Ford F-150 Lightning Reaches Its First Customers

Re:Ford F-150 Lightning Reaches Its First Customers by xeromal on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @11:53AM (#31571029)

320 is a fair mark, but I didn't do the math for real world reasonable buffers for the lightning. That would drop it further to about 130-150 miles.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning Reaches Its First Customers by jsight on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @11:56AM (#31571082)

I'm confused. You said you subtracted off the top 10% and the bottom 10%?

TBH, comparing my Model Y to the Lightning, the only range issue that I see is the charge speeds. The Lightning's 400V CCS system limits it a bit, so charge times would be quite a bit higher on longer trips.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning Reaches Its First Customers by xeromal on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @12:00PM (#31571163)

Yeah, you pretty much have to do that with any EV.

You don't want to frequently charge over 90% to preserve the integrity of the battery. Same with the bottom 10%. You don't want to frequently drive the car down to 1%. I think it's not a huge deal if you drive it down to 5% or so, but as an owner of an EV, it gets pretty scary to go below 10% before you charge if you're on a trip. If the wind speed/ temp/etc gets out of control, it can sap your battery before you make it to the next station.

Ignoring 20% of the battery is pretty much the standard on today's EVs.

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