How is it so unbelievably difficult to display a SoC number on the IP for Ford? And why wasn't this included from the very start? Seems Ford is employing monkeys to do their testing and feedback to miss such an obvious thing that almost all EV drivers want to see. And if the driver doesn't want it, just make it toggleable in the infotainment system. It's so easy.
You aren't wrong, but they aren't Tesla.
Looking at their way of thinking, a gas gauge doesn't tell you how many gallons you have left, it tells you roughly what fraction of the tank remains. The SOC gauge (pre-update) on our screen tells us the same thing, even has tick marks for 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4. I think this is just a continuation of Ford being ICE focused. They didn't show it, because by their reckoning, people didn't want it, same reason they don't really care that their GOM is terrible. DTE calculations in ICE are equally inaccurate.
What you want is there, it's just not shown as a number. The right half of the gauge on the left is the battery % you can look at that and know roughly what your SOC is. I'd prefer the actual %, it requires less thought, but what I have is OK till the update comes in.
Not quite. They give me pct, but they ALWAYS shove range in there too, they can't help themselves. Even in the "calm" screen they show range. I don't want range anywhere. Can I live with it? Of course, but I really, really, really don't want to see it. It's the biggest cause of range anxiety for me...and the cause of a lot of newbie questions. "It said I could go XXX miles, but I went YY miles and only had Z miles left!"
