Ford EV Frustration

[13COBRA]

Last year, a Friend of mine, his father bought a Tesla with the falcon doors while they were at their winter home in Florida.
Time to fly home for the summer ( Massachusetts) calls his son up says fly down and drive my new Tesla back for me.

He goes down, usually a 26 hour 2 day 1 night drive back.

He had to stop 16 times @ 45-60 minutes each time to charge it, took a total of 42 hours 3 days 2 nights to make it home.

He tossed his dad the keys and said never again. You want it back down in Florida next winter, have it shipped.

Father drove it all last summer and ended up selling it due to lack of charging stations and overall lack of usefulness.

His son is nicer than me. I would've made it the first 10 hours and called it quits.

 

[Tezz500]

We are taking a 5000+ mile trip this summer, driving from Texas to South Dakota, over to Montana, then Wyoming and back to Texas. That would be painful in an EV.

I'd wager there's not a lot of charging stations in SD, WY and MT.

I drove nearly the entire state of WY and i can tell you that not only is there not charging stations, there are hundreds of miles with NOTHING... You and Rocks and Tumble Weeds....

Buzzards probably follow EVs up there.

 

[Tezz500]

Last year, a Friend of mine, his father bought a Tesla with the falcon doors while they were at their winter home in Florida.
Time to fly home for the summer ( Massachusetts) calls his son up says fly down and drive my new Tesla back for me.

He goes down, usually a 26 hour 2 day 1 night drive back.

He had to stop 16 times @ 45-60 minutes each time to charge it, took a total of 42 hours 3 days 2 nights to make it home.

He tossed his dad the keys and said never again. You want it back down in Florida next winter, have it shipped.

Father drove it all last summer and ended up selling it due to lack of charging stations and overall lack of usefulness.

Man I tell ya... People will always find a reason for something to not work.. shhheeeeshhhh.

 

[02reaper]

My son has a Mach-e. He has a 40-50 mile commute round trip. It works well for him. I had to put a circuit in for him for his charger because he would only get about 12 miles of charge overnight from a regular outlet.

Even less than that for the lightning on a 15 amp outlet. I plug once or twice a week. Plugged in last night and went from 60-80 percent in two hours, but I'm charging at a full 48 amps or 11.5 kwh

 

[Tezz500]

We havent even touched on the sea water activated fire bombs these EVs have become... burning down homes and shit...

Electric-vehicle fires have torched homes after saltwater submersion. Florida wants answers

“Florida homes which survived Hurricane Ian have now been lost to fires caused by flooded EVs.”

fortune.com

Officials warn of fire risks in electric vehicles that Ian flooded with salt water • Florida Phoenix

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, first responders in Southwest Florida are concerned about a new threat: electric vehicles catching on fire caused by saltwater. Not only did the massive storm cause destruction of buildings, schools, and homes on the coast; it also resulted in major saltwater...

floridaphoenix.com

 

[02reaper]

I drove nearly the entire state of WY and i can tell you that not only is there not charging stations, there are hundreds of miles with NOTHING... You and Rocks and Tumble Weeds....

Buzzards probably follow EVs up there.

Sounds a lot like New Mexico. Next Gas station 200 Miles.

 

[Tezz500]

Sounds a lot like New Mexico. Next Gas station 200 Miles.

When I say nothing I mean NOTHING... no cell service.. NOTHING.

 

[02reaper]

We havent even touched on the sea water activated fire bombs these EVs have become... burning down homes and shit...

Electric-vehicle fires have torched homes after saltwater submersion. Florida wants answers

“Florida homes which survived Hurricane Ian have now been lost to fires caused by flooded EVs.”

fortune.com

Officials warn of fire risks in electric vehicles that Ian flooded with salt water • Florida Phoenix

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, first responders in Southwest Florida are concerned about a new threat: electric vehicles catching on fire caused by saltwater. Not only did the massive storm cause destruction of buildings, schools, and homes on the coast; it also resulted in major saltwater...

floridaphoenix.com

Yeah saltwater makes a decent conductor of electricity. I saw this a month or so ago and thought this fellow had some balls.

 

[5.0 Hatch]

Even less than that for the lightning on a 15 amp outlet. I plug once or twice a week. Plugged in last night and went from 60-80 percent in two hours, but I'm charging at a full 48 amps or 11.5 kwh

Brings up a good point. My 200amp panel is already full. I'm not an electrician but what's the work around for that?

 

[Weather Man]

Brings up a good point. My 200amp panel is already full. I'm not an electrician but what's the work around for that?

New 100 amp service and panel installed.

The problem comes when a neighborhood starts all wanting installs and the utility says no or sends an assessment for doubling the utility to the neighborhood.

 

[02reaper]

Brings up a good point. My 200amp panel is already full. I'm not an electrician but what's the work around for that?

If it is truly full, the only work around is going to be to upgrade your service.

 

[Rb0891]

If it is truly full, the only work around is going to be to upgrade your service.

Yes. Big difference between having somewhere to plug a wire into and having the capacity.

 

[Klaus]

They're not for everyone.

Eating bugs isn't for everyone, either.

 

[Blk91stang]

Full as in all spaces are taken? I'd put a 20 spacr 100A subpanel in next to it and you're back to 18 more open slots. The other option is using 2 double breakers in existing circuits then install your new 2 pole 240V breaker for the new outlet.

 

[specracer]

Looks like Farley had dreams of fixed pricing across the board.

Ford CEO Says He Wants To Move To Fixed Pricing

Details on how it will work and when it will happen are still not clear.

jalopnik.com

 

[lOOKnGO]

This is an EV owner saving the planet and out smarting us simpletons.

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[02reaper]

Eating bugs isn't for everyone, either.

Once you move down south you will get to try them out. Some of them are pretty tasty!

 

[13COBRA]

Looks like Farley had dreams of fixed pricing across the board.

Ford CEO Says He Wants To Move To Fixed Pricing

Details on how it will work and when it will happen are still not clear.

jalopnik.com

Just EVs.

I would wager a healthy amount that Farley won't be holding the reigns in the not so distant future.

 

[HudsonFalcon]

I wouldn’t sell EV’s at all Nick. Go in the exact opposite direction and become a “high performance” dealer and whipple everything.

 

[Lambeau]

Don't buy an EV. Problem solved.

^This. **** tyranny and communism.