Newish 24 lightning owner travel charging experience

[SunMar10]

I have found Apple Maps to be very useful. I actually select “different vehicle” as opposed to F150 Lightning. Apple Maps displays total mileage on the GOM. Using my kWH multiplier, it seems almost foolproof. Apple Maps is WAAAAYYYY to conservative in my opinion but the different vehicle setting still allows me to see pertinent info and get an accurate calculation. My cross Virginia /Tennessee trip was a piece of cake using this method.

I have 2023 F150 Lightning XLT.

I haven’t figured out how to get Apple Maps to show anything related to EV when I have Car Play turned on. The various websites with “instructions” and “how-to walkthrough” seem to be out of date wrt Apple iOS and Lighting updated UI.

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[TaxmanHog]

I have 2023 F150 Lightning XLT.

I haven’t figured out how to get Apple Maps to show anything related to EV when I have Car Play turned on. The various websites with “instructions” and “how-to walkthrough” seem to be out of date wrt Apple iOS and Lighting updated UI.

What is your most recent software update?

 

[Ragman]

We’ve found charging to be highly variable and not always logical - Tesla so far is a consistent start at 150 then ramp down to 115 then to 50 at 90 then lower to 100 (never waited that long).

Ford branded 120 kw, consistently 110+. Petro/Shell/Coop “100 to 250 kw” best case 70kw usually 40-50kw.

One thing would like to see added to charge app screens is “what truck is asking for” - we have 50kw chargers from Flo that shows on screen - truck never asks for more then 42kw while I see Kias and others pull the 50kw.

Warm or cold battery, state of charge, etc are all factors. I have experienced where charging at 40-50 for 10 minutes, then reconnecting jumps to 70+ kw on same charger - which I suspect is a battery temperature rising to allow higher.

Whether truck should be smart enough to ramp up and not only ramp down I’d expect but haven’t really seen in practise.

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