100% charged by Airport valet upon drop off, unrequested. Now what? 🤔🤣

[TaxmanHog]

Every time I fast charge I have to adjust it down to 80. Does anyone know if this can be changed via FORScan?

That would be awesome if it is adjustable using the tuner.

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[tls]

I'm laughing. Clearly you people haven't tried to do remote starts without driving the vehicle, or haven't read / remembered the manual...

Note: A maximum of two remote starts, or one remote start with an extension, are allowed. To reset the restart procedure switch the vehicle to on, then to off.

The scheduled departures don't count as "remote starts" as far as I can tell. But they do seem to be controlled by the toggle for remote-start-when-not-plugged-in.

 

[Marcelo Zanetti]

91% isn't 91% when you can't discharge to 0. Our usable capacity is in the middle of the available capacity, not the lower end.

I’m thinking about doing this test one day just to see what happens.
I’m going to load up my portable generator in the bed and drive until empty. I won’t drive too far from the house, so when it stops, I’ll just charge it for a few minutes until I have enough to drive back home.
I’ll make sure to document everything and share here.

 

[Marcelo Zanetti]

I’ve read most of the replies and am a little confused.
My dealer told me to always plug the truck in when I’m home. And I’m doing it every day pretty much since took delivery in late December 2022.
Am I doing it right or should I be doing the charging thing differently?
Every morning my display shows 100% charged and miles to empty in the vicinity of 320 miles.
In the first few weeks the charting was showing 100% but miles were around 170/180, and had some lows around 250. The temprarues were pretty low back then and the dealer told me they should improve with the weather and drivability, which it did.
Now, when I leave in the morning with 100% charge and around 320 miles estimated, drive around to work and errands about 30 actual miles, the estimated miles drop 50 miles or so.
which I understand it is because of the other power usage of the HVAC system.
Please let me know your thoughts…

 

[MickeyAO]

I’ve read most of the replies and am a little confused.
My dealer told me to always plug the truck in when I’m home. And I’m doing it every day pretty much since took delivery in late December 2022.
Am I doing it right or should I be doing the charging thing differently?
Every morning my display shows 100% charged and miles to empty in the vicinity of 320 miles.
In the first few weeks the charting was showing 100% but miles were around 170/180, and had some lows around 250. The temprarues were pretty low back then and the dealer told me they should improve with the weather and drivability, which it did.
Now, when I leave in the morning with 100% charge and around 320 miles estimated, drive around to work and errands about 30 actual miles, the estimated miles drop 50 miles or so.
which I understand it is because of the other power usage of the HVAC system.
Please let me know your thoughts…

Some people on this forum will tell you this is fine and they've been driving EVs this way for 24 years and never saw a capacity loss.

I've been testing Li-ion cells for 12 years and will tell you to charge every day...however, I do not recommend charging to 100% SOC (which will be about 94% SOC of the actual capacity).

I charge to 85% every day. But that's just me with everything I've seen over the years. I think Ford has a different recommendation which is still better than 100%. You do you!

 

[Marcelo Zanetti]

Hey Mickey,
Thanks for your reply. As you probably noticed, I’m new to the EV whorld, although I have a tech degree in electronics and worked (and still lapel) my whole professional life in the field (currently in the electrical field, my knowledge about batteries are outdated.
Would you mind explaining SOC? And how do you stop the charging at some percentage?

Thanks.

 

[MickeyAO]

Hey Mickey,
Thanks for your reply. As you probably noticed, I’m new to the EV whorld, although I have a tech degree in electronics and worked (and still lapel) my whole professional life in the field (currently in the electrical field, my knowledge about batteries are outdated.
Would you mind explaining SOC? And how do you stop the charging at some percentage?

Thanks.

SOC = State of Charge. The high the number, the more energy you have put into the battery.

There is a setting for the truck to stop charging at a specific SOC. When you see 100%, you are at 100% SOC. I can't remember how to set this (and don't care to look it up right now), but I'm sure other members will step in to explain the specific procedure, and I think you set this after you have charged at home and it will be set for every time you charge at home.

I use 85% for my truck because I know it's best for the long-term health of the battery and will more than meet my daily needs. My wife's Kia EV6 charges to 90% because it only has 10% increments and I don't know if 80% will meet her ever-changing requirements on a daily basis.

Charging to 100% on an occasional basis will not do long-term harm, but you should drive soon after you hit 100% SOC.

 

[shutterbug]

SOC = State of Charge. The high the number, the more energy you have put into the battery.

There is a setting for the truck to stop charging at a specific SOC. When you see 100%, you are at 100% SOC. I can't remember how to set this (and don't care to look it up right now), but I'm sure other members will step in to explain the specific procedure, and I think you set this after you have charged at home and it will be set for every time you charge at home.

I use 85% for my truck because I know it's best for the long-term health of the battery and will more than meet my daily needs. My wife's Kia EV6 charges to 90% because it only has 10% increments and I don't know if 80% will meet her ever-changing requirements on a daily basis.

Charging to 100% on an occasional basis will not do long-term harm, but you should drive soon after you hit 100% SOC.

Fully agree. I would only add that when you set maximum SOC based on what your typical driving distance is. In my case, my typical days drive is 15-30 miles, so I actually set maximum SOC to 50%. On the few days when I need to drive much farther, I click "charge to 100%" in the app. If, OTOH, you normally drive 250 miles a day, than charging to 100% every day makes sense.

 

[Maxx]

Hey Mickey,
Thanks for your reply. As you probably noticed, I’m new to the EV whorld, although I have a tech degree in electronics and worked (and still lapel) my whole professional life in the field (currently in the electrical field, my knowledge about batteries are outdated.
Would you mind explaining SOC? And how do you stop the charging at some percentage?

Thanks.

on my copy of the manual is on page 213. Just click on the pencil on your display.

 

[RickLightning]

I’ve read most of the replies and am a little confused.
My dealer told me to always plug the truck in when I’m home. And I’m doing it every day pretty much since took delivery in late December 2022.
Am I doing it right or should I be doing the charging thing differently?
Every morning my display shows 100% charged and miles to empty in the vicinity of 320 miles.
In the first few weeks the charting was showing 100% but miles were around 170/180, and had some lows around 250. The temprarues were pretty low back then and the dealer told me they should improve with the weather and drivability, which it did.
Now, when I leave in the morning with 100% charge and around 320 miles estimated, drive around to work and errands about 30 actual miles, the estimated miles drop 50 miles or so.
which I understand it is because of the other power usage of the HVAC system.
Please let me know your thoughts…

Your manual explains to charge to less than 100% daily.

 

[Maxx]

I'm not going to argue with you anymore since you're adamant your right. I'll just point out that 91 - 5 = 86.

I think truth is somewhere in between. My SR usable is 98 KWh. Actual is 107.6 KWh. 9% buffer. I am not sure how much of that 9% is used for the bottom to keep it from hitting zero. If it is 5%, then battery can only be 96% full. In other words that 5% is not subtracted from 91%. If it was, Ford wouldn’t tell me I have 98 KWh usable. I think the disconnect with PungoteagueDave is the word unused. 9% unused does not mean 9% empty.

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