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  1. Consumer Reports Real-World EV range test, 22 EVs tested for range; F150 Lightning tested worst (50 miles less range than EPA estimate/claim)

    Exactly!! They need to clearly define the HIGHWAY range. In practical terms, range is almost irrelevant for daily, “city” driving. With the average vehicle going only about 40 miles per day, and the range of EVs now into the hundreds of miles, it makes no difference what the vehicle gets in...

  2. New Lightning, EXTREMELY low range.

    It was fairly windy for the first half of the drive, mostly from the West while I was heading South.

  3. New Lightning, EXTREMELY low range.

    Stick tires. Pressures read 42 all around.

  4. New Lightning, EXTREMELY low range.

    So, for a Ford, 50 degrees is cold? That’s incredible. Other EVs don’t see that sort of degradation until you’re below freezing. And, as I. My post, it got better mileage when it was in the 30s. Same speed. Same climate setting (actually with the climate control off when it did one of the...

  5. New Lightning, EXTREMELY low range.

  6. New Lightning, EXTREMELY low range.

    I’m wondering if this truck (2023 XLT, SR) is defective or not. Just picked it up a couple weeks ago and it had been fine. Drove from St. Louis, MO to Madison, WI. The range seemed lower than expected but, I thought the cold (35 -39 degrees) might have been contributing. Just me in the truck, no...
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