The Fast Lane (TFL) Truck bought a Lightning to find out if it can replace a gas pickup.
TFL Just Bought A Ford F-150 Lightning
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63% battery to 90% charge in about 30 min isn't too bad. It's nice that they showed they were averaging 2 miles/kWh as well.
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Their road trip plans are…. interesting. Exact same as Kyle Conner / Out of Spec’s EV road trip plan from Colorado to Prudhoe Bay Alaska. Strange coincidence.
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IMO they aren't techy enough to match Out of Spec.
I just watched Engineering Explained on the Rivian suspension and I'm again surprised that he was able to bring up stuff I hadn't really seen (I didn't watch Sandy Munro's comments on the suspension, just fyi). But I didn't realize the Rivian suspension is like the Mclaren.
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Yea, same with Savage Geese, but TFL does the same length of content with too much choppy speech and they often make the same videos over and over. TCCustoms made one and I like him better than TFL and Backroad Driver.
And to clarify, because I'm not trying to argue. In this current state of youtube, internet influencer age, my time and attention is money for them. Therefore I'm going to really show that I won't have my time wasted just because they made a video. Out of Spec, I watch a lot of their videos and I was getting hooked. Kyle has a wonderful ability to talk and not seem repetitive and keeps my attention. That video of the Lightning charging 5 cars, I wasn't expecting to stick with it - most probably wouldn't but it didn't drag. However, their Hogback videos, I can not watch. Those are a waste of my time. Won't watch them and I even commented on one of them that it is too long.
Doug Demuro seems to find a good balance of amount he puts out a week and keeping it too a set limit unless the vehicle is particularly special. Are all of his things "quirks and features"? No but I've gotten use to him and he doesn't go overboard with it in my opinion.
TFL, to me, is the worse offender. They put up a butt load of videos, often repetitive, and the main guy rambles (making the videos longer than they need to be). The one with the accent, I can tolerate him in most videos and I've actually mainly watched the ones with him in it that aren't over 20 minutes. I do like the main guys son. At this point though, there are plenty of people putting out Lightning videos and I am willing to bet TFL guys aren't saying anything that you won't find in another one. Backroad Drivers recent Lightning video wasn't that long and those guys are as everyday as you can get with any of these reviewers. I'd also take Mitchel from TCCustoms because he is a Ford guy so he'd have more inside info about any product. He had a raptor, got 2 broncos (only has 1 now), Ford GT and has a Lightning order). They are straight forward and don't ramble like the TFL.
Also I guess I'll end by saying that I really got irritated with TFL back in January when they put out a video that was maybe 20-30 minutes of them complaining that Rivian hadn't gotten them a vehicle to review. I had never seen that before and they wasted my time.
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I agree with you on all points. I’ve been following Kyle since the early beginning of his Tesla road trips. I like him and Alyssa, they are a good couple. He seems very intelligent and he goes beyond the surface and questions every little detail and tries to make sense of things. He asks the questions I would be asking.
Doug is kinda the opposite but he is sooo consistent with his format that I got to like him. (I admit I often fell asleep during his videos, in a good way, like ASMR…)
TFL is really juicing every drop out of their content They always have interesting cars to talk about, but I don’t like their rambling (Rivian, and with Tesla before). Also what’s up with this Colorado to Prudhoe Bay trip? Wasn’t Kyle the first to announce? And Magna as a sponsor? A bit weird. Also didn’t TFL just launch a cars and bids site?
2021 Mustang Mach E First Edition, 2016 Nissan Leaf, 2003 Toyota Tacoma, F-150 Lightning Lariat ER
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The fact that it took them 2 videos proves @FM_Jack's point about them rambling.
I like Kyle's videos but most could be cut to 1/2 their length. Tom Moloughney's (State of Charge) videos are great, too.
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Yea I like Tom as well. I don't watch him regularly. Just too many to keep up with.
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Awesome Video, I was seriously impressed at the regen braking and also how the lightning pulled that max load without any signs of increased battery or motor temp. Also cracked me up how it chirped the tires coming onto the interstate fully loaded. Range may not be 300 miles when towing, and charging may be hard when towing and too slow to tow long distances, but this thing can tow plenty when your going less than 100 miles and planning to charge back up at home.
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TFL posted another video, this one is nearly an hour long. They already put 2,000 miles on it.
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TFL tried charging a Mini Cooper SE with the Lightning.
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The Lightning was put up against the Chevy Silverado 1500 (diesel), GMC AT4X (gas) and Toyota Tundra (hybrid) to test mileage.
To drive 164.5 miles the trucks averaged:
The Lightning - 2.14 miles per kWh
The Silverado - 27 mpg
The AT4X - 20.3 mpg
The Tundra - 21.9 mpg
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To drive 164.5 miles the trucks averaged:
The Lightning - 2.14 miles per kWh
The Silverado - 27 mpg
The AT4X - 20.3 mpg
The Tundra - 21.9 mpg
I assume this is is using a public charger? Home charging would be even cheaper.
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Diesel cost a little low, in the Southwest right now it would be at least $36 for 6.09 gal.
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Yea, based on the results, if they don't include the cost to doing that at home - it is a false equivalency.
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Right, At .12/kWh it is less than $10
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