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The big beautiful bill eliminated penalties associated with the current CAFE standards. Today rule making was announced to eliminate the future requirements of the CAFE standards. So with this change current standards are in effect, but they are now guidelines since there is no penalty not to...

Lots of discussion about the relative merits of the PowerBoost F-150 versus other tow vehicle choices. I thought it might be helpful for those trying to make those decisions to post a actual, detailed experience with my PowerBoost towing a 25' Airstream. This is an actual trip log of a 700 mile...

Just reread the 2025 F Series towing Guide. Setting aside the suggestion to use a weight distribution hitch on an F-150 with a trailer above 5,000lbs, does anyone know why the Hitch Receiver Weight Capacity is so restricted when not using a weight distribution hitch? Given the heavy weight of...

I just completed a 1,500 mile trip pulling an Airstream Globetrotter with my F-150 PowerBoost with ProPower on Board. The trip was mostly in temperatures up to 103F over the trip in this recent heat wave. While in motion the F-150 PowerBoost was supplying around 2.3 kW of electricity to the...

I just completed a 3,000 mile grand tour of the Rocky Mountain West from Arizona to the Canadian border with my 2025 PowerBoost with 7.2 PPoB pulling a 2022 25' Electric GlobeTrotter Airstream trailer. During this trip made up of a combination of two lane highways, interstate highways and...

I am now in my 4th year of experience with the F-150 PowerBoost HEV. A significant portion of the miles with these trucks has been towing a 7,300 lb 25' Airstream. Early in my experience I followed the recommendation to always use Tow/Haul Mode when towing a heavy trailer load. But over the...

As a reservation holder I had the opportunity to be the first customer to drive and camp in the new LightShip RV. They also let me use my own 2023 F-150 PowerBoost to "tow" the LightShip. The F-150 PowerBoost with PPoB 7.2 kW is the perfect vehicle for this new category of RV. I am beginning to...

A painful lesson that Lightning owners have come to realize. X2 if you tow. This was just published in an EV magazine. Ford really bet on the wrong horse in 2021. What an expensive mistake. https://insideevs.com/reviews/758617/ev-vs-hybrid-trucks/

Latest version of the OBDLink dashboard. This version should run on the following platforms. 1. 2025 PowerBoost with 2024 Ford Enhanced PID's. 2. 2024 PowerBoost with 2024 Ford Enhanced PID's. 3. 2023 PowerBoost with 2023 Ford Enhanced PID's. The 2025 Ford Enhance PID's have not yet been...

I just took delivery of my 3rd F-150 PowerBoost Platinum 702a package truck since 2021. It is 2021 all over again with old features coming back. I am still learning the truck but here are the changes I discovered compared to my 2023 PB but with some previously present in my 2021 PB. 1. Message...

Version 3.0 currently in testing. Will post when it is ready.

I am comparing the pricing of the 2025 PB King Ranch with the 601A package to the 2025 PB Platinum with the 702A package. All other options are equal. Total sticker price for King Ranch is $78,515, the Platinum is $84,435. Looking at the 2025 F-150 Order Guide the only differences between the...

I’m working on a new project that might require continuous full output of the PPoB 7.2 kW inverter while the PowerBoost is moving down the road at highway speeds. My personal experience and online reports suggest that PPoB consumes between 0.8 and 1 gallon per hour when used to power various...

A new version of PowerBoost is now available. For newbies and those with PowerBoosts from the 2021/2022 model year go to the previous PowerBoost 1.5 thread. Also you will find troubleshooting tips in the previous PB 1.5 thread to deal with installation problems you may encounter. PowerBoost 2.0...

Apparently this includes some SuperDuty trucks that tow big RV's. https://rvlifestyle.com/2025-california-motorhome-ban-even-includes-class-bs/

With the patient help of so many on this forum over the years I have been doing my own FDRS updates since 2021 on both my 2021 and 2023 PowerBoosts. In that time I have regularly keep my PB's updated even with regular OTA updates. The last time I did an FDRS update on my 2023 PB was about 6...

By this time last year we pretty well understood what new features and options would be coming for the 2024 F-150 line. This year there are very few leaks and spy photos of the 2025 F-150 line up. What does that mean? Better security from Ford protecting information about new models? Or, does it...

A few weeks ago I got an OTA update. Now with normal hand steering and lane keeping off I get annoying chimes anytime I am close to the right shoulder or center line of the road. I can't find anywhere to turn it off. The warnings are overly sensitive and a constant annoyance in winding mountain...

Since 2021 when I bought my first PB I wondered why no other manufacturer followed with this innovative idea. The answer is they can't.

The 2023 PowerBoost PID's are now displayed in the OBDLink App. I have just had a chance to start working with it. It appears my PowerBoost 1.5 dashboard is not compatible with the new PID's. There appear to be many new PID's and some new modules supported. In order to get my dashboard to work...