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Yesterday, it was so warm that I had to turn on the Lightning's A/C driving in sunny So Cal - got a bit of range loss.

Trying to use the windows instead of A/C at times can be challenging at speed...

No range loss ever where I live, except in the spring, summer and fall where A/C gets used...
 
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144 miles…..
32F.
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144 miles…..

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My SR Lightning charged to 256 mile range yesterday (rated EPA 230 mi).

The lower range was due to A/C use; normally it goes to 290 miles @ 100%.

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My SR Lightning charged to 256 mile range yesterday (rated EPA 230 mi).

The lower range was due to A/C use; normally it goes to 290 miles @ 100%.

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You are in a warm climate for sure. Yes you should do better than EPA.
 

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You are in a warm climate for sure. Yes you should do better than EPA.
Yup, as soon as I don't need to use any climate controls - I expect to be around 300 miles.

Was able to reach 291 miles recently when temps cooled and only needed the windows rolled down.

Not only am I in a warm climate, I drive in urban bumper to bumper traffic every day so speeds never exceeds 45MPH.
 

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It's not just ford... I was chatting with a Rivan owner yesterday who said he has major winter impact. He also said towing takes a laughable amount of extra load from the battery
 
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Yup, as soon as I don't need to use any climate controls - I expect to be around 300 miles.

Was able to reach 291 miles recently when temps cooled and only needed the windows rolled down.

Not only am I in a warm climate, I drive in urban bumper to bumper traffic every day so speeds never exceeds 45MPH.
Ideal conditions for sure. Congrats. I am similar (in the summer) with my previously Owned Mach E's. I got 256 out of a '21 SR AWD Mach E, rated for 211) and 311 from a '21 ER AWD (rated for 270) in the summer. Unfortunately, Maine Winters (-5F to 32F) SR-110 to 150 and ER 138 to 180. The Lightning should be a little worse. A much larger cabin and more exposed battery (and overall larger battery to condition). This is common across all EV's but worse with PTC heaters.
 

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My wife loves her Mach-e and I love my lightning. Took a 500 mile road trip in the truck last week and it performed flawlessly (charging was almost perfect aside from one stop). Driving 70 mph for 1000 miles round trip brought my miles / kWh down to 2. With the freezing temps this morning my range was 240 miles. I use 16 to get to work. I am not worried one bit. I bought the truck understanding range loss and my use case. I wish there was better education for potential buyers if they did not understand that.
 

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"One potentially significant downside to driving a Lightning in cold weather, however, is the truck's resistive heater, a power-hungry device that works like a hairdryer. This design is not as efficient as newer heat pumps, but Bloch explained Ford went the resistive route because of packaging."

-CNET

I think Ford meant to say they didn't put in a heat pump because that would have been too hard and expensive to engineer and taken another 6 months. Don't expect to see many of these pups being driven above the 40th parallel this winter.
 

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"One potentially significant downside to driving a Lightning in cold weather, however, is the truck's resistive heater, a power-hungry device that works like a hairdryer. This design is not as efficient as newer heat pumps, but Bloch explained Ford went the resistive route because of packaging."

-CNET

I think Ford meant to say they didn't put in a heat pump because that would have been too hard and expensive to engineer and taken another 6 months. Don't expect to see many of these pups being driven above the 40th parallel this winter.
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