Announcing: Expanded Charge Settings – Take Control of Your Charge

[ryun]

Okay, you don't have to say if these updates are coming to 22-24 MY Lightnings @Ford Motor Company ...

Just blink twice if the update is coming to older trucks. Your secret is safe with me. Promise.

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[luebri]

Okay, you don't have to say if these updates are coming to 22-24 MY Lightnings @Ford Motor Company ...

Just blink twice if the update is coming to older trucks. Your secret is safe with me. Promise.

I for one would be way happier if we got the updates the 2024's got vs the 2025 updates. Namely Generator mode and Charge rate display on Drivers Display.

 

[ryun]

I for one would be way happier if we got the updates the 2024's got vs the 2025 updates. Namely Generator mode and Charge rate display on Drivers Display.

Same, but both would be good.

 

[sd25]

@Ford Motor Company great to see these improvements!

These are features we've been missing compared to what Tesla and Rivian have been offering. Hoping they're rolled out to us in a timely manner.

 

[BennyTheBeaver]

Who was responsible for that feature addition? Thats totally stupid....
Charge curve falls off at 80% on DC charging, so it normally makes sense to stop there, unless you're going through a charging desert... then your going higher.
AC... every day charging, most people are in the 80-95% range...
Combining them under 1 global slider is.... pretty par for the course for you guys.

I actually think the feature is mostly fine how the changes have been made.

You are correct that DCFC does slow down at 80%. To me, though, a target charge for DCFC seems mostly pointless. Why would someone actually want it to stop before 80% via a target charge (without hitting the unlock button or stopping the session on the station/apps)? I can't think of a reason why. The charge curve handles itself, slows it down, and when you get back or choose to stop on your own...you stop the charge session. If you have a DCFC target charge of 70%, I believe you will get idle fees if your vehicle stops your charge session before you've returned (and the grace period expires), just like you'll get idle fees when the charge session eventually stops at 90% or 100% (depending on what the station/charge network is configured for). Also, I think more and more DCFC Stations won't charge past 90%, it will stop the charge session and charge you idle fees after the grace period.

If you have that slider set to anything above 80% it's (essentially) irrelevant for DCFC, and I think it should be. I just want DCFC to go as fast as possible until I say stop or I hit 80-90%. I'm struggling to find a use case (aside from sticking to a strict budget) of why you'd want to have a target charge of less than 80% at a DCFC. However, if someone can figure out that use case, now we have an option to use it.

Now, where I see a potential issue, is the small portion of people that have their AC target charge to less than 80%. In reality, to raise the target charge for the DCFC session we're talking about opening the app on the screen, navigating to the correct screen and sliding the slider (if your Home/Work one time charge and the DCFC are vastly different).

Is there a Push Notfication from the FordPass app when you hit 80% on DCFC? I can't remember. If not, there should be.

 

[TechnoSwiss]

48A @ 208v is 10.0kW (and pretty rare to be on 208...)

208V is fairly common if you're charging at a commercial building that's running on 3-phase and pulling 2-phase for the charger, like say at work.

 

[detansinn]

Hey @Ford Motor Company, does this update have anything to do with my app no longer being able to provide a charging estimate for my 2023 Lariat ER? It was working fine a couple of days ago.

 

[GDN]

I for one would be way happier if we got the updates the 2024's got vs the 2025 updates. Namely Generator mode and Charge rate display on Drivers Display.

I just found this thread today and was on page 4/4 and couldn't believe someone hadn't noted this. The older trucks still don't have the SW that Farley specifically said we'd get from the '24's.

So no - my gut says we'll likely never see these updates. Ford has surprised me once or twice, but they've failed us many more times than they've ever surprised us.

I'm sure Ford is making it harder on themselves too by doing stupid things like encrypting the traffic across the busses. Yeah - I'm about safety but it's not like anyone is tapping into a Ford truck. So Ford - leave the stupid BS behind (all the encrypting did was cut off people trying to make 3rd party products for your owners) and focus on delivering some add on value. Its software, most high schoolers and college kids could likely deliver it for you.

 

[Maineiac12]

I just found this thread today and was on page 4/4 and couldn't believe someone hadn't noted this. The older trucks still don't have the SW that Farley specifically said we'd get from the '24's.

I said it on page 2 while being chastised for having the audacity to be upset at the situation. ?

 

[Malimal]

Hey @Ford Motor Company are you going to let us know if existing trucks get this as an OTA update?

This.

 

[potato]

I'm sure Ford is making it harder on themselves too by doing stupid things like encrypting the traffic across the busses. Yeah - I'm about safety but it's not like anyone is tapping into a Ford truck. So Ford - leave the stupid BS behind (all the encrypting did was cut off people trying to make 3rd party products for your owners) and focus on delivering some add on value. Its software, most high schoolers and college kids could likely deliver it for you.

I believe encryption is an important security feature to prevent attacks like this: Thieves are now stealing cars via a headlight 'CAN injection'

Obviously their software has lots of room for improvement... but I do hope they will continue to improve, and back port features to earlier model years when possible. The problem is there's not much financial incentive to do so. It's mostly to generate goodwill.

 

[Andrewbens]

@Ford Motor Company Will our 24/23/22 Trucks be receiving these new features?

 

[FloridaMan655321]

Hopefully the Ford AI was off over the weekend and will reply on Monday morning that of course older trucks will get the update. I really really really hope the locking thing is going to the older trucks and not 2025 only (other stuff seems software only, not sure on the locking part). Thankfully most DC chargers are in decent locations, but with the adapters at Tesla locations, it would be nice to have peace in mind that it will be locked when walking away.

 

[Phil3315]

Can we get a one time departure feature instead of having to go back and delete the times that you aren't departing after setting the time once?

Absolutely! This should have been in there 2 years ago. We don’t always plan our lives out weeks in advance, and we don’t leave for work at the same time every day. I’d like to be able to initiate the battery preheat the same way I do the vehicle temperature remotely

 

[GoodSam]

I’d like to be able to initiate the battery preheat the same way I do the vehicle temperature remotely

I think if one presses Start on FordPass, the truck will start charging to 100% (unless you are already there) and that (if plugged in only?) would warm up the HV battery system, besides getting the cabin climate conditioning going as well if selected. But maybe folks do not want to climb their charge any higher, so that would not work @Ford Motor Company .

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