Drove down to 0% battery

Finished a trip today with 0% on the battery and an estimated 1 mile range on the GoM




Earlier it gave an orange warning when first at 0% with 2 miles est. range.




At 3% predicted 8 miles range, ultimately drove 10.3 miles with another 1 mile estimate on GoM




At 4% predicted 9 miles of range, ultimately drove 12.3

AT 5% precicted 12 miles of range, ultimately drove 16.1

At 10% predicted 21 miles, ultimately drove 26.5

Does that damage a battery?

dml105 said:

Does that damage a battery?

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I kind of hope 0% isn't really 0% and still has enough charge to avoid damage. Still, I wouldn't do it with mine

dml105 said:

Does that damage a battery?

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There is a lower battery buffer to protect the car from humans.

that is cutting it a little to close for me. wether it damges battery or not. Not like you can go get a Kw of electricity to get it last mile to charge.

dml105 said:

Does that damage a battery?

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It wont damage your battery, but it is best to keep Li ion batteries between 20 and 80% of to preserve longevity.

Was hoping he was going to drive it till dead completely lol...

Come on, someone out there brave enough? Let's get the REAL miles left data haha.

GoosePond08 said:

Was hoping he was going to drive it till dead completely lol...

Come on, someone out there brave enough? Let's get the REAL miles left data haha.

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Watch it be like 50 miles. :-D

GoosePond08 said:

Was hoping he was going to drive it till dead completely lol...

Come on, someone out there brave enough? Let's get the REAL miles left data haha.

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You joke, but I saw a youtube video of someone doing exactly that with a Bolt. The whole time it was beeping like mad, with malfunction likes coming on, "pull over and stop now", reduced speed, etc. He just get going until it finally stopped. On the other, was just a Bolt so ...

so what was the total amount of miles on that charge from ~90% to 0? And trim level

No power reduction or anything?

Not giving us access to the full battery pack is Ford's way to protect it. But like another poster mentioned between 20-80 is prime. It's not quite like a gas car, when it says you run out of juice you run out (other than the fact that the range est is just that, a conservative est, so you could baby it for a bit longer.) The closest I've driven our current BEV down to is about 3 mi, but it's a much smaller pack.

my anxiety level would be off the chain. it begs the question why?

milepost1 said:

that is cutting it a little to close for me. wether it damges battery or not. Not like you can go get a Kw of electricity to get it last mile to charge.

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I see a fleet of AAA Auto Club Ford F150 with the power generators in them going around the country side looking for out of power EV’s in our future. It can charge a EV for 30-40 miles in about 1-2 hours.

Form the Ford website - "Never before has a truck had a built-in generator with this much power. For the hybrid F-150 only there's a 7.2-kW Pro Onboard Generator. With four 120V and one NEMA L14-30R 240V 30A outlet, the bed of the 2021 F-150 PowerBoost is loaded with power.

generaltso said:

No power reduction or anything?

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No power reduction was noticeable but below 1% I was in my neighborhood and not driving fast. About 20mph or less.

A couple of warnings when it realized we were reaching the limit of getting to a charger. Then one advising to find a place to charge as we were too far from any known charging spots. Eventually a warning to stop And then one to pull over safely. These last two while showing the 2 & 1 mile estimated range.

For the concerned I was prepared to pull over if it got to that point and ask to run an extension cord to a neighbor to juice up enough to make it home.