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It is certainly attainable if you're just putt-putting around town in good weather. But in the cases where you get the best efficiency you don't care about efficiency, because you're charging at home anyway. Where you really need the range, on highway trips, you will never get the rated range...

None of the aftermarket adapters are officially approved, as far as I know; legally if anything went wrong you'd probably be liable for any damage to the truck or charger. There have been no reports of any such damage that I know of, but I believe the legal risk is there. Tons of people are...

Yep. It's slow. It's not very high on my list of things to complain about, but it's on the list. ?

Just got a shipping notice for my order #116xx. Says "Shipped Date: 25-Nov-24" which is 4 days from now. Hmm ? In any case, it feels like progress, only 9 months!

Watts are watts. 500 amps at 12 volts is 6 kW. The bed outlet can supply 7.2 kW. With an appropriate AC motor and reduction gear I'm quite sure you could make an AC winch the same size with the same power. (The smaller 240V AC winches I was looking at are similar size to DC winches with...

I hope somebody starts making truck sized 240V winches. The biggest one I could find online was around 3500 lb. It would be nice to skip the whole battery/charger thing and just plug it in to the bed outlet directly.

The moiré pattern does not exist in real life. It's an artifact of taking a picture of a digital screen using a camera with a digital sensor. The arrangement of individual pixels on a grid is what causes the pattern. Your eyes do not have pixels.

Maybe it's a premium connectivity thing. I don't know if XLT gets the apps if you subscribe.

OP appears to be in Florida so winter shouldn't be a factor. There could actually be something wrong with their battery pack, but the guess-o-meter isn't really enough evidence to prove anything. Will have to wait and see if any other charging or efficiency numbers are way out of whack, or if...

Yes, we get the same update, with the same description as everyone else, but we don't get the karaoke app. (Or any of the other "fancy" apps like Sketch.) I got the update today for my XLT as well. Ford really really hates giving owners any useful information at all, such as to which...

So far you have described only a Guess-O-Meter issue (estimated range), not a battery issue. Most of us tend to ignore the range estimate. You could check that your speedometer is accurate compared to GPS speed. But mainly just wait and see if it matches reality after you drive it for a while...

I think any comparison would have to be done in a highly controlled scientific way. In particular, two trucks would have to be on the exact same road at the exact same time. I say this because wind has a HUGE impact on efficiency at highway speeds. Even a slight breeze (or slight variation in...

You don't say what trim you have, but I don't think XLT or Pro get the "fancy" apps. We do get the update to Public Charging which is much more useful IMHO. For phone connection issues you could try restarting SYNC. Hold far bottom left and far bottom right buttons on steering wheel for a few...

ABRP can use the OBD dongle to get real time battery info to adjust its route planning on the fly. If you like tinkering that can be useful. You don't "need" an OBD dongle for anything, really, except maybe to see the charge rate in kW if you don't have cell service for the truck and FordPass...

I think I'm on team wheels fall off, based on past vehicles, but I'm kind of in uncharted waters. This is the first one I've ever bought brand new.

Did a cross country trip back in April and charged at both Chevy and Ford dealerships occasionally. Got some funny looks at the Chevy one in Dryden ON lol.

You could probably charge by regen, flat tow behind another vehicle. In a pinch. Maybe not the most convenient or legal option ?

On a 20 amp circuit you can charge at 16 amps continuous. That would be 3.8 kW, or about 3% an hour for an extended range battery. Depending on how much you drive that may be enough, but it's probably worth putting in a 50 amp circuit to charge at 40 amps if it's not too difficult. Gives you...

The apps are all free. A couple (Plugshare and ABRP) have subscription options (to remove ads and add a few premium features, respectively) but they are quite usable in their free form. All the charging network apps are free to use. Some charging networks do offer monthly subscriptions in...

Doesn't seem normal to me. I have never taken detailed notes but I think it only starts limiting the max power when you get down to 15-20% ish. And it shouldn't at all if the battery temperature is good. 50 F is not cold at all. Should probably check for codes with an OBD reader