EV Mileage

[SuzieN]

So crazy - today it's very cold and I had 228 miles displayed this morning. I maybe drove 20 miles at the most and it went down 100 miles. I guess in the cold temps you really have to keep your vehicle charged like every other day

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[RickMachE]

In ALL temps you should charge your vehicle to 90% every night, and leave it plugged into 240v when not being used. There isn't a single reason not to.

There are dozens of threads on the impact of cold.

 

[SuzieN]

In ALL temps you should charge your vehicle to 90% every night, and leave it plugged into 240v when not being used. There isn't a single reason not to.

There are dozens of threads on the impact of cold.

If I forget to turn it off does it stop automatically when charged to 100%?

 

[Maquis]

If I forget to turn it off does it stop automatically when charged to 100%?

You need to set the charge limit to 90% for your charging location. Look at the “Charging” app in the car.

 

[AtomicInternet]

Can we make this search a giant modal popup when people first visit the site between Nov - Mar?

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[SuzieN]

You need to set the charge limit to 90% for your charging location. Look at the “Charging” app in the car.

will do that - I couldn't find it on the Ford app on my iphone but will try to locate it inside my car on the screen

 

[Phil-Springs]

In ALL temps you should charge your vehicle to 90% every night, and leave it plugged into 240v when not being used. There isn't a single reason not to.

There are dozens of threads on the impact of cold.

Well I have a situation where financially it doesn't make sense to charge to 90% every night. From a battery SOH perspective makes sense though.

 

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[dalola]

Might as well jack it up to the full 100% during winter, get every mile you can! ? (if you need it, of course...)

 

[SuzieN]

Might as well jack it up to the full 100% during winter, get every mile you can! ? (if you need it, of course...)

how do I get to this screen ? When I go to navigation and then charging I do not see this screen which says target energy, etc

 

[cryptk]

In the Ford app on your phone, tap on Energy at the bottom, then Target Charge

 

[SuzieN]

In the Ford app on your phone, tap on Energy at the bottom, then Target Charge

so last question - I did that - thank you but I also have an app on my phone from Autel which is the company my charger is but will it stop at 90% if I did what you said on the ford app?

 

[cryptk]

With level 2, your vehicle uses the charger that is built into the car. The Autel box that you have is not technically a charger, it's what we call an evse (electric vehicle service equipment). It's basically just a fancy extension cord with a really sturdy switch in it to be able to connect and disconnect the power to the car.

Car is in control of when it charges, including stopping at whatever number you have the car configured for.

This does not work the same for level 3 fast charging that you would do at Electrify America or a Tesla Supercharger, but even with those, the car can tell the fast charger to stop providing electricity at whatever charge threshold you have set.

End result is whatever number you set in the car is the amount that it will charge to.

 

[SuzieN]

With level 2, your vehicle uses the charger that is built into the car. The Autel box that you have is not technically a charger, it's what we call an evse (electric vehicle service equipment). It's basically just a fancy extension cord with a really sturdy switch in it to be able to connect and disconnect the power to the car.

Car is in control of when it charges, including stopping at whatever number you have the car configured for.

This does not work the same for level 3 fast charging that you would do at Electrify America or a Tesla Supercharger, but even with those, the car can tell the fast charger to stop providing electricity at whatever charge threshold you have set.

End result is whatever number you set in the car is the amount that it will charge to.

thank you so I think I did it correctly - on the Ford app on my cell phone its at 90% as well as my car when I go to charger and did that slide thing to 90% - hopefully it stops at 90% because a few times I forget to stop it

 

[cryptk]

If you can see it set to 90% in the Ford app, and 90% in the car, for a location that your car is currently parked in, then it will stop at 90%.

Bear in mind that will only apply to whatever area you programmed it for (most likely your house), so if you charge it at other locations, it will default to 100%, unless you create a charging location for that place as well.

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