Soooo, anyone push their battery this low?

[machev]

about every 2 months I drive 300 miles to Rochester New York and stop at the halfway point to charge and stretch my legs. As expected the winter temps reduced my range but the headwinds and snow squalls meant I had to stop and charge at 2% and 5 miles on the GOM

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[21st Century Pony]

Three days into ownership, I got down to 8% on a short road trip. That’s the lowest I ever wanna be. I was freaking out.

...you get used to it.

 

[Thunderanger]

I went to pick up my son whose car died the day before Thanksgiving. I knew about what I needed to get home and got just enough DCFC to get us home.

I was constantly monitoring the GOM and for most of the trip I was targeted to arrive at around 1% SOCD. I did have to slow down a little, actually going close to the speed limit for a while, to keep the charge at destination from dropping all the way to 0%.

Like you, I arrived at 2% SOC. I was never worried because I trusted the GOM. Also I know the car will drive past 0%. I would have been worried if my destination was a public charger instead of my home charger, because you really cannot trust public chargers these days.

My son was pretty stressed out about it. ?

You TRUSTED the GOM!?!? Yikes.

 

[West1134]

Just did my first "road trip" in my MME and got down to 7% on GOM as I arrived at my destination. I was mildly nervous but knew I had enough range to get to my destination. What I was hoping to find (and didn't happen) was once I broke 10%, I thought it would start suggesting charging locations along my Navigation path, but I didn't notice it doing that. While driving obviously wasn't the time to start poking around either so I just got to where I was going.

 

[Garbone]

Coming back from out of state we had to get the dogs from the border before 5pm. AE was EA so had to adjust.

 

[bdonpwn]

Not proud? I'd make that my profile image!

the stigma of “hurting” the battery also had a 10 month old in the back who has a knack for yelling when the vehicle isn’t moving ?

Was shamed by Ford Pass with the dreaded “you’re home, you may want to plug in now….dumbass” message.

 

[Rt1AWD]

Here they drive the evs until they stop

 

[kkriskal]

I have never gone below 25% just like I used to follow with my Gas vehicles.

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

My car was delivered one year ago tomorrow with 6% SoC. I didn't have anything to charge it but the mobile charger on 120V, so we'll just say that that took some time.............................

 

[ChasingCoral]

First off, I will say I have never really had range anxiety and love the car. Road trip many times.

That said, this one had me sweating on a 28 degree night with no heat running to get to the charger!

Quick recap:

Going on a quick trip to Tennessee with my 10 yr old for a soccer tournament over the weekend and she wanted to drive down (from north of Chicago). Planned my trip and apparently I got a little too ambitious in the first leg of the trip. Planned to show up with about 25 miles to spare. At some point in the trip, I actually went negative (meaning I had 25 miles to go but the GOM said 23 miles to empty.) EEK.

So when she fell asleep, I ever so slyly and conveniently shut everything off to conserve energy and gained a bit of miles back. We arrived to charge and she asked "When did it get so cold?" "I must have accidentally lowered the heat, I will fix that now honey."

If she would have seen my face for the last 25 miles, she would probably look at me different going forward.

What is the lowest you may have dropped your percentage down to (not for "testing purposes", but "oh sh*t I better find a charger")?

BTW, that is a lot of friggin bars.

Yup. Been lower in the Mach E. Here’s from a few weeks ago in the Lightning pulling a trailer with a headwind:

 

[kikibop]

I once drove more than 5 miles on 0%, in a cold (for California) rainstorm.

 

[A-A-Ron]

Was shamed by Ford Pass with the dreaded “you’re home, you may want to plug in now….dumbass” message.

@Ford Motor Company - please, please, please implement this message into FordPass.

 

[OrchidMania]

My comfort zone for trips is 200 miles between chargers . Bathroom walk around charge Then hotel must have L2 Keeps me at lowest 25%

 

[PalsyWalsy]

Just did my first "road trip" in my MME and got down to 7% on GOM as I arrived at my destination. I was mildly nervous but knew I had enough range to get to my destination. What I was hoping to find (and didn't happen) was once I broke 10%, I thought it would start suggesting charging locations along my Navigation path, but I didn't notice it doing that. While driving obviously wasn't the time to start poking around either so I just got to where I was going.

While it does not suggest a destination/charger, it WILL tell you when you do not have enough juice to get to a charger, which is what it was shouting at me for the last 30 min of my drive.

THAT. FELT. AWESOME.

 

[KidGalahad]

I had a very similar experience about 3 weeks ago. A trip I‘ve made once a month for the last 5 months (with no issues) was made in 20 degree temps at 10:00pm. I was on 0% for probably 4 miles. No heat or any other accessories for the last 45 minutes of the trip.

The long term implications are not good for me. I have to make the 150 mile trip for work once a month, and there are no chargers on the route, or alternate routes.

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