I know the winter issue well. I’m in the Boston area and I’ve noticed my average dropping from 3.7miles/kw in the summer time to 2.5miles/kw now at the beginning of the winter.
Yep - same experience. 21P22 cleared my charge location and settings. I had to re-add my home location and set the limit. Not sure if *everyone* who gets 21P22 applied has to do this ... but it seems typical since quite a few people here had to do the same thing.
I was able to confirm that setting a departure time is the only way to pre-condition the batteries. Simply doing a remote-start doesn't do this.
I got 21P22 yesterday. Did not lose my saved locations, charging schedule and departure times. It was all still there.
I also wish there was just a button for this like remote start instead of having to schedule it.
I have a similar issue. I also working from home and don’t have a fixed schedule. What I’m doing is keeping my battery charge to 80% and 30 min before leaving I set the battery charge to 100%, 15 minutes before leaving I also set the cabin to warm up. I hope that will somewhat warm up the battery pack.
Was that total capacity instead of usable capacity? I’ve heard conflicting reports whether the CSP increases the usable battery, this is the first real proof that it does.
That’s a good idea for an on demand precondition! When you get back home does it default back to the 80%?
I have done this. A one time quick departure schedule would be nice for us random drivers.
. Anyone in the cold/hot notice how long before departure it comes on and does duration vary with exterior temp? Will need to try now winter may come; lots new to learn.
Yes it returns to the original setting when I’m back home. My plan is to plug the odb2 and check the HVB temperature to see if that is really working. And if 30 min is enough.
I would think it would. The first thing it should do when you start charging is condition the battery. 15 minutes is all it does for a departure, so 30 should be plenty. I wonder if there is a way to create a script to trigger the charge to 100 and remote start to do the cabin all at once.
From all I’ve read, it takes way longer than 15, even 30, minutes to condition the battery. It most certainly depends on ambient temps but it seems it takes at least a few hours.
Okay thanks. I don't remember that from the Ford literature but then again I didn't really pay attention to the GT specs. I thought all the 2021 models with extended battery were 88 kWh usable but apparently that isn't the case. Good to know.
They are. But they’re getting updated.
