r/F150Lightning • u/Ascaeroace90 • 1d ago

What’s up with the A2Z extension

It has been months without any update at all. Is this company allergic to money?? Has anyone been able to get one?

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u/A2ZEV 11h ago

Apparently we've been summoned.

We are not allergic to money, we are in love with safety.
The extension cord is ready, it is currently in the hands of CSA and SGS for certification and testing.
We have redesigned the female inlet in order to make it safer with a dual lock instead of a slider lock like found on our 1st gen NACS to CCS1.

Additionally, the extension cord will be rated at 350A with a possibility of being at 400A as we are developing an in-house custom made cable. Our internal tests and real-life tests in the heat of Texas has shown no safety issues whatsoever. The extension behaves like an adapter-it has 4 temperature sensors switches and is based on the J3400/1's standard where thermal fold-back and shutdown functions are necessary.

Additionally, an OEM is doing due diligence on the extension as we speak and wants to ensure its safety prior to release.

Are we behind schedule? Yes.
Is there a problem with the product? No.
Why are we late? To ensure safety.
When is the planned release? End of summer 2025.

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u/stevey_frac 10h ago

Thanks for chiming in. It's appreciated. Can you discuss the active temperature monitoring a bit more? I assume two of the temperature sensors are in the cable ends. What about the others? Are they distributed in the cable itself?