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As a temporary solution: If you have a small, portable fridge, put it in the back seat, plug it into the outlet, open its door, and run it at its coldest setting. Get it going a good half hour or more before you need the truck. The feedback loop with the fridge door open will quickly bring it up...

This is a huge factor for us. We're significantly less tired after a road trip in either the Mustang or the Lightning compared with the Tacoma or other ICEs. Part of it is less noise, for sure. Part of it is the longer stops and common walks with those stops.

If I needed DC power at 10 A, I would get a cheap AC-DC power supply and plug it into the bed outlet. The conversion losses aren't great, but it's straight-forward.

We do a lot of camping and often stop at RV campsites. This particular trip wasn't that kind--we both work remotely and we worked on this trip. We needed desk space for both of us. Which meant we needed to have a hotel suite or house rental. The options of those that also include free charging...

Shallower charge/discharges are generally better, but it's not going to make a major difference if you charge 10% a day or 12% or 7%.

A 16-17% increase in efficiency is a lot. I suspect you're driving slightly differently than you had been. Perhaps you're driving more slowly due to greater chance of ice on the roads or there's slower traffic or you're going on longer drives with more consistent speeds. You do have an...

We usually plan more carefully, but had some sudden changes that required us to change things up last minute.

That's very similar to our 3300 mile road trip mostly up the I-5 spine of CA. We didn't get free charging at the hotels we stayed in, but we did get some free charging at a relative's house and "free" at a rental house. We paid $459.45 on our trip and averaged $0.32/kWh, including our...

Another reason to go slower: if you're concerned about the reliability of chargers, you will have fewer chargers to be concerned about on long trips and if you are able to move on more quickly, you'll open up that working charger spot for the next driver. When there are two of us road...

Assumptions based on my experiences (you'll want to adjust this based on either your experiences or whatever other sources you trust): 72 mph gives me 2.5 miles/kWh (see above photo--the average was 65 mph, but the highway speed was cruise control set at 72 mph). 80 mph gives me about 1.8...

Note that I live in the mountains of Arizona, so I get pleasantly warm temperatures for 6-9 months of the year and only dip below 0 ºC for 3 or so months of the year. We get a lot of snow (on average, more snow than many Canadian cities), and that does reduce our efficiency. The Ford way of...

I've had my Lightning and Mustang through, literally, hundreds of DCFC sessions. The battery protects itself. I also spent almost two years with a Level 1 charger because I was too lazy to reinstall my L2 charger after moving. You'll be fine for a couple of weeks.

I agree with this. My problem isn't with people who are new to EVs. It's with the people who won't look for, read about, and engage with the experience and knowledge that's already been gained and shared--some of which was shared with them when they were in middle and high school. I understand...

We have a bit over 11,300 miles (18,000 km) on the truck with more than 75% highway driving. This trip brought our average down from about 2.4 miles/kWh (25.9 kWh/100 km) to a solid 2.3 (26.9 kWh/100 km). And I may have to drive back to Los Angeles in a couple of weeks, so it'll likely go down...

Speeds: Average speeds were a few kph/mph below the posted speed limit except when traffic or environmental conditions required us to change that. We ran into some snow in the mountains, which required a slower speed (but we were also in cold and climbing in elevation, so...). We also...

There are hundreds of posts on every EV forum about "wrong batteries" and all the other silliness and there are thousands of responses explaining how to stop worrying about the guessed range and just drive the vehicle. IMO, at this point in EV evolution, people who post about this aren't looking...

I ran my route through gasbuddy. Their interface is garbage so I can't be certain the website understood the assignment. That said, they predicted a cost of about $150-$300 more for gas than I paid for charging.

I see.

I only report long road trips like my recent 3,300 mile trip. A few of those parameters were constant throughout, but not even the tire pressure was the same (I aired up before heading home because of low temperatures). I'm not going to bother with all of that for every leg of a trip. I rarely...

I will disagree with your first statement. We enjoy our road trips in the Mustang and Lightning far more than our previous ICEs. The only vehicle that's ever come close was a Toyota Sienna--if Toyota had kept their promise to go to all-electric, we would have a Toyota Sienna EV instead of the...