Sadly, i had to give it back today. I hate to admit it, but i was really starting to like it. Once i stopped driving it like a kid with a "superfast" new toy, it settled into "daily life" quite well. Super comfortable, Super quiet but i'm afraid it wouldn't be super capable when the time came to towing (i'll admit, i didn't tow with it but have seen/read enough reviews to know the downfalls there). In my case, just simply towing from cabin to boat launch , it would work perfect. I spent alot of the week taking car guys (like myself) for a ride, and while some had never been exposed to an electric vehicle before, they all came away "recalibrated". A truck shouldn't be that quick, but it is.
i got over the range anxiety after the first weekend - figured out that what i commute in a day (80km round trip) is easily sustainable by just plugging in at night (and at work) with 120V service. Fast charged it twice at the southland Canadian tire late at nights- 1.5 hours ($28) gets back upto 80% range. i never did get the range to show more than 440km (it should eventually reach to 515km given enough time).
Apologies to
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ExtraSlow
. I tried to get the bluecruise to work but it just wouldn't cooperate. it did end up steering itself on adaptive cruise control but hands off would only work for about 5 seconds before it chirped at me. (Bluecruise is supposed to allow complete hands off - as long as eyes are paying attention).
Went to pickup my parents at YYC one night...and the crowd of people watching the frunk going up to swallow their carry on luggage in the passenger pickup lane was quite amusing.
if i had one gripe, it would be that for the speed it can attain, the brakes need to be better. Again, see part about me driving like a jackal for a week. Under normal circumstances, it would be completely sufficient.
At the end of the day, call me old school i'm not ready to give up the other sensations that come from an ICE vehicle (engine noise, transmission shifting, etc.).
For now, i'm comfortable stating i still need the carbon offset of anyone currently driving an all electric or hybrid vehicle so that i don't feel guilty when i fire up the trackhawk...and attempt to keep up to the acceleration of an electric vehicle. But i can totally see the alure of owning and enjoying the new lightning. And this is coming from someone who used to own a 2004 Ford Lightning (supercharged, 2wd reg cab flareside).
i'll post up the article once it hits the driving.ca online page.
got any questions - fire away and i'll try my best to answer them.
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