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Just as a point of comparison, the 400w inverter in the truck is powered through a 60amp fuse which is what would be appropriate, even though that is nominally 720w of DC power, it accounts for any voltage drop on the 12V wiring side, extended use, and the inefficiency of the DC to AC conversion.

Phil Knox' old 1990's Toyota T-100 was aeromodded for 36MPG highway (80% improvement over factory), lots you can do; whether you'd want to or not is another story.... https://ecomodder.com/blog/aerocaps-for-pick-up-trucks/

The built in inverter can supply up to 400w on either AC outlet, the 12v flex ports can supply 12v x 20amps total, or 240w maximum.

https://www.wheelsjoint.com/reverse-brake-assist-not-available-warning-in-ford/ It's disabled automatically when a trailer is connected as the trailer blocks the radar.

Clearly the only option is to get one of these with a regulator set to the desired pressure, and hook up to your truck in your garage every time you get home, and then automate your garage HVAC system to have the truck held at the exact forecast temperature for next departure time, this will...

Mine does this to me all the time when backing out of my garage in one area, the driveway goes uphill at an angle, and a retaining wall nearby immediately to one side. I found that as long as you don't let your foot all the way off the brake until you are done backing up while it's complaining...

Likely the manufacturing cost, not only is the transmission itself probably more expensive than making a clutch pack automatic, you also need at least some little battery or ultracapacitor to make it work. Now that copper is going to increase in price ~50% and rare earth magnets likely also...

Perhaps a new long wheelbase version of the Bronco Sport, called the Bronco Flex, with removable 2nd and 3rd row seating like a minivan, and a truck style tailgate instead of a lift up rear hatch. For even more fun, make the rear roof segment removable like a Wrangler or a Bronco. Trucky-ish...

I put my vote in on the 3.37 final for the 2025 AWD w/ the HF55 as I just got done looking through all the changes from HF45 to HF55. Starting with the differential helical gear, it was changed from 61 teeth (HF45) to 64 teeth, and the differential driver gear on the transfer shaft changed from...

Yeah there's not likely any extra efficiency to be had, only more peak power; but that only with more battery capacity. When you don't need to pull 100+HP out of the starter/generator from the engine to shuttle to the traction motor like in that last datalog, and can instead get that power from...

I was able to do a datalog on the 2025 this afternoon, a zero to 85 mph run at full throttle logged with Forscan Lite. As you experienced, the full engine RPM is not available at low speeds. I was able to compare the predicted vs. actual generator speeds between the two at different road...

Yeah the formula is the same, but I had an error on the input for the sun gear teeth, I introduced a negative value there when I saw such high generator RPM at low speed thinking that was wrong. It looks like from your log/graph that high rpm generator at low speeds is really what happens! We...

Have you seen the generator switch directions? Then you've "seen" it cross through zero; it doesn't matter if your data logs have enough resolution to capture every RPM incremental change by ones (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,-1,-2,-3.... etc). I'm not even sure what your question is or what the...

It will never very likely be precisely zero, except for the exact split second moment of a rotation direction change, it will often be around zero as mentioned in low RPM, low throttle cruise, an inverter can't really hold a rotor perfectly stationary in a dynamic load environment when other...

Yes. That's how the transmission changes gear ratios. Gen speed is set by desired engine speed, that's what makes it a CVT. Of course if Gen speed was always around zero, it wouldn't act as a CVT, it would just be a fixed ratio. Gen speed is often around zero in normal driving because that's...

It changes based on engine RPM, the post quoted is for the 5600 RPM/151.93ft-lb state, there's another state I provided for 4000 RPM/155ft-lb that shows how the gen speed varies. Gen speed and torque are completely dependent on engine speed and torque. *Look at HeyBales datalog, the gen speed...

? I've never seen tuners do anything with electric or hybrid drivetrains, probably because they don't know or care anything about them. The only people who I've seen use these types of transmissions to suit their own purposes are DIY electric hobbyists, who usually have no use for a tuners...

As there's been no comments or questions on the planetary operation, I'll add the calculations for totaling up the maximum torque and horsepower possible within the factory motor and engine specifications, with the gearing in the transmission. With a complete set of gear ratios and motor and...

TFL would need to hire The Stig to start doing the track testing videos!

TFL tests Hybrid vs. LOBO Maverick it came up once before it got some decent attention, it was a good idea for a video :)