It's not about you. It's about lowering the cost of transportation and reducing injuries and fatalities on our roads A good thing for humanity.
Been down this road already.... multiple times. Tesla owners who buy don't seem to be confused on what the system can/can't do.
Read that one. have a Vat trip in February. Not feeling great about taking the Lighting. Looks like Albany electrified America is a perfect stop. Cuts it close.
I have heard from two people who had varying results, but neither on a winter trip. First, some things we both probably know already. Driving on the Interstate/Parkway/Turnpike-if you are going to push it much beyond 70 mph, you will see your range go down, and how much depends on how fast you are going and other conditions. When driving on non-highways, the regenerative braking is great. We drove about 24 miles yesterday and consumed only about 10 miles of range.
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Sorry to be lazy but anyone mentioned if they used the Ford pass map feature to plan the trip?I have heard from two people who had varying results, but neither on a winter trip. First, some things we both probably know already. Driving on the Interstate/Parkway/Turnpike-if you are going to push it much beyond 70 mph, you will see your range go down, and how much depends on how fast you are going and other conditions. When driving on non-highways, the regenerative braking is great. We drove about 24 miles yesterday and consumed only about 10 miles of range.
The one person had a standard range battery and apparently did not do any kind of trip planning, and he had bad results. Trip planning is important, but for us, it always is, and we usually like to plan our stops in advance even when driving ICE vehicles, but it is obviously more important in EVs. Hope that does not trigger a slew of EV hater responses, but it is a fact of life, just like planning for gas stops in remote areas.
The second person posted this in the F150 Lightning forums, and his trip from Rumson to Amelia Island, FL went really well (this is not me). ABRP is A Better Route Planner. It's only $50/year for premium. EA is Electrify America (for those that are acronym deficient like me!). We have a friend on Amelia Island, and we will probably use this plan. One point on his trip: "averaged 75 MPH and wasn't afraid to pass people by going much faster. Ran nearly 80 for quite some time in GA. The truck performed with my aggressive driving with 2.0 mi/kWh."
Total distance was 935 miles each way (1870 miles total). Looks like he spaced his stops out at about 100-181 miles apart for a total of 5 stops. Our trip to Amelia Island last year to the Gator Bowl required 3 stops to fill up on gas. Taking into account 1 stop was to stay in a hotel for a night, perhaps you could count one or two additional stops versus an ICE vehicle. In the grand scheme of a trip, it is not that big of a deal, unless you are trying to set a cannonball record.
1870 miles round trip Rumson, NJ to Amelia Island, FL
My Lightning is a Lariat with extended range battery, max tow and tow tech. The 1870 was just the ride between the two locations not counting driving around down in FL on the Island which added up to another 250 or so miles for the week. I left on Friday August 19th stopped for the night in...
LOL. I was going to add that to my post and skip the acronym against. He bypassed the EA and ABTP, and used the FordPass app. It is not a long thread, and worthwhile reading.
Have the standard. It’s the one regret but I didn’t have a choice. The only thing I would caution on the Ford Pass is that it doesn’t have real time info. For instance, I planned the trip on FP and it told me to charge at a EA location. When I went to the EA site to check feedback it didn’t show up. Went to plug share and read that it was closed under repair.
Having beta software drive a car on public roads. What could possibly go wrong?
Unless he treats his employees at Tesla better than he’s treating his employees at Twitter, I would be surprised if the software folks at Tesla are particulaly good. Outstanding dev talent can always find good paying jobs.
If you read through the comments in that Twitter thread, a lot of people are reporting "phantom braking".
I can’t help but wonder how many of the engineers who work on FSD actually use it. You couldn’t pay me enough money to let software operate a car with me in it, absent V2X.
80mph is considered aggressive? I need to see a whole lot more range from an EV than I had originally was thinkingI have heard from two people who had varying results, but neither on a winter trip. First, some things we both probably know already. Driving on the Interstate/Parkway/Turnpike-if you are going to push it much beyond 70 mph, you will see your range go down, and how much depends on how fast you are going and other conditions. When driving on non-highways, the regenerative braking is great. We drove about 24 miles yesterday and consumed only about 10 miles of range.
The one person had a standard range battery and apparently did not do any kind of trip planning, and he had bad results. Trip planning is important, but for us, it always is, and we usually like to plan our stops in advance even when driving ICE vehicles, but it is obviously more important in EVs. Hope that does not trigger a slew of EV hater responses, but it is a fact of life, just like planning for gas stops in remote areas.
The second person posted this in the F150 Lightning forums, and his trip from Rumson to Amelia Island, FL went really well (this is not me). ABRP is A Better Route Planner. It's only $50/year for premium. EA is Electrify America (for those that are acronym deficient like me!). We have a friend on Amelia Island, and we will probably use this plan. One point on his trip: "averaged 75 MPH and wasn't afraid to pass people by going much faster. Ran nearly 80 for quite some time in GA. The truck performed with my aggressive driving with 2.0 mi/kWh."
Total distance was 935 miles each way (1870 miles total). Looks like he spaced his stops out at about 100-181 miles apart for a total of 5 stops. Our trip to Amelia Island last year to the Gator Bowl required 3 stops to fill up on gas. Taking into account 1 stop was to stay in a hotel for a night, perhaps you could count one or two additional stops versus an ICE vehicle. In the grand scheme of a trip, it is not that big of a deal, unless you are trying to set a cannonball record.
1870 miles round trip Rumson, NJ to Amelia Island, FL
My Lightning is a Lariat with extended range battery, max tow and tow tech. The 1870 was just the ride between the two locations not counting driving around down in FL on the Island which added up to another 250 or so miles for the week. I left on Friday August 19th stopped for the night in...
Fair point. More reason why they are big dumb cars for ppl who don't need them for work purposes
I always wanted a pickup truck, but never wanted to deal with crappy fuel economy. Now I can have one to meet my needs for hauling firewood, lawn tractor, stuff to our rental properties, etc., and it is a daily commuter, although I only commute 1 or 2 days per week now.
Us "truck people" need to stick together.
I have friends who do none of that kind of stuff, but wanted to be truck guys... because guys in VA and GA are supposed to I guess.
Also good for boating, hauling kayaks, etc. Can think of lots of things. And I mountain bike a lot. Now I can go places, just throwing the bike in the back and going, and not having to hook up a rack.
And curiously cost more than the German luxury brands.
Oh i get it. There's definitely a use for them. But there is a significant number of folks who don't actually use pickups in that way. Or in any way other than as a passenger vehicle for commuting to their office jobs.
Only the NE ones. Trucks in the south are base models with aftermarket modifications
I have to say that the ride quality and comfort of the F150 Lightning Lariat is better than my former Audi Q5. Plus it is fun taking people at traffic lights
My friends live in suburban Northern VA, the Hampton roads area, and the ATL suburbs. They're not in it for muddin'.
My only experiences with phantom breaking came from a specific highway overpass on the parkway. Probably happened 3-4 times prior to radar being deactivated, but not consistently. Why this particular overpass triggered a phantom breaking event would be interesting to know. No issues with other overpasses. Since radar has been deactivated, zero phantom breaking events with this overpass.
I'm already aware of your position. I didn't ask for it to be repeated. I asked if Autonomy Day, AI Day 1 or 2 is included in "everything you've seen".
Because Tesla is unique among corporations in always providing a complete list of all known software flaws in their marketing materials about that software. 🤣
