Please stop using percentages and adjectives like huge growth when we’re talking about really small numbers. The only thing that will spur big growth is much lower prices and that’s not happening any time soon.
2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro Available to Fleets, Dealers
https://fordauthority.com/2024/05/2024-ford-f-150-lightning-pro-available-to-fleets-dealers/
As Ford Authority reported yesterday, while the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning lineup has officially launched and deliveries are underway, the fleet-focused Pro isn’t currently present on the automaker’s official site. This curious omission seemed to indicate that 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro retail order banks aren’t currently open, and that the work-focused trim level is only available for fleets to order. Now, Ford has confirmed that this is somewhat the case, though there is one big exception.
The Blue Oval has informed Ford Authority that the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro isn’t currently available to order for retail customers, as expected, though fleet customers can place an order for one at this time. However, dealers are also able to order a limited number of 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro pickups for stock purposes as well, and a quick online search shows around 200 of them currently sitting in dealer inventory across the U.S. as well.
This means that retail consumers interested in purchasing a 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro will have to do so via existing dealer stock for now, and at the moment, it’s unclear when or if retail order banks may open up for that same model. Regardless, this isn’t totally surprising given the fact that, as Ford Authority previously reported, 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro retail order banks didn’t open up until early August last year – some time after the rest of the lineup.
As for the rest of the 2024 F-150 Lightning lineup, it began shipping to dealers in mid-April after a bit of a delay, which was related to an issue with the EV pickup’s headlights and an attempt to clear out leftover 2023 inventory. Aside from introducing a variety of incentives aimed at doing precisely that, the Ford F-150 Lightning also received a fresh round of price cuts for the 2024 model year, too. While the Pro remains unchanged at $54,995 and the Platinum stands pat at $84,995, the XLT is $2,000 cheaper at $64,995, the Flash retails for $73,495 after a $5,500 cut, and the Lariat is $2,500 cheaper at $79,495.
Based on the date range and number of affected vehicles this may well affect all, or at least most, Nautilus' produced through late April (both hybrid and standard ICE). The letter states that OTA is anticipated third quarter, though it sounds like Lincoln dealers should already have access to the software update.
Original post by Haz: https://www.fordedgeforum.com/topic/32861-customer-satisfaction-program-24p14-2024-nautilus-090422-through-04262024-build-dates-vehicle-dynamics-module-vdm-software-update-no-owner-letter-will-be-mailed/
2019 Ford Super Duty Platinum...Sunroof won't close. Ford dealer called me and told me the spring in the track broke and they have to replace the track. $4065.00, parts, labor and tax. Does this sound right? I've used the sunroof maybe 12 times since I bought the truck new. I'm switching to another brand. I've had it.
I Charged 2024 Mustang Mach-E at a Tesla SuperCharger: How It Went
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2024/05/28/2024-ford-mustang-mach-e-ev-tesla-charging-adapter/73844065007/
SEATTLE — The 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E gets more power, a longer range and quicker charging, but the performance upgrade owners are likely to enjoy most will arrive by mail, in a cardboard box not much bigger than your smartphone came in.
“Our gift to you,” the card inside reads: “Thousands more fast chargers.”
It’s the long-awaited adapter allowing Ford electric vehicles access to Tesla’s network of DC fast chargers, the largest and most user-friendly way to top up the battery quickly on long drives.
It’s everything owners have been hoping for, based on my experience as one of the first people outside Ford Motor Co. to use the adapter.
Equally important, it addresses one of the main reasons many people have resisted buying an EV: concern over the availability and dependability of fast-charging for vacations and weekend getaways.
Tesla charging, at last
The first automaker to gain access to Tesla’s renowned DC fast charging network, Ford isn’t shy about rubbing its superiority in other automakers’ faces. The adapters are in short supply now. Ford will mail them to owners, but it’s not saying how many have received them yet, or when everybody should have one.
As frustrating as the waiting will be, the payoff is worth it, based on my experience charging a Mach-E Premium in an IKEA parking lot in suburban Seattle.
Tesla’s DC chargers, which the EV specialist calls superchargers, account for more than half of all public DC fast chargers in the United States. They’re not just more common than DCFCs from independent charging companies like EVgo and Electrify America, though. They’re widely recognized as more reliable and easier to use.
My brief experience supported that. I pulled the Mach-E up to one of Tesla’s elegant red and white charging kiosks, waved to the puzzled looking occupant of a Tesla Model 3 compact sedan, clicked the adapter onto the charging cable and connected to the Ford on my first try. A light on the Mach-E told me charging had begun within a few seconds.
EV charging the way it should be
If that sounds like business as usual, you’re a gasoline, not electric driver. EV owners cross their fingers every time they approach a DC fast charger.
Using the independent charging companies is an act of faith more than a commercial transaction: Will it start charging? Recognize my account for billing? Will any of that happen on the first try? Will it stop charging without notifying me when I walk away for coffee?
We’ll need behind the wheel and on the road time to see how Tesla’s network holds up as more and more vehicles use it, but the upside is huge.
There is one significant, and disappointing, asterisk to access to Tesla’s chargers: The EV specialist isn’t making all 15,000 of its chargers available to third-party automakers. Charging apps, including Ford’s embedded route-planning system, will direct drivers to the chargers they can use.