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Just read the story of the person who went on a round trip from Colorado to Washington. Got me thinking about something I noticed regarding the battery.
Purchased my Mach-E FE (AWD, extended range) from a dealer in St. Louis (I'm in KC about 240 miles away) on 4/16/21 to avoid waiting for my order. The initial battery range was 270 per Ford. When I got the car and charged it up to 100% it was actually 284 mi. I was impressed that it got more mileage than advertised.
Three weeks ago, I took a trip back to STL and charged it up to 100% before I left work. (Side note, I never charge it all the way to 100% and typically go to 90% per the literature). At that time the 100% range was 291 miles. I thought it was weird, but was happy. Maybe it was the "breaking-in" period for the batteries.?.
Anyway, there was one day last week when I accidently turned off the max limit and it charged to 100%. However, this time, the range was only 264 miles. I'm currently charging it today, and at 80% it's at 211 miles. If I do some basic math (211/0.80) that gives me 263 miles. I've been mainly charging at Level 2 chargers and only occasionally go to a DC fast charger.
Are we supposed to be seeing a degradation of battery life this soon? Is this just an anomaly? Just don't want to end up in a situation like some on here with the "Stop the car safely" alert and then trying to figure out when i'll get my car back.
Purchased my Mach-E FE (AWD, extended range) from a dealer in St. Louis (I'm in KC about 240 miles away) on 4/16/21 to avoid waiting for my order. The initial battery range was 270 per Ford. When I got the car and charged it up to 100% it was actually 284 mi. I was impressed that it got more mileage than advertised.
Three weeks ago, I took a trip back to STL and charged it up to 100% before I left work. (Side note, I never charge it all the way to 100% and typically go to 90% per the literature). At that time the 100% range was 291 miles. I thought it was weird, but was happy. Maybe it was the "breaking-in" period for the batteries.?.
Anyway, there was one day last week when I accidently turned off the max limit and it charged to 100%. However, this time, the range was only 264 miles. I'm currently charging it today, and at 80% it's at 211 miles. If I do some basic math (211/0.80) that gives me 263 miles. I've been mainly charging at Level 2 chargers and only occasionally go to a DC fast charger.
Are we supposed to be seeing a degradation of battery life this soon? Is this just an anomaly? Just don't want to end up in a situation like some on here with the "Stop the car safely" alert and then trying to figure out when i'll get my car back.
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