ER getting SR range at 80%

[Peddyr]

Recently I've switched my charging habits to charge fully, drive till I'm at 35 to 45% battery level, then Plug in and charge to 100%. This is about 4-5 days depending on what I'm doing normally.

I've done this the past two winters and it works out well. Once the weather in NH gets into the 60's at night, I'll likely lower my charge # to 85%, even though I do a 100+ miles per day 5 days a week.

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[NCMike]

Don't think I have seen this mentioned yet but make sure you don't have a trailer selected although I think the range would be lower if that were the case. Easiest thing to do is reset your driving history so the truck will start new with its guesses on range. NC is warming up so range should be increasing this month and next.

 

[cal]

Got my 22 Lariat last summer. Temps were in the 80's. I verified my GOM said 100% was close to 300 miles. I daily home charge to 80% and I was getting 250 miles GOM estimates every morning. Noticed our daily 80% estimates dropped dramatically as the temps dropped. Like down to 320 miles when temps were in the low 40's.

I'm an experience EV owner and don't need to blast off at street lights anymore. I did wear out the first set of tires on our MS in 20 kmiles but that went away as I stoped stoplight blasts. Obviously hard acceleration will dramatically reduce GOM estimates. Something so many new ev truck just ignore until range anxiety hits them hard. And it will affect what you get on your daily charge unless you reset things as stated in earlier threads.

I do love this truck and agree this everything others have stated above. But Ford really doesn't understand the ev world yet. The GOM induces way more anxiety and fear than necessary. And completely worthless when towing. COMPLETELY worthless. Read they shouldn't have even tried. I don't rely on the GOM except to tell me general info. I pay attention to the % charge way more than anything else. I'm ok if f I drive 20 miles and my 80% drops to 75%. Concerned if it drops to say 70%. My 80% covers 100% of my daily driving needs in all conditions. If it doesn't obviously I need to slow down or maybe something is wrong with my truck.

Here's a part of my Lightning energy usage. You can see the actual energy consumption change dramatically as the temps dropped. I also track our Tesla for comparison.

 

[Danface]

Hey, I have an SR and look at what I got! The GOM to the rescue!

 

[biers]

Got my 22 Lariat last summer. Temps were in the 80's. I verified my GOM said 100% was close to 300 miles. I daily home charge to 80% and I was getting 250 miles GOM estimates every morning. Noticed our daily 80% estimates dropped dramatically as the temps dropped. Like down to 320 miles when temps were in the low 40's.

I'm an experience EV owner and don't need to blast off at street lights anymore. I did wear out the first set of tires on our MS in 20 kmiles but that went away as I stoped stoplight blasts. Obviously hard acceleration will dramatically reduce GOM estimates. Something so many new ev truck just ignore until range anxiety hits them hard. And it will affect what you get on your daily charge unless you reset things as stated in earlier threads.

I do love this truck and agree this everything others have stated above. But Ford really doesn't understand the ev world yet. The GOM induces way more anxiety and fear than necessary. And completely worthless when towing. COMPLETELY worthless. Read they shouldn't have even tried. I don't rely on the GOM except to tell me general info. I pay attention to the % charge way more than anything else. I'm ok if f I drive 20 miles and my 80% drops to 75%. Concerned if it drops to say 70%. My 80% covers 100% of my daily driving needs in all conditions. If it doesn't obviously I need to slow down or maybe something is wrong with my truck.

Here's a part of my Lightning energy usage. You can see the actual energy consumption change dramatically as the temps dropped. I also track our Tesla for comparison.

Just as a heads up for your record keeping, our rates went up as of 3/1 to 0.0879. First increase since 2011 so we can’t complain too much. Across the river they are up 40% in the last 2-3 years.

 

[Zprime29]

Leaving work and [chuckled] when I saw this. Sitting on charger at work all day.

 

[Pioneer74]

Leaving work and chicken when I saw this. Sitting on charger at work all day.

Looks like you need some washer fluid and a dust rag.

 

[Zprime29]

Lol, yes it's been windy and just enough rain to not be useful. It's on my to-do list

 

[Smokewagun]

Kinda funny. I do ratio and proportion with my truck to check the night before what range I can expect the next day. After I got my truck last year, July thru September I netted 2.8mi/kW solid. Range at 80% would hit 220 easily almost every day. 230 was not uncommon. Seeing the SR is basically a 100kW battery for round numbers. That should yield 280 miles at 100% charge. On my daily drives to a particular job, I could net 4.1 miles per kW and after driving 150 miles there and back, I’d still show 150 miles left. I began thinking I had an ER. Winter proved me wrong.
The GOM just bases its calcs on the last drive when you charge up. Today, I left the office at 180 miles of range, drove 120, and arrived back at the office with 106 miles. The GOM figured I’d be getting 2.5mi/kW. I pulled 3.4. Really, unless you are consistent on every account: temp, hills, driving style, etc., the GOM is just that… a guess. Really, how could anyone generate an algorithm that would be accurate with so many variables? I DO KNOW, when I enter a destination in the navigation, the range is 100% accurate, and it does not matter if I’m bucking a 35mph headwind, or coasting downhill. It just knows.

 

[cal]

Just as a heads up for your record keeping, our rates went up as of 3/1 to 0.0879. First increase since 2011 so we can’t complain too much. Across the river they are up 40% in the last 2-3 years.

Thanks I'll have to change my spreadsheet!

 

[ytwytw]

Get a OBD adapter and the you can see the raw data

I charge to 90% daily, every day when the SOC is shown 90%, the true soc and energy left value is different, vary from 113kwh to 119kwh (1C, or 34F) temperature

Pre heat also can increase the capacity a bit as well, changing thr GOM meter value

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