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Right. Engines need to run rich when cold. That extra fuel (and water) leaches-into the oil and continues to dilute the oil until the driver eventually either gets the oil up to full temperature (to burn-off the excess water and fuel) or changes the oil. Oil changes are a thing of the past for...

I thought I was the only weirdo who felt this way. Nice to see I'm not the only one.

It’s not live on Supercharge.info or listed on PlugShare yet.

Used it today. It was cold to the touch after several hours of charging, whereas my 15A cord would get very warm.

I received the cord and it is indeed stamped with "20A" on it (not 15A). It is quite thick and heavy. It also has a UL-certified sticker on it.

Not really related, but reminds me of Joke told by Jeremy Clarkson: Mercedes Engineer: We randomly select a car on the assembly line, put a cat in it and leave it there overnight. If the cat dies of suffocation by morning, we know the seals are good enough. Jaguar Engineer: We randomly select...

Does it do this by default, or do you need to navigate to a supercharger in order to activate it? When navigating to a supercharger, I can hear unusualy sounds from the motors. I have never heard those sounds otherwise, even when regen is mostly disabled due to cold battery.

its probably like this....

They didn’t do that in the front though. Hmm.

Anyone else curious about the rear suspension not being visible above the tires in the wheel wells? I’m interested to learn how that is set up.

Regarding the talk about it growing on you, wait until you see it in-person. I think it will grow on you even more. I haven’t seen it in-person, but when watching the unveiling, I thought it looked much better on the road during the test drives than it did on stage. I had a BMW i3, which I...

Model Y because Mach-E is not made in the USA...... ....and the fact that you have to buy the Ford from a dealer. Tesla has spoiled me with their buying process and I’m very “out of practice “ in terms of negotiating with dealers and getting shaken-down with add-ons, fees, etc. Mach-E will be...

My daughter and I were making fun of the regular (now outdated) pickup trucks on the highway today.

Because it's electric. Instant torque (and lots of it). No gear-changes. AWD for better traction. Probably better aero too,

I'm not sure why, but I always felt like it was wrong to plug-into the car before the wall.

The energy meter showing power usage could be the cabin heater which can get over-ridden by regen which is why it looks like you're using power when you get below a certain speed. Or, if you are navigating to a supercharger, the battery preconditioning will also show power usage on the meter. I...

I don't think the charging is free. It's the FordPass membership that's free for the first two years. My guess is that FordPass will have a subscription fee. From your article: " Ford is providing two years of complimentary access to North America's largest network – the FordPass Charging...

Get a squirrel

I can smell the heater when it’s on....a mild burning smell. I have never smelled it when it was warm outside and AC was on.

This is great information, but I don't think the cabin-cooling AC system runs full-on or off-off only. When you first turn-on the AC in the summer, you can hear the compressor running loudly, but it starts to ramp-down as the cabin begins to cool. I would bet it's a variable stroke/variable load...

Yes, but a couple of concerns. One is that this extension cord with which I hijacked this thread is suspect for using on a 20A outlet. I'm not comfortable with that. Second, the 12A charging is plenty fast for my daily needs and, in a pinch, I have two supercharger locations within a mile away...

I reached-out to the seller to ask about this. Here's the response that I got. I can't wait to see what I actually receive --> Hi buyer this is 12AWG SJTW cord, it is 20amp male to 20amp female T blade power cord, it works in 125V 20Amp, the picture of the female with 15Amp mark is not...

I can’t believe I didn’t notice that it was stamped with 15A on it. I’m not going to use it with a 5-20 adapter so hopefully it’s better with the 5-15 adapter vs. what I’m currently using. I’ll,report back when I get it and let you all know what it’s like.

Thanks guys. I checked the cord and it doesn’t have a legible label on it so I ordered one of these 12awg 20A cords (pictured below). The garage outlets are NEMA 5-20 so it’s compatible. I probably should but the Tesla NEMA 5-20 adapter for my UMC but the 12A charging that I do now is plenty...

I actually use an extension cord because the outlets in our parking structure are upside down (ground on top) and the UMC is not designed to plug-in that way. The cord I use is only 1ft long. I'm not sure if it's 12 guage or not, but it is rated at 15A. It definitely gets warm to the touch and I...

Will it allow you to set at 90% using the phone app?

I'm no electrician (or an expert) but it could have something to do with voltage-drop. Perhaps there are other loads on that circuit that are drawing amps? Are all 12 of the outlets on separate circuits? I'm guessing not. Have you tried dropping the charging amps down just to see if it'll then...

Adomani Electric makes electric box trucks. They also do EV conversions and school buses..... COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Don't forget that the LR has more power/better acceleration, plus it's AWD. So, the extra cost is not just for more range.

If all cars have always been electric from the beginning and someone came-out with a combustion car right now, do you think shifting gears (and engine noise) would be rewarding or is that just a conditioned response based on years of nostalgia? I feel like engine noise and gears are part of a...

I got flamed on here for saying this several years ago, but I suggested that Tesla sell an electronic stick shift kit for their cars. It can have a dummy clutch and a shifter while integrating those into the car's electronics. They can make sound, put a tach on the screen and emulate a manual...

Transmissions are terrible. The lack thereof is one of the underappreciated advantages of EVs. I have always hated the transmissions in my ICE cars (except the manuals but those were a PITA in traffic).

I wonder who started that whole 9/10 pricing at gas stations. Now everyone does it. Sort of how one ice cream manufacturer decided to shrink their half gallons to 1.5 quarts. Looks almost the same but has 25% less. Now they are all 1.5 quarts. Amazing.

Here's one from 2012

Do you use PIN-to-drive also?

Does your car play music when you open a door? Any chance the car thinks a door is open? Maybe one of your door sensor switches is going bad?

I haven't tried it, but I think if you slide the gear selector up gently, it'll go-into neutral. If you push-past the indent, it'll go-into reverse.

Agreed. Human-controlled is better, but the op doesn't want to do that so cruise is a close second option.

Your wife is awesome.

Exactly. On that stretch where the op can coast for a mile, if he puts it in cruise control, the car will effectively hold the throttle in the neutral position for him, thus enabling him to basically "coast" with using the pedal. It may blip up or down slightly, but that would be negligible...

If I were a billionaire, I would pay someone to drive me...a chauffeur. But, a Tesla with Enhanced Autopilot is a close second.

I haven't had a gas car since 2016 so I don't pay attention to gas prices at all. Plus, I live in the city where there are no gas stations. I didn't realize it was so expensive. Wow.

I was intrigued by the original Roadster but turned-off by the Top Gear review. I was a petrol head and bought-into the negative hype. Then came the Model S which I thought was amazing in many was. When it won Motor Trend car of the year, I decided to test drive one. At the time I was drive a V8...

I wonder if the new one-pedal driving feature coming out will use brakes to mimic regen when battery is cold.

James May is wearing the same shirt in this new video as he did in post #918. Must be his YoiTube shirt.

I'm not sure if you missed the actual question or if you're joking about the "turbo" thing.

Uber

This is roughly a 5% range increase so it seems we will be getting the range increase when we get the 5% power increase.