Benjamin Westby (Back Roads EV)

I had a day of doing my normal chores with my Lightning and apparently some people wanted to come hang out 🤣 @Ford @electric_jake @chargedupemily @jimfarley98 instagram.com/p/DEkg3pztX6s/…

@briandstone $182 per month on Progressive fully covering my f150 Lightning and my model y. $1097 every 6 months both cars combined.

Why in the world is Consumer Reports quoting these insane, unrealistic insurance rates for Teslas? I’ve never heard of anyone paying $400/mo to insure a Model 3.

@EZebroni Taking the family on Friday to see it on IMAX in Denver!

You need to go see Project Hail Mary. Thank me later.

Saint Patrick’s today. I’m so cooked. I had a new green button up shirt and everything, yet this morning I just stumbled in the dark morning and threw on something from the closest, forgetting. I teach 5th graders. They aren’t going to let this one down.

@spotted_model Boy…I wonder if any other brands have ever dealt with Swastikas…

Ben has issues and will gladly spend money on gas and btw says he drives a Volkswagen 💪🙄

@brandenflasch Happy to craft an f150 Lightning friendly tour!

I need to get back out to Colorado

Came into the kitchen to find my daughter pulling a hardcore Denethor on the last tomatoes.

@jtimsuggs I love following this reading journey. My dad had the entire XWING/Rogue Squadron series and in my early teens I started to pick it up, it was a great way for the two of us to connect. Keep it up!

This one was fun! Certainly preferred the first two books about Wraith Squadron, but Solo Command ended things so well that I honestly can’t imagine it concluding any other way. Was so much fun having Han interact with these characters too. I also have to give massive props to Aaron Allston for helping me appreciate The Courtship Of Princess Leia a little more. Actually wanted to give it another read after finishing this book earlier today!

@mischa_steiner @EGOPowerPlus @Ford

@jaminwestby @EGOPowerPlus @Ford sir, you did not receive the memo which explains our trucks do not work in the cold and in the mountains please take this back

When one lives in the mountains, one tends to commute with a chainsaw. Thanks @EGOPowerPlus and @Ford Lightning for being reliable to clear the roads!

@Skye_Borg @brandenflasch We love CB! We’re north of glenwood springs a bit so for us it’s just a 3 hour drive

@jaminwestby @brandenflasch I loved road tripping our Mercedes eSprinter to Crested Butte last month. That thin mountain air is great for efficiency. Big mountain passes are a joy with smooth and powerful electric drivetrains.

I follow and engage with electric vehicle nerds, charging industry experts and long time investors of EV companies. As such I’m sure my perspective as well as theirs is very strongly skewed to one which is roughly “EVs are super easy to live with and even better than equivalent gas or diesel vehicles in every way.” That perspective can not be extrapolated to the vast majority of Americans and even using surrogate experiments like the wonderful example of Norway has little to no meaning. Because of whatever barriers exist our market, behavioral, geographical, and economically the US ≠ Norway. And we should stop making excuses for the current crop of EVs available. If those vehicles haven’t achieved widespread adoption it’s not the non-adopter’s fault, it’s not their lack of knowledge, it’s probably not even charging infrastructure’s fault, but instead it’s a lack of meeting the real consumers where they really live, work, and recreate that’s at the heart of the issue here. I am on my 7th EV at this point and can’t imagine getting a gas SUV or even a diesel pickup or van, no matter the use case. But just because that’s my mindset, I have given up trying to change others to make that jump. They have their reasons and no matter what’s happening the current crop of EVs available simply don’t meet their expectations.

@bowefamilyEV @EGOPowerPlus @Ford We tend to have snow as late as memorial weekend 🫠 This was last May, just one day apart

@jaminwestby @EGOPowerPlus @Ford It’s crazy to still see all that snow ❄️

@TesCalendar1 @EGOPowerPlus @Ford No kidding 🤣

@jaminwestby @EGOPowerPlus @Ford Just an average day 😂

Well I think I found the peak for standard range @ford Lightning now… @TesCalendar1 @spotted_model @tommolog @itskyleconner @Out_of_Spec @christooma @jacecraftmiller @bowefamilyEV

@TesCalendar1 @christooma Still trying to get the darn things out too 🤣

@christooma Uhhh. I think @jaminwestby did that 😂

The Ford Lightning frunk is simply the frunk gold standard ☝🏻

@jtimsuggs Corran Horn man, seriously great character. So much potential in the E.U. Books but I guess Disney just doesn’t care

The X-Wing books from the 90’s seriously had no right to go that hard, but I’m so glad that they did. Just finished the second book earlier today and I’m obsessed. Highly recommend giving them a read!

Phenomenal review of the Lightning. I wonder if Ford held out a few months for the Iran conflict to see more orders justify the cost of the vehicle, but I bought mine cash and plan to keep it as long as I can. I think Alan’s review is spot on here!

@PedroMayCare @sircalebhammer

It annoys me when people act like taking money out of a 401k is the worst thing you could do.

@dictionaryhill I prefer to stay out of debt; I buy vehicles cash, and if there's a big ticket item we want, we don't buy it until we have the cash to do so. Or really, we use our one single credit card for points and use cash to pay it off right away.

Who has me beat?

This spring heatwave coming next week means at my home, 9,000ft elevation, we may hit 70º. What. the. heck.