{"id":2002654,"date":"2023-08-16T15:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T19:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-ceo-received-reality-check-after-taking-electric-f-150-lightning-on-road-trip\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T15:26:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T19:26:06","slug":"ford-ceo-received-reality-check-after-taking-electric-f-150-lightning-on-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-ceo-received-reality-check-after-taking-electric-f-150-lightning-on-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford CEO gets &#8216;reality check&#8217; during electric F-150 Lightning road trip."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fford-ceo-received-reality-check-after-taking-electric-f-150-lightning-on-road-trip%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Ford CEO Acknowledges Challenges of Charging Electric Vehicles During Road Trip<\/h2>\n<p>Ford CEO Jim Farley recently embarked on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greg-gutfeld-pans-joe-and-kamalas-awful-adventure-the-1970s-called-they-want-their-unmitigated-disasters-back\/\" title=\"Greg Gutfeld Pans \u2018Joe And Kamala\u2019s Awful Adventure\u2019: \u2018The 1970s Called, They Want Their Unmitigated Disasters Back\u2019\">road trip<\/a> across Route 66 in a Ford \u2064F-150 Lightning, an electric truck. During his journey, Farley\u2062 experienced the challenges of charging the vehicle firsthand, which he described as a &#8220;reality\u2063 check&#8221;\u2062 for Ford owners.<\/p>\n<p>Farley took to social media \u200cto share \u2062his experiences, highlighting a stop at a power station in Coalinga, California, where charging options were\u2062 limited. He acknowledged the difficulties faced by customers \u2064and emphasized the importance of\u2064 addressing these issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No surprise charging\u2062 can be a challenge, but still learning a \u200clot seeing firsthand the issues our customers face. This is why we\u2019re working w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tesla?\">@Tesla<\/a> to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ford?\">@Ford<\/a> drivers \u200baccess to +12,000 superchargers &#038; our EV certified dealers are installing fast chargers at their\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fES15o9orT\">pic.twitter.com\/fES15o9orT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Farley (@jimfarley98) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimfarley98\/status\/1690858328606355456?\">August 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Farley also mentioned that Ford is collaborating with Tesla to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-biden-immigration-orders-seek-to-reverse-trumps-policies-streamline-naturalization-process\/\" title=\"New Biden Immigration Orders Seek To Reverse Trump\u2019s Policies, Streamline Naturalization Process\">provide access<\/a> to over 12,000 superchargers and installing fast \u2063chargers at their dealerships. These efforts \u200baim to improve the overall \u200belectric vehicle (EV) experience for\u200c Ford customers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges, Farley remains committed to enhancing charging options for Ford\u200b EV owners.\u200b He plans to produce more\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-climate-agenda-wont-replace-jobs-it-seeks-to-kill-separate-ap-wapo-fact-checks-suggest\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Won\u2019t Replace Jobs It Seeks To Kill, Separate AP, WaPo Fact-Checks Suggest\">electric vehicles<\/a> and aims to\u2062 roll out 600,000 EVs by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 Ford F-150 Lightning has faced criticism for its\u2064 towing\u200d range and battery depletion in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/osprey-crash-kills-4-marines-during-nato-exercise-in-norway\/\" title=\"Osprey Crash Kills 4 Marines During NATO Exercise in Norway\">cold weather conditions<\/a>. However, Farley&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-ceo-received-reality-check-after-taking-electric-f-150-lightning-on-road-trip\/\" title=\"Ford CEO gets 'reality check' during electric F-150 Lightning road trip.\">road trip served<\/a> as a valuable learning experience and \u2062highlighted the need for \u200bcontinuous improvement in\u200b the EV industry.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ford-electric-truck-earns-rangeliar-nickname-road-trip-disaster-asking-money-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western \u200cJournal<\/a>, \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/08\/11\/1193083777\/ford-electric-vehicles-f150-lightning-jim-farley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford CEO Jim Farley recently experienced the charging challenges faced by customers of electric vehicles during his journey along Route 66. Sharing on social media, Farley revealed that he drove an electric F-150 Lightning throughout the week and made stops to charge the truck along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2002655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}