Ford Ranchero EV Pickup - News & info

[Grumpaw]

Wondering.....do they require "premimum" electricty or can they use "regular" ????

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[DukeCanBuildit]

Wondering.....do they require "premimum" electricty or can they use "regular" ????

E85 - isn’t that what the E stands for?

 

[Fordup]

Wondering.....do they require "premimum" electricty or can they use "regular" ????

I doubt it. Premium is reserved for data centers .

 

[OCL]

It doesn't matter what they do with these all electric vehicles. A lot of Electric vehicle fans talk about its advantages, but rarely ever talk about its disadvantages. The biggest disadvantage is its range AND the ability to replenish that range quickly. No EV can match the gas vehicles speed at which it can replenish its energy. Imagine taking a 300 mile road trip and that may take 3x longer in an EV with a 200 mile range versus a gas vehicle with similar range. Also, unless you have a Level 2 charging station at your house, you will have to spend an inordinate amount of time at your local charging station just to get to 80% energy level. That last 20% takes the longest. Most people don't want to deal with that kind of time spend charging. Imagine...30 minutes every 2 weeks for an average person. Add that up over a year. If you work 8 hours a day 5 days a week that may be more time you will want to sit inside your car waiting to fully charge. Considering if you had a gas vehicle or even a hybrid, you're in and out of that gas station in 3 minutes tops! I like EV's. But I wouldn't own only ONE vehicle that is an EV. I live in Cali and there's tons of Tesla owners here. I see them a lot at charging stations. I pull into those stations, gas up, use the rest rooms, buy a cup of coffee, and the people hooked up to charge in their Teslas sit there longer than that!

 

[Stevedbvik1]

Wondering.....do they require "premimum" electricty or can they use "regular" ????

I’d be more worried about winter and summer blend choices

 

[Grumpaw]

I’d be more worried about winter and summer blend choices

I would think that during the cold winter months the electricity would thicken up causing it to flow slower.
Hopefully they add an additive to correct it.....maybe placing magnets along the lines to speed up the flow. Probably affects both regular and premimum electricity.

 

[Chris M]

I would think that during the cold winter months the electricity would thicken up causing it to flow slower.
Hopefully they add an additive to correct it.....maybe placing magnets along the lines to speed up the flow. Probably affects both regular and premimum electricity.

I'm thinking Lucas, or SURELY Amsoil will have an additive for that.

 

[AzScorpion]

I'm thinking Lucas, or SURELY Amsoil will have an additive for that.

Might be a new product line coming out from 303 soon.

 

[Fordup]

Might be a new product line coming out from 303 soon.

EV303 Watt Booster

 

[Administrator]

Apple Maps Navigation Announced For Ford Ranchero EV / Universal Electric Vehicle Platform



* You can 1-click copy your account over using your Account Copy menu

 

[Stevedbvik1]

Apple Maps Navigation Announced For Ford Ranchero EV / Universal Electric Vehicle Platform



* You can 1-click copy your account over using your Account Copy menu

Hahaha. This will be the first thing deleted for the following model year.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Apple Maps Navigation Announced For Ford Ranchero EV / Universal Electric Vehicle Platform



* You can 1-click copy your account over using your Account Copy menu

The trucks will never find their way to the dealers...

 

[AzScorpion]

Hahaha. This will be the first thing deleted for the following model year.

The trucks will never find their way to the dealers...

IDK but I use Apple Maps all the time and it's never left me stranded or lost. Especially out here in AZ where neighborhoods are going up fast with 300+ homes in them it updates fast.

Both our trips back in 2022/2023 we traveled over 5,000 miles on each through several states and never had any problems and always got to where we need to go.

 

[Dr. Zaius]

IDK but I use Apple Maps all the time and it's never left me stranded or lost. Especially out here in AZ where neighborhoods are going up fast with 300+ homes in them it updates fast.

Both our trips back in 2022/2023 we traveled over 5,000 miles on each through several states and never had any problems and always got to where we need to go.

It has gotten much better.

It used to be notorious for giving incorrect addresses.

I was going out to Sacramento for a meeting one time several years ago.

We got a group text explicitly saying NOT to use Apple Maps because you would end up in the Lowes parking lot instead of the meeting location.

 

[AzScorpion]

It has gotten much better.

It used to be notorious for giving incorrect addresses.

I was going out to Sacramento for a meeting one time several years ago.

We got a group text explicitly saying NOT to use Apple Maps because you would end up in the Lowes parking lot instead of the meeting location.

Maybe I've been lucky but I've never had any problems with it. When I was back east I rarely needed Apple Maps as I grew up and knew the areas well. Plus back then CarPlay wasn't even in vehicles yet, pre 2016. I had a portable Garmin GPS for the odd jobs I did where I didn't know the area well.

I moved to AZ full time in January of 2016 and needed it almost daily. If you've ever been here you'd see that almost every neighborhood (in the Phoenix area) looks the same. CantaMia where I did a lot of my work has over 1,700 homes in just that one community and the streets zig zag all over the place, once you're inside you fell like a rat in a maze. There were times I'd leave a customers house at the end of the day and totally forgot how to get out of there.

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