RedLightning86
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- David
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- 2022 F150 Lightning (Lariat). 2009 Escape Hybrid.
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Hi all. Just completed a road trip from Wisconsin to Oklahoma, stayed for a week, then back. Most temps around 90-99F. I do have GoFast Camper on my '22 ER, with a wind fairing to help reduce resistance. Had my 2 kids along who are late teen and 22yo, and none of us weigh more than 190 lbs. The GFC is 300 lbs. Just light luggage and road gear along.
At home, I drive county roads up to 55mph, state highway to 65mph, and short stretches of freeway up to 73 mph. I usually average 1.8-2.0 miles/kWh.
But on this trip, usually averaging 73-77 mph, we got around 1.3-1.5 miles/kWh, and the longest we could go between charging stops was ~ 115 miles, with max range calculating to 235-240 miles most of the time. With the frequent fairly long distances between charging, sometimes that meant charge, stop 90-100 miles later, charge again, so we could then drive 94-115 miles, instead of a single stop at 205 miles, for example, as I didn't want to get stranded if a charging station was down. (I aimed for 30-40 mile leeway, after the disastrous drop at the rest station!). No error messages popping up, and battery/engine temperatures always showed right in the middle as usual.
What was weird was that the first leg of the trip, about 75 miles, we got about 1.7-1.8 mi/kWh until stopped at a rest stop, with remaining range when we stopped being 170 miles, turned off the truck. When we got back in the truck, the remaining range was 110 miles. At the next charging station, a fellow Lightning owner said his range had just dropped a lot also.
Do these numbers just seem average to everyone else, especially for driving in hot weather? (was 91-93F that first day). I get we were driving faster than usual, and my kids drove without 1 pedal driving on, but wow, I was really hoping to go 250 miles between charging stops, not just 190-200 miles at most!
One thing I will say is that finding chargers was not bad, other than having to stop every 100 miles frequently. That being said, almost all the chargers topped out at 75 kWh, regardless of whether they said 350 kWh or 150, etc. About half the chargers were only 48-60 kWh max. So lots of improvement needed there!
At home, I drive county roads up to 55mph, state highway to 65mph, and short stretches of freeway up to 73 mph. I usually average 1.8-2.0 miles/kWh.
But on this trip, usually averaging 73-77 mph, we got around 1.3-1.5 miles/kWh, and the longest we could go between charging stops was ~ 115 miles, with max range calculating to 235-240 miles most of the time. With the frequent fairly long distances between charging, sometimes that meant charge, stop 90-100 miles later, charge again, so we could then drive 94-115 miles, instead of a single stop at 205 miles, for example, as I didn't want to get stranded if a charging station was down. (I aimed for 30-40 mile leeway, after the disastrous drop at the rest station!). No error messages popping up, and battery/engine temperatures always showed right in the middle as usual.
What was weird was that the first leg of the trip, about 75 miles, we got about 1.7-1.8 mi/kWh until stopped at a rest stop, with remaining range when we stopped being 170 miles, turned off the truck. When we got back in the truck, the remaining range was 110 miles. At the next charging station, a fellow Lightning owner said his range had just dropped a lot also.
Do these numbers just seem average to everyone else, especially for driving in hot weather? (was 91-93F that first day). I get we were driving faster than usual, and my kids drove without 1 pedal driving on, but wow, I was really hoping to go 250 miles between charging stops, not just 190-200 miles at most!
One thing I will say is that finding chargers was not bad, other than having to stop every 100 miles frequently. That being said, almost all the chargers topped out at 75 kWh, regardless of whether they said 350 kWh or 150, etc. About half the chargers were only 48-60 kWh max. So lots of improvement needed there!
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