Condition Battery While Traveling - Does it Matter

[NeuroDawg]

Hi all! I'm about to take my first road trip in my Lightning XLT ER. I've read a lot about battery conditioning, but I can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for. I know that in hot temperatures, conditioning the battery (by selecting the charging station in the Ford Nav) will engage cooling to get the battery to 90°F for more efficient charging. Is the opposite true? Ambient temperature during my travels will be 50-75°. When I navigate to a charging station, does the battery get warmed, or in cooler temperatures does it matter?

And secondly, in cooler temperatures does it even matter? Will I see significantly time gains in charging by navigating to the charging station with the Ford navigation, or can I ignore that and just keep navigating with ABRP?

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[3rdgenfan]

I feel just by driving it you'll have the battery adequately warmed up, but not sure you'd see much of a difference in speed unless the ambient temp was in the 30s.

 

[RickLightning]

At those temps, you're good. No need to precondition.

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