How to increaae Range for Mach E GT

[jav_eee]

That post really doesn’t make any sense. He seems to be measuring what happens when you lift up on the accelerator pedal, which is…fine. But he’s tearing “1-pedal” as a separate category from Whisper/Engage/Unbridled, which is just nonsense — each of those has a different profile and they are wildly different.

in any case, he’s definitely not measuring how much regen you get when using the brake pedal!

the comment I replied to said “The car will use as much regen as possible in all driving modes.”

one pedal nor brake pedal were mentioned in that comment so I wasn’t referring to those methods either.

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[gregsfortytwo]

the comment I replied to said “The car will use as much regen as possible in all driving modes.”

one pedal nor brake pedal were mentioned in that comment so I wasn’t referring to those methods either.

Let me rephrase for you, then: when the car is braking, it will regenerate as much energy as possible at that deceleration. It only use the friction brakes if you are mashing the brake pedal so hard it exceeds how much you can regen (or if the battery is full, I suppose).

People keep having the impression that 1-pedal in some way returns more energy than using the brake pedal, and that’s just not so. I’m not sure why anybody would believe that the car would always apply its maximum level of regenerative braking whenever any braking at all is applied…

 

[mkhuffman]

Let me be the first to tell you that you must have the wrong battery installed.



Man, you guys are slipping! I can't believe after all this time since the OP, I am the first one to identify "wrong battery" as the real cause! In the old days, one of you would have posted that in the first or second response. So disappointed...

 

[Bobcat17]

There is absolutely regen in Whisper mode when using 2 pedal mode. The MachE uses hybrid braking. The computer will maximize regen before activating the friction brakes, in all modes. (With the exception of manually shifting the car into N, which disengages the motors and therefore zero regen happens. And below 5 mph, when only friction braking is used.)

Ford has said there is zero efficiency difference between any of the drive modes and 1PD on/off. That assumes same accel/decel rates. 1PD is not going to give you any extra range.

Unless you have a Tesla, where for some reason ($), they decided to directly connect the brake pedal to the friction brakes. People hear about how much more efficient it is to use 1PD from Tesla owners and assume it must be true for every other EV, and it just isn't.

That's interesting because when I use 1 pedal mode, you can see miles being added back to range on the left side of dashboard.

 

[OH2AZ2OH]

That's interesting because when I use 1 pedal mode, you can see miles being added back to range on the left side of dashboard.

I can see that when using 2 pedal mode, too.

 

[ChehRob]

It probably is useful to hypermile at least once. I did so when I realized I wouldn't have to stop and charge before I got home from a 85 mile leg. Speed just a little under limit, drove in the slow lane mostly. no HVAC. Only time I got the low battery warning, about half a mile from home. I figured this was quicker than having to stop and charge, I knew there were a couple chargers 5-10 miles from our condo.

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