Recent content by gunther

Could be the TMS, but another possibility is it could be kicking on to charge the 12V battery. When my 12V was basically on its last leg and couldn't hold a charge hardly at all, I noticed the EVSE clicking on from time to time. If you haven't changed your 12V battery in a while, you might want...

Great blog! Super relevant to me as I think about a Bolt as well, thanks!

Most likely a Chevy Bolt. My biggest complaint about the Focus is the small range. But I'm open to suggestions!

Hey all, I haven't posted here in almost five years but thought I'd provide a little update. I passed 5 years of FFE ownership back in May (no more payments!) and am now over 70k miles. This pic is from a while back. I'm still really happy with the car. I haven't noticed any dropoff in...

I don't know what caused this, but when I drove to work the next day and tried to sync again, it worked. So it was either something related to being at home (on the wifi) or just a problem with the myfordmobile infrastructure, or ???

Anyone ever seen this? Whenever I change the value charge profile, I get a message that says "value charge profiles have failed to sync with g FFE." I can sync GO times, I can update to see current charge status. Any ideas?

Plug-in hybrids can get stickers, but just regular gas/electric hybrids cannot. I'm on the fence about the overall benefit to society that giving electrics carpool sticker provides - but since that's what we as a society have decided I'm happy to take advantage of it!

Huh. Yeah, after some basic research online, you are absolutely right. My dealer stated something as fact that is untrue, to the detriment of the value of the car. Your interpretation of their motivations is more generous than mine....

In California the battery and motor is warrantied for 10 years or 150k miles, due to state law. This is what I was told at the dealership anyway.

I think you are correct. I agree it's confusing. Playing with mine right now I can't seem to get it to stop charging even when I select value charge, so I can't really verify. I don't know why it would take that long to charge...with mine plugged into 110 I get about 1.5kW/h, so to do 42% of...

Great post, dwf123! I love seeing the cost breakdown and hearing the stories from the real world! I hope everyone does this on their anniversary. I'm curious about the mechanism for losing mileage in the winter. Is it just that the battery can't take as much charge when it's colder, or is it...