Suggestion: One-Time Departure Pre-Conditioning

[potato]

One time departure time is a no brainer feature. It's really dumb for Ford to assume everyone is on a regular schedule at all times. And even those who are on a regular schedule for their daily drives (where the vast majority do not need battery preconditioning at all... cabin yes, battery probably not) would still have occasional long range trips starting at random times where they do want battery preconditioning for maximum range on that first leg.

Setting a one time departure time wouldn't be much less work than editing the schedule as we do it now... but the problem is, you have to remember to re-edit the schedule again at some later date after your trip.

And while they're adding that, they could add a manual "precondition the battery now" so we don't have to jump through all the hoops of entering a destination in nav. If I know exactly where I'm going and where the chargers are (a very common situation) I shouldn't have to navigate to anything when all I want to do is warm the battery.

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[Scorpio3d]

Not sure what I am missing, but I use the button in the Ford pass app to precondition if it is outside of my normal preset preconditioning time.

 

[Scorpio3d]

First world problems when you're to over burdened to execute a little pre-planning, figure out what you're doing the night before and execute or adjust the plan, COME ON!

But it is all about me!!! F everyone else!
That is the downfall of our society…. (Step down off of soap box, drop mic, exit stage right)

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Not sure what I am missing, but I use the button in the Ford pass app to precondition if it is outside of my normal preset preconditioning time.

I do too,
the "fan" icon on the main vehicle page in the app. - Does this only condition the cabin?
It seems to heat the batteries and motors in cold weather, judging by the truck display when I get in

I set my typical "earliest departure time" in the Energy tab.
It seems to me from observations the truck starts pre-conditioning 20-minutes ahead of the set time and will continue to condition for about ten minutes or so after this set time.
If I am running late, and its after my departure time setting, I just hit the "fan icon" while I am getting ready to go in the house, and the truck restarts conditioning for another ten minutes or so it seems.

These are just my observations, from playing with the truck in the mornings. No idea if the 'fan icon' just does the cabin, or how long the pre-conditioning runs on that button.

 

[RickLightning]

Hitting the Fan/Climate button prewarms/cools the cabin only.

Use the Feedback app in the vehicle to ask for features. This has been asked for since 2021 with the Mach-E, save your breath.

I have been charging at hotels since 2021. Several points:

- Rarely are the spaces full of EVs charging.

- Most hotel chargers are slow, 4 to 7kW. With the Mach-E, I can almost always arrive empty and be at 100% by morning. 91kWh battery, arrive with 10%. .9 x 91 = 81.9. 12 to 14 hours and it is full. Lightning battery is 40% bigger. Last hotel had 4kWh chargers. I arrived with 61% (figured out ahead of time), and barely made high 90s by morning There is no "done in a few hours".

- my rule is that if I will be done before midnight (unlikely, as I preplan to charge all night and be at 100%), I will move it.

- make sure you evaluate "free charging". I had a choice on that last stop of an old Hampton (reviews stated it repeatedly) vs a nearly new Holiday Inn Express for $30 more. Value of the 39% battery fill was... $30. But, leaving with 100% is an extra 45 minutes of driving on that first leg.

- I have a tag made by some group that lets you put your cell number if someone wants to charge and you are done. Never used it.

Bye @artificial_airspeed . Who?

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