Like Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival

[bikewiz]

I've gone electric.
Crazy deals to be had now that they've discontinued the Lightning. I paid less for this than my gas one 7 years ago. As with most EV's it's crazy fast. With the IRS (suspension not the federal agency) it rides really nice for a truck.

[MiniDave]

Love the title!

Sellout!     

So do you have the 240V home charger set up now too? or do you just use the local Tesla charger? We have those at the grocery store, so I see half a dozen cars (mostly Teslas) parked in the row and in the store doing the shopping. I think the Tesla owners get a bit miffed when they see another brand parked in "their" chargers......

[bikewiz]

Love the title!

Sellout!     

So do you have the 240V home charger set up now too? or do you just use the local Tesla charger? We have those at the grocery store, so I see half a dozen cars (mostly Teslas) parked in the row and in the store doing the shopping. I think the Tesla owners get a bit miffed when they see another brand parked in "their" chargers......

Yes a complete sell out
I'll post a picture of the Lightning towing the mini on the trailer, it will be the yin and yang of motoring!
I can charge from home overnight at $.32/kwh which is $.20/kwh less than most public chargers, and we have some of the highest cost per kwh out here on the sand bar, but it's still way cheaper than gasoline. My 2.7 turbo F150 struggled to get 20 MPG, my last trip to see my daughter in Maine cost me $107, worst case with the EV using public charging will cost around $70. I'm going to see her next Wednesday so I'll have some solid numbers.

[MiniDave]

I'm not sure a $30 saving is worth it, but a nice new ride is always fun!

It cost me about $200 - 250 in gas to go see my daughter in NC depending on which car I drive, she's about 900 miles each way and I figured 30mpg @$4 a gallon - the other car gets 35.

My son in Phoenix is about 1200 each way so a bit more to go see him. Last time I flew which was overall cheaper since I didn't buy food or motels along the way like when I drive. But he now has a spare car I can drive while I'm out there...so flying works out a little better. It mostly depends on whether Southwest has a decent rate that week.

[BruceK]

Love the deep-cut Dylan reference!

Nice truck. I'm on the fence about electric vehicles. On one hand, I love the simplicity of use and lack of maintenance requirements. On the other hand, I don't like the absolute electronic complexity of the whole thing and having to have a vehicle consistently linked back to the mothership.

It'll be interesting to get your viewpoints on ownership after you've had it for a while.

[MiniDave]

There was a Rivian parked smack in the middle of a row of Teslas at the grocery store yesterday - interloper! All the Teslas were backed in, he had to pull in forward for the cable to reach his charging port  (I think they're in the front)

[bikewiz]

That's a bit of a problem with the Lightning, the charge port is on the drivers side fender, opposite the Tesla.
I've seen some creative ways of reaching the older charge cables. The newer V3 chargers have a much longer cable. I guess some of the Tesla owners can get a bit "territorial" when it comes to other brands. Although Tesla has opened up their charging network to most other brands there are still "Tesla only" super chargers which I guess keeps the riff raff out (you know guys in Fords)

I was goofing around with an expensive public charger in our downtown (.57kw), cost was about 20% less than my 20-ish mpg truck for gasoline, I charged for just about 20 minutes while I bought a hot chocolate and gained 58 miles for $8, I know it took 20 minutes, but I got a hot chocolate that I was getting anyway and my time is worthless now that I'm retired

[bikewiz]

So I took my first road trip in the Lightning. Just shy of 400 miles (396), total cost was $64.39 with 50 miles of charge left, it included some home charging @.36/23kw, some free charging (11kw), and some really expensive Tesla  DC fast charging .57/kw. Considering I have zero experience with driving an EV any distance I would say it was a success. The DC fast charging (DCFC) is awesome, my daughter and I plugged in and went for dinner came back the truck was at 90% and ready to go. Now that I have some experience on this particular drive I'll be more efficient planning the charge times. On this trip I wasted about an hour on a free Level 2 charger, I should have just gone straight to the DCFC, the difference in cost would have only been $4.

The same trip in my old truck would have cost somewhere around $93 figuring on $4.19/gal and having 50 miles left in the tank.