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Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by jaywalk on Friday March 11, 2022 @03:55PM (#30645892)
> Want to link into any car in the last 5 years can-bus for anything beyond simple air-fuel mixture issues? You can't.

Huh, I guess I was just imagining it when I plugged into the OBD-II port on my 2020 Ford and reprogrammed a bunch of engine and transmission parameters to improve performance. I certainly didn't have any proprietary Ford software or hardware.

Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by speeder on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:25PM (#30646213)
Be happy with your Ford. I had a Peugeot that required proprietary cable and software, and that software works only on Windows XP...
Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by shortstuffsushi on Friday March 11, 2022 @05:06PM (#30646599)
Don't see it in your post history, or any related profiles; care to mention or link to what you did, here or offthread? (I'm @shortstuffsushi everywhere) I also own a 2020 Ford and would be potentially interested in this.
Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by nick__m on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:25PM (#30648739)
Forscan (Ford and Mazda) is a software you could try, assuming you have a cable like that one[1]. The free version is be able to read, reset and run diagnostic but it cannot change the car configuration. The full version can change the car configuration but you can't buy licenses for because it come from Russia.

There are some boutique companies, and even some oems [2] that provide software to retune your engine but I have no experience, nor desire, to do that kind of tinkering.

1-https://www.amazon.com/Scanner-FORScan-Adapter-ELMconfig-Dia...

2- https://www.mazdaserviceinfo.com/pcm-reflashing

Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by jaywalk on Monday March 14, 2022 @08:36AM (#30671647)
I went through this company: https://www.livernoismotorsports.com/computer-and-tuning

I don't have the expertise to set up all the parameters on my own, but I'm very happy with the tune they provided.

Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by BenjiWiebe on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:38PM (#30676274)
They've reverse engineered everything for you already, and provide firmware that accepts adjustment, and something to install that firmware.

You can't do that with a generic OBD-II compliant tool and Ford's OEM firmware.

Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by markandrewj on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:06PM (#30646022)
It is possible for a lot of vehicles, but at the same time there are companies have been trying to make self maintenance and repair difficult.

I am particularly thinking about John Deere. Although not specific to Electric vehicles.

https://youtu.be/EPYy_g8NzmI

Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by markandrewj on Friday March 11, 2022 @07:46PM (#30647898)
*electric
Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by Reubachi on Thursday March 17, 2022 @03:01PM (#30714695)
If I say "You can't shoot someone", and then you shoot them.....sure! Anything is possible.

In your example, have you since taken it to ford and told them you did this? Better not, as you've broken your warranty and they will see this and report that to you.They will put this information on record, and you now have a nightmare selling the vehicle.

Again, and your example is a good one, ICU vehicles and manufacturers are at least addressable/self repairable. This is not the case so much for electric.

Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by queuebert on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:20PM (#30648389)
This is very common in the BMW world as well.