Charging While Driving Works w/ Gas Generator in Bed (Range Extending for F-150 Lightning)

[Dave Glover]

How do you get by the problem of putting the truck into drive with something plugged into the charge port? My 23 ER will not let me put it into drive with anything plugged in the charge port. The door can be open but as soon as you plug something in will no longer go into drive. So how do you get around that?

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[PJnc284]

From the sounds of it, they're intercepting the CAN signal telling the truck something is plugged in. Way above my paygrade.

 

[ZSC100]

I'm sorry I didn't mention anything about a ram charger. I'm not even sure what that is. Does it have anything to do with the lightning. What is a ram charger?

Ram charger is a series hybrid truck that has been hyped up by RAM for a few years now, but keeps getting delayed.

You said, "A Hybrid that uses a battery to extend its range", that makes no sense. Hybrids in the traditional definition do not work this way. Hybrids utilize small batteries to gain efficiency by taking advantage of regenerative braking and acceleration. Additionally plug-in hybrids, again, do not work this way In a general sense. You would never use a battery to extend the range of a vehicle with a ICE. It's always the other way around.

It is great that you bought a lightning to get away from gasoline and if your use case never calls for a road trip to a remote location with little/no fast charging; that's great. I myself, the developer will only need this once a month at most. The Lightning, as a pure EV Is the best daily driver truck currently available IMO.

 

[ZSC100]

How do you get by the problem of putting the truck into drive with something plugged into the charge port? My 23 ER will not let me put it into drive with anything plugged in the charge port. The door can be open but as soon as you plug something in will no longer go into drive. So how do you get around that?

We placed a small computer between the onboard charger and the battery, which allows us to trick either side into doing anything we want. In the computer networking industry this is called middle-manning; or in hacking terms, a middleman attack.

 

[Traconesu]

Ram charger is a series hybrid truck that has been hyped up by RAM for a few years now, but keeps getting delayed.

You said, "A Hybrid that uses a battery to extend its range", that makes no sense. Hybrids in the traditional definition do not work this way. Hybrids utilize small batteries to gain efficiency by taking advantage of regenerative braking and acceleration. Additionally plug-in hybrids, again, do not work this way In a general sense. You would never use a battery to extend the range of a vehicle with a ICE. It's always the other way around.

It is great that you bought a lightning to get away from gasoline and if your use case never calls for a road trip to a remote location with little/no fast charging; that's great. I myself, the developer will only need this once a month at most. The Lightning, as a pure EV Is the best daily driver truck currently available IMO.

The Toyota Prius high voltage (HV) battery typically has a nominal voltage of 201.6 volts. This is achieved by combining multiple battery blocks, each containing individual cells, wired in series. Snap-on
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Individual Cells:
The HV battery is comprised of numerous individual cells, each with a relatively low voltage.
Battery Blocks:
These cells are grouped into battery blocks, which are then connected in series to reach the overall nominal voltage.
Nominal Voltage:
For the Toyota Prius, the combined voltage of all the blocks results in a nominal 201.6 volts.
High Voltage:
The 201.6 volts is considered high voltage, as anything above 60 volts DC is categorized as such.
Monitoring:
The HV Battery ECU (Electronic Control Unit) monitors the voltage of each individual block to assess the battery's health.
Variable Voltage:
While the nominal voltage is 201.6V, the actual voltage of the battery pack can vary depending on the state of charge and driving conditions. It can fluctuate, for example, during acceleration or regenerative braking.
Example:
A 2010 Prius might show a pack voltage of 219.76 volts, which is within the normal operating range.
Both my 2014 & 2018 prius had HV batteries that extended my range. They were hybrids.

The high-voltage battery in a Ford F-150 PowerBoost hybrid typically operates around 450 volts DC. This high voltage is present in the hybrid system's high-voltage cables and components, which are marked with orange tape or coverings. The high-voltage system also includes a DC-to-DC converter that steps down the voltage to power the 12-volt system and charge the 12-volt battery. I'm not familiar how Dodge hybrids work but I assume they are similar.



All hybrid vehicles have a HV battery. They are used to extend the range of the ICE vehicle. If you drive slow enough and lightly accelerate you can drive a hybrid solely on its HV battery.

 

[Traconesu]

How do you get by the problem of putting the truck into drive with something plugged into the charge port? My 23 ER will not let me put it into drive with anything plugged in the charge port. The door can be open but as soon as you plug something in will no longer go into drive. So how do you get around that?

I was wondering the same thing anything plugged in doesn't allow my vehicle to move.

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