Initial Production Release

[J Alynn]

Opening up the perfect spot for the charge port!

I’m onboard for the front IF I’m charging at home which is likely 90% of the time but question for those with EV, front port and traveling at a charging stop. When you need your adapter in the middle of winter do you pull them to within reach when traveling or get out, open hatch/trunk, etc… then schlep back to the front to hook up then disconnect and schlep back to the rear and back to driver’s door to get in-unless you are heading back from a lunch break it just seems a bit -back and forth or do you store your adapters in the frunk for quick access. Just wondering what current EV owners do and what their process is-asked by a pre-purchase EV newbie

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I’m onboard for the front IF I’m charging at home which is likely 90% of the time but question for those with EV, front port and traveling at a charging stop. When you need your adapter in the middle of winter do you pull them to within reach when traveling or get out, open hatch/trunk, etc… then schlep back to the front to hook up then disconnect and schlep back to the rear and back to driver’s door to get in-unless you are heading back from a lunch break it just seems a bit -back and forth or do you store your adapters in the frunk for quick access. Just wondering what current EV owners do and what their process is-asked by a pre-purchase EV newbie

My DCFC adapter is in the cab. My L2 adapters are in the frunk.

 

[6-ScoutFamily]

I’m onboard for the front IF I’m charging at home which is likely 90% of the time but question for those with EV, front port and traveling at a charging stop. When you need your adapter in the middle of winter do you pull them to within reach when traveling or get out, open hatch/trunk, etc… then schlep back to the front to hook up then disconnect and schlep back to the rear and back to driver’s door to get in-unless you are heading back from a lunch break it just seems a bit -back and forth or do you store your adapters in the frunk for quick access. Just wondering what current EV owners do and what their process is-asked by a pre-purchase EV newbie

Just think of it as getting your steps in… you gotta do 10,000/day remember

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

The amount of energy Ford customers put into tracking their new EV through the process is incredible. Some people here are going to become experts in how to read Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, shipping manifests, etc. They’re going to learn which rails ship in which directions, what their regional hubs are, which trucking companies ship from which railyards, how long it takes to transfer from a railway to a truck, from a truck to a local delivery service, etc. I’ve fogotten all of that now, but it was a major obsession of mine when our Mustang was being built and shipped. I knew when it was on the dealer lot before the dealer did…

It was the same when the first orders for the TRX started. I remember getting a VIN Number, then a build sheet, and then the excitement of the window sticker, all before the truck hit the dealers lot. Then I had to wait for the dealer to ship it to me. It was 16 weeks from actual order placed until delivery.

 

[cyure]

It was the same when the first orders for the TRX started. I remember getting a VIN Number, then a build sheet, and then the excitement of the window sticker, all before the truck hit the dealers lot. Then I had to wait for the dealer to ship it to me. It was 16 weeks from actual order placed until delivery.

Thanks for everyone sharing their real life experiences. Yes it’s a wait but you get your car.

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

Thanks for everyone sharing their real life experiences. Yes it’s a wait but you get your car.

I’ve tracked about everything with this truck. Here is a summary of my order process:

4/13/21: Order placed
4/29/21: VIN supplied by the dealer
7/12/21: Build Sheet is posted
7/13/21: Window Sticker is posted
7/14/21: Truck is shipped to the dealership
7/26/21: Truck arrives at the dealership
8/3/21: Truck is delivered to me
Total time from order to delivery: 16 Weeks

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I also tracked some of our Mustang’s major milestones.
Total of 18 weeks between first order and delivery.
At the time we had access to a transportation company website that allowed people to track the approximate location of a vehicle via VIN, if that vehicle was being transported by Jack Cooper Transportation. It seems to have been discontinued. :/


01 Oct 2021: Ordered
07 Oct 2021: Order accepted
13 Oct 2021: Order update (color)
22 Oct 2021: Order Confirmed
04 Nov 2021: Production scheduled (VIN provided)
10 Jan 2022: Production date (Window Sticker provided)
22 Jan 2022: Built email
26 Jan 2022: Shipped email
06 Feb 2022: Shipping update
24 Feb 2022: Picked up from dealer

 

[J Alynn]

It was the same when the first orders for the TRX started. I remember getting a VIN Number, then a build sheet, and then the excitement of the window sticker, all before the truck hit the dealers lot. Then I had to wait for the dealer to ship it to me. It was 16 weeks from actual order placed until delivery.

I had a bmw 328 convertible built in 2012 and it was shipped to SC for the track delivery experience. I think that was about 10 weeks for build and shipping from Germany then about 2 weeks after until I was scheduled for the delivery experience. There is joy in having a vehicle built just for you but in this instance it will be 5 years give or take that I’ve been involved on here so it makes it much much harder to keep up the excitement.

 

[oldgeeksguide]

I like the idea of a front passenger charge port. It makes it easier for the winter, you don’t have to be out in the cold for too long. And it also makes a reason for the passenger to get out and give the driver some peace.

I like that idea, hadn’t thought of that

 

[04Ram2500Hemi]

I had a bmw 328 convertible built in 2012 and it was shipped to SC for the track delivery experience. I think that was about 10 weeks for build and shipping from Germany then about 2 weeks after until I was scheduled for the delivery experience. There is joy in having a vehicle built just for you but in this instance it will be 5 years give or take that I’ve been involved on here so it makes it much much harder to keep up the excitement.

And I thought 16 weeks was a long time!

When you run the vin on my truck, it’s the only TRX made to my specs for 2021 - 2024 when they discontinued the TRX. That makes it 1 of almost 55,000 trucks made.

 

[J Alynn]

And I thought 16 weeks was a long time!

When you run the vin on my truck, it’s the only TRX made to my specs for 2021 - 2024 when they discontinued the TRX. That makes it 1 of almost 55,000 trucks made.

That’s awesome. Mine was unique to my region until the jerks at the local dealership where I ordered it from saw it, then 2-1/2 months later there were literally 2 on their lot just like mine-grumble, grumble, dealer suck, grumble…..

 

[Mousehunter]

We did a JLURD order. I wanted to test drive one first - that took 2 years. Tried to order immediately after the test drive - order que was locked. So we worked up the order, put down a reasonable deposit and waited. Think it was 3 months before the que was unlocked, we got our order in within 2hrs of the gue opening up. I think the que was open for 2 weeks, then closed again - don't think Jeep ever reopened it. But the wait once it was ordered seemed short after the wait to order it.

Funny thing - Jeep canceled the JLURD due to "lack of sales" - seems to me they did everything they could to prevent sales though. Not to mention the terrible wait times for the order windows that opened before we got our test drive.