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Comment Ran into this on a road trip. (Score 1) 476

I very rarely use public charging stations. On occasion, I'll plug my Ford EV in at the grocery store while I shop.

However, when my wife an I were on a 600-mile road trip, we ran into this. Drove to the ONLY charging station in town and had to wait for the a-hole who insisted on charging to 100% on his Ioniq 5. It was an hour for him to go from 92% to 100%

Comment Definitely Market Saturation (Score 4, Insightful) 315

So, I am an EV enthusiast. I own a 1999 Lexus V8 and bought a 2022 Ford Mach-e in late 2022. Brilliant car. I already have 260000 miles on it. However, I keep reading online about people who live in rural areas, who tow their 15000# trailer 500 miles daily, and need to commute in sub-zero temperatures over 600 miles. Don't know if that has something to do with it or just that those who needed a new car (me) and like EV's bought one. Those - like my wife - don't need one yet.

Comment Re:No Surprise, given the overwhelming FUD (Score 1) 134

"The point is that BEVs do appear to be getting more popular and more practical, but you'll have to pry 4WD trucks from some cold dead hands."

I imagine.

Oddly, I saw my first F150 Lightning today on the road and it wore Texas plates. I figure places like Austin or Dallas are less anti-EV than places like Lubbock or Odessa. My step-mother-in-law is from a small town in Kansas. I just looked on PlugShare and found not one public EV charging station in town. The nearest one is about five miles outside of town, then more 25 miles away in Wichita.

Comment No Surprise, given the overwhelming FUD (Score 1) 134

I own a Ford Mach-e. I have put 20,000 miles on it in slightly less than a year. I love having an EV. I do also have a 1999 Lexus V8 ICE car, but prefer the EV. However, I continually see anti-EV comments in online communities, where the normal comment is something along the line of "the government is forcing EV's down our throats." Today, I saw my first Ford F150 Lightning while cruising 85MPH on the freeway. Here in California, I see a few Mach-e cars daily, along with a plethora of Tesla cars.
However, I understand this is not the case in the deep South and some midwestern states. While I have a dozen charging stations within five miles of both work and home, I did a search and see that there may only be one for 50 miles in the midwest.
Given all this, I can see Ford cutting back on the battery development in Michigan.

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