sotek2345
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This weekend my daughter and I are going Skiing and I am debating taking my F150 or our Mach-e GT. I am a little concerned about the range, but maybe I am overthinking it - looking for some feedback
Trip details:
~65 miles each way / 130 miles round trip.
Mostly highway (~72 to 75 mph, some sections at 65mph)
Temp on trip out is expected to be around 10F with about 20F on the return trip
Some driving through snow as I get close to the mountain
Plan to leave at 100% and preconditioned
Assume no charging at the ski mountain or anywhere along the route (other than begging to use an outlet for L1 somewhere)
Vehicle performance so far:
Around town (~35mph) in the cold, I have been seeing ~1.4 to 1.5 mi/kWhr with a non-preconditioned, but remote started car.
Wife has been seeing ~1.8 to 2.2 mi/kWhr on her commutes to work after preconditioning and mostly highway
If I use those numbers, I would be looking at 65mi at ~2mi/kWhr on the way down = ~33kWhr consumed and ~1.4mi/Kwhr consumed on the return trip = ~46kWhr. That should leave me with ~9kWhr (~10%) battery when I get home. Not a lot of buffer - and some of that will be consumed heating the car up after skiing and driving through ~1/2 mile of snow to get in and out of the parking lot.
Am I doing the math right? We did a similar trip a few weeks ago and got much better results (average of 2.0 mi/kWhr for the round trip) , but it wasn't as cold, wasn't as far, and didn't involve any snow.
Trip details:
~65 miles each way / 130 miles round trip.
Mostly highway (~72 to 75 mph, some sections at 65mph)
Temp on trip out is expected to be around 10F with about 20F on the return trip
Some driving through snow as I get close to the mountain
Plan to leave at 100% and preconditioned
Assume no charging at the ski mountain or anywhere along the route (other than begging to use an outlet for L1 somewhere)
Vehicle performance so far:
Around town (~35mph) in the cold, I have been seeing ~1.4 to 1.5 mi/kWhr with a non-preconditioned, but remote started car.
Wife has been seeing ~1.8 to 2.2 mi/kWhr on her commutes to work after preconditioning and mostly highway
If I use those numbers, I would be looking at 65mi at ~2mi/kWhr on the way down = ~33kWhr consumed and ~1.4mi/Kwhr consumed on the return trip = ~46kWhr. That should leave me with ~9kWhr (~10%) battery when I get home. Not a lot of buffer - and some of that will be consumed heating the car up after skiing and driving through ~1/2 mile of snow to get in and out of the parking lot.
Am I doing the math right? We did a similar trip a few weeks ago and got much better results (average of 2.0 mi/kWhr for the round trip) , but it wasn't as cold, wasn't as far, and didn't involve any snow.
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