Recent content by LiteNing

What if the your vehicle just understood simple voice commands like “turn on/off seat heater” or “turn on/off defroster”? A man can dream…

@Ford Motor Company ping me for a third example.

@Mpi Holy moly, 18% variation! On my way back from Palm Springs I got a 5% power reduction at 25% displayed SOC and 7% reduction at 22% displayed SOC. I think those power reductions are happening at higher SOC than expected? Same as on the way down, DCFC dropped to ~50 kW between 71-73%...

I wonder if the BMS software is incapable of balancing the modules when they are grossly out of balance. Some BMSes only top balance under certain conditions, and it’s possible those conditions are never met when the imbalance exceeds some threshold.. For example: If one module reaches the...

This (and I mean all the symptoms you described here) is very similar to what I am observing in the thread over here. If you get a Bluetooth OBD dongle, the free app (you pay to remove ads) Car Scanner can directly show your cell state of charge imbalance as well as the difference in average a...

Well… I’m back… with another long-winded post ☹️ After 6 trouble-free months I started to get some weird symptoms. The first thing was on a ~300 mile trip down to Santa Barbara, about 6 weeks ago. I charged to 100% the night before. Battery percent started dropping rapidly immediately after...

Nope! That’s why Volts have “mountain mode”. It sets the engine run target SoC to 50% instead of ~5%. You’ll burn down a couple/few bars of battery if you drive fast up a steep grade (say, the Tejon pass). Try the same thing in normal mode (with a depleted battery) and you’ll hit a speed...

Important to remember that’s for a study in Europe. Lots more people over there drive company cars because it’s more tax-efficient to give an employee a car than it is to pay them more. Couple other important factors: Typically, the employee can select a car from a list of several options...

Sounds right to me. I look at the math like this: Assume you want to drive up a 6% grade at 65 mph with a total rig weight of 15000 lbs. I’m going to do everything in metric because that makes the math easier: 6800 kg * 9.8 m/s/s * 0.06 * 100 km/h =111 kW = 150 hp At 65 mph we get around 1.9...

I think it is unlikely that we will see membership discounts through the plug and charge system. The thing is that the member program is fundamentally a loyalty program, much like airline premier status. The monthly fee and discounted rates are designed to entice you to do all (or as much as...

You might be the first one to get it twice, but I think I'm one of the first one to get it twice in the same truck! First time was September 6 and now again today. I take photos of the release notes each time I get an update. Everything is exactly the same, including version number...

This is actually one of my pet peeves. The climate screen is completely unnecessary. Important functionality is hidden in a menu while less important things are always visible. If I were king, this is what I would do: Delete the climate power button (you can already set fan to zero from the...

Haven't tested it in the truck yet, but the app says the BC1.4 update finished overnight. I did not hook up a charger or tender to the 12V, so that may not be necessary if your 12V is already topped up from driving and/or charging. Edit: Oops, meant to post this in the BC1.4 thread.

Oh interesting. I don’t have the toggles. Did you have to turn those on with Forscan, or did they just show up after a while?

Is WAL actually working for you? Got this at lunch today (couldn’t wait to push the button!) but the doors don’t actually lock for me.