it warms the battery while driving, when plugged in it will periodically heat to keep above freezing.
Thanks. I assumed what you wrote to be the case. And if so, at what temperature does the car decide the battery needs to be heated?
The battery will hold a lot of residual heat and the battery heating is based on pack temp not ambient. at 22F and in a garage, after driving, then plugging in and charging it may simply be holding enough heat until your next run cycle. I'm not sure of the exact numbers at which the pack wants to heat but my general understanding is that an EV will keep the pack above freezing (above 32F) and will heat when it either reaches or goes below this.
It *should* keep the pack close to or above freezing, provided you have open charging hours and the software is working. At 22F it might take a day or two before the pack cools down enough to trigger it. It’s based on battery temp, not air temp.
I would like to know the same, today we were around 10F and I had forgot to plug in so got down to 13% SOC and I wanted to see if I got the red turtle again but did not. Looks like the worst of our cold might be behind us this winter, next week talking 30F so maybe the worst of these issues is over for this winter, can only hope.
Oh yes, I do know if it gets below -20F and at night I don't care what settings or what warming you do you are going to have a cold ride especially if you throw in a good wind. These heaters are way under sized. Surely there must be some type of auxiliary heater that Ford should make available to compensate for their blunder.
Thankfully I don't see the temps you do but I can tell you at -20F, at night with a good wind, I don't care what warming or settings you use, you are going to have a cold ride. These heaters are way undersized. Surely there must be an auxiliary heater that Ford should provide to make up for their blunder. Suppose the good news is at that temp you don't have to worry much about speeding tickets.
Oh yes, I do know if it gets below -20F and at night I don't care what settings or what warming you do you are going to have a cold ride especially if you throw in a good wind. These heaters are way under sized. Surely there must be some type of auxiliary heater that Ford should make available to compensate for their blunder.
I agree, battery temp would be pretty darn cool. I'm also missing having instant read out of kw usage in and out in real time on the gauge cluster while driving (brake coach is not very helpful). I had this on my last EV and it changes your driving habits aggressively. I was able to get my efficiency dialed in perfectly having that read out. In the Mach-E I have similar driving habits.....but without the instant data I can tell me habits are shifting...Nothing colder than 20 F for a daytime low the next few days in NH. Fortunately. All of this makes me think back to conversations within the forum about the kind of information we wish were available on our screens.
I'm thinking battery temperature might be nice
Its not hard or expensive to create a 'custom' dashboard for whatever sensor data you want and display it on your phone: https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...r-output-regen-charging-and-other-data.33211/
Oh totally! I have pondered this a few times. I have a spare phone kicking around too that I thought of dedicating to this so I could always have custom data points handy without tying up my day to day phone. Obviously it would be nicer if Ford would give us easy access to this info directly in the vehicle though.
I find plugging in the OBD all the time a bit of a pita and not something I like to do to see if things like if my 12V soc is ok. Should be on the app/screen. And I also would go for the consumption numbers on the IPC as that would be a plus. I gauge my trips on consumption and percentage used as the GOM is just a guess based on those two.
