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They are also recalling packs in the field, my truck is currently at the dealer getting a new pack.

How are you liking it? I got to look at one recently and really really liked it. Lot more than I expected. Unfortunately I need to make about 3x what I currently do to ever be able to justify buying something like it for my use cases lol.

I love the electric part, infinite torque and practically infinite electrical power without concern of draining the 12v battery. It is basically a full sized generator which is always with you. On occasion I charge my other EVs from the onboard inverter (30a/240v charge rate using a normal j1772 charger, occasionally this makes sense to avoid paying peak power rates) which brings me great joy.

Moving from my 10 year old ICE f150 I am not a fan of the all digital dash, but you get used to it.

If it was half the price I would recomend it to everyone...

The charging other EVs cracks me up.

I’m still no where near being able to have a 100% EV only existence but something like that would be really nice as a secondary. dreams

Thanks for the response.

"We are not aware of any incidences of this issue in the field," Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg said in an email.

I am not sure what you are trying to say. My f150 pack did not explode (presumably what an 'incidence' would be in this case) but is still being recalled.

Would you be willing to provide the recall number from NHTSA based on your VIN? Exposing your VIN is unnecessary. Ford might have provided it directly in their communications to you.

BMW replaced my battery pack to analyze the cell chemistry where the "incident" was rate of degradation (2014 BMW i3 pure electric in this case), so it's not necessarily something dramatic, but might be just engineering analysis and iterative improvement.

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