Where's my range Ford?

[timbop]

70 mph continuously until I got to zero. I was literally just driving to test the range so I was real careful to only do exactly 70. Except where I had to do u-turns I was doing big loops on the highway

Did you keep trying to drive beyond 0? It's a really bad idea but one of the brave testers here did it and they went beyond the "zero" mark

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[Crazypostman]

You drove to 0 and then stopped or you drove until it stopped moving? Actually a big difference between the two

I drove until it said depleted battery stop safely now.

 

[timbop]

I only got 66 and 191 mi not 247

YES. 2.7 * 70 = 189.

The efficiency changes with conditions, so sometimes you'll get 3.3 mi/kwh, other times 2.3.

 

[Gimme_my_MME]

I drove until it said depleted battery stop safely now.

Did you try to keep going? It is fairly standard to bake in an extra reserve for those "oh shit" moments

 

[Crazypostman]

Did you keep trying to drive beyond 0? It's a really bad idea but one of the brave testers here did it and they went beyond the "zero" mark

No I stopped pretty much right when it said zero the battery still showed 3.3 so I assume I could have kept going and used to those 3.3 because I think that graph is usable remaining but I think it's kind of rotten that Ford shows 0% with usable remaining available. Not even counting the bottom buffer that's also there but invisible

 

[timbop]

I drove until it said depleted battery stop safely now.

right, but it actually will keep going. it's not recommended but it can.

 

[timbop]

No I stopped pretty much right when it said zero the battery still showed 3.3 so I assume I could have kept going and used to those 3.3 because I think that graph is usable remaining but I think it's kind of rotten that Ford shows 0% with usable remaining available. Not even counting the bottom buffer that's also there but invisible

Again, it is not "rotten" but industry standard practice for 50+ years

 

[Gimme_my_MME]

No I stopped pretty much right when it said zero the battery still showed 3.3 so I assume I could have kept going and used to those 3.3 because I think that graph is usable remaining but I think it's kind of rotten that Ford shows 0% with usable remaining available. Not even counting the bottom buffer that's also there but invisible

That is standard in nearly every vehicle no matter gas, diesel, hybrid, electric, hydrogen, whatever

 

[Polar]

YES. 2.7 * 70 = 189.

The efficiency changes with conditions, so sometimes you'll get 3.3 mi/kwh, other times 2.3.

So we’ve answered the question now. Sounds like he wasn’t as efficient as could have been.

I’m SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you.

 

[Crazypostman]

right, but it actually will keep going. it's not recommended but it can.

I didn't try that. I got that message and I thought it was the end. I guess I'll go do circles in the parking lot and see how far I can go after I get that message maybe I'll find those missing kilowatt hours lol I don't think they should be hidden below zero though that's not fair to say 70 usable if it says 0 miles remaining on the dashboard.

That is standard in nearly every vehicle no matter gas, diesel, hybrid, electric, hydrogen, whatever

So you're saying there is two bottom buffers. There's a bottom buffer below zero that's usable and then there's the battery protection buffer also beyond that. That makes sense... I just want to know how to get to this elusive 247 number I thought the Ford EPA numbers were pretty accurate? Tesla's were always inflated but I thought Ford was closer than this on the previous model year. I expected to get closer to 247 that's what I'm disappointed in I don't really care where they hide their buffers I just wish I could get closer to 247 without having to go below zero and pray.

 

[mmap]

70 mph continuously until I got to zero. I was literally just driving to test the range so I was real careful to only do exactly 70. Except where I had to do u-turns I was doing big loops on the highway

This is the EPA "highway" drive: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-10/hwfetdds.gif

It never goes above 60, I think that's probably an important difference that easily explains your numbers. (Other things include temperature and wind. I assume the test range is flat? so probably not that.)

 

[Polar]

Overall efficiency 2.7 I recorded that test on my YouTube channel if anybody wanted to check the accuracy.

Watch a youtube video? Hard pass my man. Hard pass. But you gave me the answer I needed. As stated in the posts above mine 2.7 is on the low side for efficiency - and you got just about the expected range out of your battery.

Try to drive like @MidwestElectric they are clearly averaging above 4.0

 

[Crazypostman]

This is the EPA "highway" drive: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-10/hwfetdds.gif

It never goes above 60, I think that's probably an important difference that easily explains your numbers. (Other things include temperature and wind. I assume the test range is flat? so probably not that.)

Interesting! This is the first useful response I've gotten thank you. Maybe I'll redo my test at 60 just for grins this weekend.

 

[Gimme_my_MME]

Interesting! This is the first useful response I've gotten thank you. Maybe I'll redo my test at 60 just for grins this weekend.

 

[Crazypostman]

Sorry I didn't mean it that way

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