Teach my 2024 ER Lightning That There is a FCSP at Home

[RickLightning]

I believe people are confusing things.

The low battery warning shown by @TaxmanHog has nothing to do with the vehicle being routed to a charger instead of home.

The 10% threshold mentioned by @bthanos will allow you to do what he says - arrive at your destination with 10% charge. @jobofly79 can use this to raise the level to a % (not miles) that he's comfortable with.

HOWEVER, there is NOTHING you can do to make your home charger recognized by the Ford Navigation, so if you want to arrive at home with less than the 10% threshold you set, simply ignore the recommended charger. Or, because you're nearly home, turn off the routing.

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[bthanos]

The only reason to use ford nav is if you have no cell phone signal somewhere in the middle of nowhere and CarPlay won’t route…

 

[Cobalt Blue]

I believe people are confusing things.

The low battery warning shown by @TaxmanHog has nothing to do with the vehicle being routed to a charger instead of home.

The 10% threshold mentioned by @bthanos will allow you to do what he says - arrive at your destination with 10% charge. @jobofly79 can use this to raise the level to a % (not miles) that he's comfortable with.

HOWEVER, there is NOTHING you can do to make your home charger recognized by the Ford Navigation, so if you want to arrive at home with less than the 10% threshold you set, simply ignore the recommended charger. Or, because you're nearly home, turn off the routing.

Good info. I was thinking if it could be added, the truck would precondition as I got within 20 miles of home. I did a trip to DC in January and the preconditioning really seemed to be valuable.

 

[Maquis]

Or, because you're nearly home, turn off the routing.

Yeah, do people really need to use the nav to get home? I know where I live!

 

[Cobalt Blue]

Yeah, do people really need to use the nav to get home? I know where I live!

I guess you’re just this bored. Thx genius.

 

[Maquis]

I guess you’re just this bored. Thx genius.

People just have no sense of humor anymore.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Preconditioning isn't really important when heading home, you're likely to be there an extended period of time, unless of course you're turning out another trip in short order, but being that low still requires a substantial amount of recharge time to make the next trip possible.

BTW, my suggestions concerning lowering settings was to minimize nagging while enroute to home and known destination and energy requirements to complete the trip, it's well understood from older conversation on this topic that you cant create a charging waypoint in the Ford navigation system, we've asked years ago and Ford hasn't accomodated the logic.

 

[Cobalt Blue]

Yeah, the preconditioning thing would be helpful because there are times I need to do a turnaround although it’s not usually immediate. Thanks my friend!

 

[RickLightning]

Good info. I was thinking if it could be added, the truck would precondition as I got within 20 miles of home. I did a trip to DC in January and the preconditioning really seemed to be valuable.

In point of fact, no.

You're driving. The battery is already relatively warm, plus if you DC fast charged at the last stop, it's very warm. And, you're going to AC charge at home, over many hours. It's near impossible that your AC charging speed will be limited when you arrive home.

 

[RocketGhost]

The problem you're describing has been observed early on by model year 2022 members, IIRC we can't force the NAV system to honor our home location as a qualified charging point for "PLANNING" purposes.

I'm curious why this would make a difference. Why would the nav think you can't make it home if there isn't a charger there, but you can if there is a charger? As in, if you can't make it to a destination without stopping on the way to charge, why would it matter if there is a charger there?

Is there some sort of different % threshold for arriving at a charger vs. a destination?

I rented a Tesla and a shortcoming was that you couldn't set a minimum arrival charge. It's as though it assumes you can charge at your destination. You'd have to just charge more than it recommends or set your round trip as a series of waypoints.

 

[TaxmanHog]

I'm curious why this would make a difference. Why would the nav think you can't make it home if there isn't a charger there, but you can if there is a charger? As in, if you can't make it to a destination without stopping on the way to charge, why would it matter if there is a charger there?

Is there some sort of different % threshold for arriving at a charger vs. a destination?

I rented a Tesla and a shortcoming was that you couldn't set a minimum arrival charge. It's as though it assumes you can charge at your destination. You'd have to just charge more than it recommends or set your round trip as a series of waypoints.

The range prediction is conservative, so it tries routing you to a DCFC to fill the gap, this is mostly a problem when trying to cut your arrival SOC to a very low but achievable level.

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