Navigation Software & Preconditioning

[Stang68]

I had never seen this thread; it's interesting.

Reading it though now makes perfect sense to me why the manual says not to use the heat in the car for a while when you're DC fast charging. It needs the heat for the batteries after you plug in to get them up to spec.

I could have sworn I once read on here to turn off the "E-Heat" when you're close to the DCFC to help condition the battery. That seems counter-productive but maybe the energy then goes to warming the batteries?

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[generaltso]

I could have sworn I once read on here to turn off the "E-Heat" when you're close to the DCFC to help condition the battery. That seems counter-productive but maybe the energy then goes to warming the batteries?

You're probably thinking of the recommendation to turn off HVAC when actually DCFC charging, since that's when it will start to heat up the battery pack. It doesn't currently try to heat the pack ahead of time.

 

[SpacePony]

So to revive this thread now that it's getting cold out again...there's still no way to pre-condition the battery on a road trip ahead of arriving at a DCFC?

It’s coming in a future update, if the chargers are part of your planned trip in the built-in navigation system.

 

[Stang68]

It’s coming in a future update, if the chargers are part of your planned trip in the built-in navigation system.

Feels like pre-conditioning the battery on a trip should have been table stakes for Ford...

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

So you could drive like a maniac in the last 2 miles to the DC fast charger to get that battery hot..... Just kidding.

got it:
drive it like a Mustang

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