Yes..I saw that too.
At some point there has to be something to the story there. People keep saying Ford rating it at 300 with 1000lbs payload, so it's higher unloaded. At this point in the game, Ford is either being super lazy on fixing their pre-prod programming to show accurate mileage, or the truck is capable of as much as 100 or so miles range in unloaded form, and Ford is just playing a long game before reveal.
Or they have these pre-production batteries unlocked to their fullest potential meaning they are using the full batteries capacity but will lock the battery capacity to 300 miles for the public. As times goes by and they get more data they can unlock the battery for more range.
Ahhhh, very good point! Ford and other manufacturers have been doing that in other vehicles. My wife's Focus Electric has a portion of the pack locked out. With Tesla, they recommend only charging to 80% except on a road trip and most of the pack is available. With the approach Ford took on the FFE as an example, they locked you to 80% at all times and to the owner it looks like 100%. Arguments can be made for either direction for sure. The FFE batteries have been incredibly reliable for owners, even on old 2012/2013 FFEs, so Ford may not have been wrong to do it. At the same time, there is probably another 50 miles of range locked out on the FFE if you were on a road trip and found yourself almost out of range and 5 miles to the next EVSE. With the Tesla approach, you would charge to true 100% before the trip and have less chance of the same issue.
Yup, when I had my Model 3 the range changed about 3 times from software updates. I bought with a range of 325, it was then dropped to a stated range of 310 and then Tesla gave a bump up to 315. Then take into account summer and winter. Those who are venturing into the EV world for the first time with the Lightning are going to have a hard time the first couple of years with the fluctuation in range. I can almost guarantee half the threads will be about inconsistent range.
Yeah, but at least that won't be much different than the gas engines. I lost count of how many times I was responding to threads of people that got their 2021 F-150 in Jan-March and were complaining their fuel mileage was 2-3 MPG lower than they expected. But winter hurts mileage on ICE vehicles also.
I think that's a good point, but that doesn't explain Ford being so coy about it.
Ah winter months and people complaining about the range is 100% certain.
Alex is one of the better auto reviewers out there..I watch all his videos as I am a car nerd. The Redline guy(Sofyan?) is pretty good and for stuff from Korea I get a good scoop on it from Asian Petrolhead(as Hyundai/Kia stuff debuts in Korea most of time before it is released here)
I am setting my expectations conservatively to avoid disappointment. If I can get 100 miles in the winter on the ER battery, without pre-conditioning, I will be happy (Wife's Mach-e will be plugged in most nights - she has a longer commute).
