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The recall info states that the affected vehicles were manufactured through Aug 8, 2013. I wonder if Ford essentially solved the problem in the spring, tested it for a couple of months, then incorporated it into new assemblies beginning Aug 9.

Time of Use charging, or Value Charging as Ford calls it, really is better if it's controlled by the car. The Juice Box, for example, can't decide whether or not the battery needs thermal conditioning, and provide only enough power to do that periodically while waiting for the start of lower...

That's not how you do that. The Juice Box might be OK, (can't remember all the details of their design) but the way to turn it on and off is NOT with a big 30A on-off switch. You manage it with the pilot signal. If the Juice Box is programmed to charge from, say, 1AM to 5AM, then it starts the...

I tried that. I'm still getting the same invalid username/pwd message. Also, if you go to www.myfordmobile.com, it just goes to the above site anyway. It still won't let me log in and I haven't had time to call their 800 support number. Hard to understand why it has to be this hard to do.

I agree. Hmmm... I'm not sure I agree with that. Certainly I didn't expect perfection, but Ford was an EV denier for many, many years when they could have been working on it. It was not unreasonable for me to expect them to get off their lazy butts and start developing this car A LOT sooner so...

You folks are doing waaaay better than I am. It won't even let me log in anymore (website). I just get a message that says "Please enter a valid username and password." This is on http://www.myfordmobile.com using Firefox. Am I going to the right place? Trust me, I am using the correct username...

Nice work Tim! Now for the next time, you can save a lot more than that by building the EVSE yourself! Hint: It's not worth your time unless you REALLY like hacking! I built the charger for our FFE for less than $200 and it can deliver 40A (in case we want to use it with a more powerful car)...

Are you sure? Our 2014 has the rain-sensing wipers. Not sure about Homelink.

I have to agree with WattsUp that it sounds quite good to me. I was surprised to discover that it sounds nearly as good as my other EV which has a sub-woofer.

I don't know how strong the battery heating is while driving. To preserve range, it may not be as aggressive as it is while plugged in, if there's any heating at all. For that matter, I don't know if the battery heater while plugged in can overcome -25 F. The battery will self-heat itself to...

Thank you for having the courage to say it. My wife often has to leave for work when it's 25 below zero F (-32C). It will be interesting to learn the range at that temp. You pretty much have to run heat and defrost in addition to the seat heater. About half of her commute is on the interstate...

I've got an L14-20 outlet in my basement and garage. They are both 240v 20A.

My dealer let me take the car overnight and we live 53 miles away. Between my wife and I we put at least 125 mi on the car before it was back in their hands. That was Twin State Ford in St. Johnsbury, VT. They were the only dealer I found that actually wanted to sell this car. I called at least...

I don't think the low temperature warning is related to the SSN problem. To be fair, virtually all EVs have to be plugged in during cold weather to keep the battery above freezing. It will still drive just fine below freezing but regen will be disabled, and a lot of battery capacity will be used...

It occurred to me that perhaps the reason they haven't pursued a solution like this is because the drive computer reaches a state where it can no longer process instructions. If you were writing the original code, it's likely that you wouldn't branch to SSN unless the system was too unstable to...

We have approx 2400 mi and no SSN. I think you should get the car but not that one. It does seem odd that they haven't upgraded the firmware for this. If nothing else, given the urgency they should have firmware in every car that is logging everything when SSN happens including the state of all...

You are. There are at least 3 articles on Battery University that reference studies showing that multiple shallow charges are better than fewer deep charges, assuming the overall kWh are equal. Here's a quote from this one...

Like I said earlier, I believe this is worse for your battery than charging every night. Ideal would be if it was charged full every night so it finished within a couple hours of when you start driving. I won't repeat everything in my earlier post. In summary, driving on a battery at a lower...

That article assumes a constant C rate of charge/discharge at each SOC tested. That wouldn't be the case with an EV. Even if the FFE chemistry has a flat internal resistance curve plotted against SOC, you would still draw more amps and generate more heat at a lower state of charge. Heat is your...

I second the comments from WattsUp and Right except for a couple things depending on your climate and driving habits. If you have a commute that uses 50% of your capacity normally, I don't subscribe to the theory that discharging from 80% to 30% is a good idea. Doing so ignores the fact that...