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>> are they a lot of fun to drive? Yes. Flat out superior experience to any ICE vehicle. Silence. Instant torque. No maintenance to speak of. Most BEVs can be (and are) remotely updated and constantly improved at no cost to the owner. OTOH, it's fair to cite some common criticisms. They...

Found a nice description of EREV today and thought the link would help. There are a lot of interpretations of what a EREV is on this thread. https://www.motortrend.com/features/what-is-an-erev-extended-range-ev/

Or as Al Michaels liked to say on Sunday Night Football, "You just put the kibosh on your warranty". https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20the%20kibosh%20on

There exists a whole library of books about engineering for usability by real humans. My favorite is a user interface book called "Don't Make Me Think." Car designers have not read that book.

A few years ago we had some fuel tank and indicator threads here on MTC. Be careful. I think guys almost came to blows arguing technicalities and best practices. There may have been mailbox bombs involved. My personal theory. Drive until you get uncomfortable. When that happens is your business...

Ditto, same build, same mileage, 31,000 NC miles. Except now there are two more pending recalls. It's been a boring ownership experience, which I think is a good thing.

Painted black it'd make a nice hearse. Except the deceased would have to be shorter than 4'6".

One thing a lot of well-intentioned ICE folk on MTC miss is that Ford competes in a global market. The US market right now is around 17 million units a year. The global market is almost 90 million units. Volume is everything in the global market - if you don't have scale, you become a small...

I made sure my electrician wired a high amperage 240V outlet in the garage while building my house. It was cheap future-proofing.

My ecoboost has been doing that for two years now (every blue moon or so). I'm convinced my finger is brushing some steering wheel or key fob button. But for the life of me, can't figure it out. There are threads on the double beep. I think one had instructions for turning it off. Some...

Used to live in Arkansas (7 years USAF). Those boys love their car chases. The web is filled with Arkansas police chasing guys at 120+ MPH.

I'm seeing 2024s on the lot near me (dealer) discounted by $2,000 before other incentives. But you can't take delivery of them until the recall is performed. I'm really curious to see what Ford incentives become available this spring for these lot queens. 2025 changes in tech and engine should...

Seems to me that lemon laws ought to apply, right? But we're talking law, and law is convoluted and sometimes seems incompatible with common sense. But essentially you bought a vehicle, and you would think the clock is ticking for the lemon law "vehicle being serviced" rules. These vary by...

Over the last 100 years there have been arguments about physical braking vs compression braking. Teeth have been lost. Friendships broken. Probably marriages ended. As far as hybrid or full BEV regenerative braking, it's a no brainer to let it happen. BEVs recover energy this way and it is...

OP, be aware that I-40 through western NC is currently closed due to hurricane Helene. One lane travel should be restored by spring. Two lanes are probably not gonna be back for your trip. Most I-40 cross-country traffic, alas, is detouring to eastern TN and then south via I-26 across the...

A bit off topic, but once you've had headlights that steer with the steering wheel, you'll forever want them. My wife's Volvo has those. Yea, it cost 2x my loaded XLT Maverick. But those headlights are totally cool.

Please don't misinterpret this as trolling. Old guy here. Love the Lobo package. But my 5 decades experience in the car world tells me that the Lobo package will be the one that you find sitting on the dealership's lot and discounted by $2,500 or more in a year or two. I think they'll be a hot...

I can promise one thing. Assuming there are maybe 30,000 units of 2024 production unsold and gathering dust, somebody at Ford is turning on a skewer above a fire, and the fire is getting hotter by the day. 30,000 units times $30,000 per unit. That's $900 million in unrealized revenue for Ford...

Traditional ICE: A combustion engine drives the wheels through a transmission. Mild hybrid: Same as ICE, except that small electric motor (like a more powerful starter motor) paired with a very small battery (often 48V) can supplement the engine or drive the vehicle for very short periods...