about level 2 charging at home. I'd prefer J1772 over NACS, but it seems that Ford has already...

We hashed this out way too much on the Lightning forum. There is nothing special about an "EV" tire. The ones that came on Lightning were flimsy little 4 ply Goodyear tires, despite the truck's 6,500 lb. curb weight. That basically proves that any aftermarket tire will work just fine. As far...

I'm betting that if you don't get into the pre-order line on day 1, you might be waiting for a year or two. I've seen that happen on a couple of new vehicles in the last few years.

I wonder what the charging standard will be on Fathom? Will they go NACS since it appears that is going to eventually become the nationwide standard? Or will they stay J1772 so that existing Ford EV customers can keep their already installed level 2 home charge stations? I can see either...

I saw a LOT of this on the F-150 Lightning forum. Most users of that truck never hauled, towed, or worked with it. It always made me wonder why they got the Lightning to begin with, when there was a Mustang Mach-e on the same showroom floor that would have been more perfect for their needs...

Some of the things you guys want are mutually exclusive with a $30k price tag :cool: But I guess there would be no problem with Ford doing a Platinum trim level of this truck and putting all the things you're asking for in that trim. As long as they keep the XLT simple and inexpensive with the...

I had a F-150 Lightning up until February of this year. We can agree to disagree. :cool: Range absolutely matters! And, there are only so many charge cycles a battery can withstand. So from an engineering standpoint, more range means a longer lasting vehicle.

Let's go!!!!!! We need battery size and range specs ASAP. Gotta' have 250 miles of range minimum to be legit in today's world. And I don't want to have to pay an additional $10,000 to get that range via an "extended range" battery. C'mon Ford....this has so much potential to be excellent.