Recent content by merkurmaniac

pulling the fuse for the radio, fuses 79 and 81 worked ! I cant saw which, as I pulled, then reseated them both. Cool

I searched before I posted, and found nothing. Right after I hit post, I found this thread: http://www.myfocuselectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2335 Should prove helpful, I think.

So my daugther tells me that the touchscreen quit working in her 2013 FFE. When I finally get in the car, the touchscreen is fine, but the radio will not play. The phone connects in bluetooth, but no sound. Then, I realize that the entire radio is dead. Touchscreen is fine, but the power...

Uncool, because I had read a comment on here from a Ford interview that sounded like upgrading the range on the 2018 was in the works. One new color is pretty lame. I wonder when the 2018 Focus in all the spy shots is supposed to debut ? Would it be a 2018.5 ?

Pretty Uncool. I checked the VIN of the "2018 model", vin number 1FADP3R45JL205114 I used a website to reproduce the window sticker. 2018 5-DR Hatchback 5 Passenger 107 KW ELectric motor 6.6KW charger 33.5 KWH LIQUID COOLED BATTERY <===== UNCOOL PART. ALso, Assembly plant "MICHIGAN"

Cargurus.dot.com is showing two 2018 FFE for sale. I imagine that its misprint. I am hoping that Ford throws some kind of bone and improves the 2018 just a little bit, or maybe a lot, range wise if nothing else. I wonder if the VIN would reveal the model year. ?

My car gets home around 5pm, maybe an hour or two later. If it starts charging right then, it adds to the peak demand, which is when people get home, hit the a/c, cook dinner, watch TV, etc... When demand is added to this peak, it makes it more likely that another plant somewhere would come...

I love mine, looking to buy a second one.

Yep, my house is on plugshare.com. I advertise my Level @ charger for anyone in need. I have only had one customer, a guy who was planning his visit to my neighborhood and had a Tesla. He was visiting family and needed about 3 hours of level 2 to make it to a supercharger on the way back to...

So I drove to the woodlands, and put the car on a chargepoint level 2 charger and rode the bike I brought with me to my sister's house a mile away. About 4 hours later, I went back and the charger said: 4.4 hrs, 0.00KWhr "Oh crap!" I opened the door, and yep, 17 miles range. I redid the...

I grabbed the car and headed out for a haircut, its next to the grocery store across the freeway. My wife said that the car was depleted, but I thought that it would be OK. It wasn't. I got a few warnings, and figured that I'd drive at 25 mph thru the neighborhood and should be OK. About 1/2...

I am kind of hosed on solar from two fronts. First, my roofline is no good for solar, according to Google. But, I also have a crazy electric plan, where I have a base rate, and if I consume more than 1,000 kWh in a month, I get a bill credit of $75. SO, if I use right around 1,000, my bill...

I don't have a nights and weekends promotion, or anything like that. Straight linear pricing. I am doing it for environmental reasons. If I come home and plug in at 5 pm, and start charging, I am adding to the peak load in the afternoon in Houston. This means my EV charging load is added to...

Well, that thread kind of got off in the weeds... Here is my update with my FFE. I bought it with 22,500 miles on it in January. It now has about 28,500, as of the end of June. Zero problems. No strandings. My 16 Y.O. daughter is quite used to it and has just about no range anxiety. I...

Texas FFE, did you see that the Texas Legislature passed the $2,500 electric vehicle rebate for next year ? I am trying to figure out a way where I could buy a new 2017 FFE next January and get this rebate too. I doubt that there would be any dealers in Texas who would want anything to do with...