tlin
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- Wichita KS
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- 2023 F150 Lightning Lariat ER; 2022 Wrangler 4xe
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I was able to conduct my first trip yesterday, a 560 mile round trip from Kansas to Nebraska. I wanted to get some experience with the cold weather before I had a critical need. I am glad I did. I left preconditioned and at 100% charge with 323 miles of range, theoretically enough to nearly make it to my destination. My range quickly dropped as expected. Navigation indicated a need for a 20 minute charge 100 miles up the road to get to destination. I made it 100 miles up the road and luckily there was a EA charger as I was at 15% battery. No big deal, I charged to 86%, about 30% over what the trip recommended to make it to my destination. Another 100 miles down the road and I was at 10% and the only charger along the road was a 50 kw charger (which I am grateful for otherwise I would have been stranded). A solid hour got me to 60% and we took off, again, about 30% over what the trip meter recommended. I costed into the EA charger near my destination with 4% battery remaining, with the last 40 miles with heat and accessories shut off and slowing down to 60 mph. Much much too close for me, especially when the temp is hovering around 0 F with a 20mph wind. The return trip calculated the range much closer, but was still about 20 miles off at each charge. A normal 8 hour round trip took us 14 hours with the three 150kw EA charges and the two stops at the 50KW charger along the way. Moral, error on the side of caution and make sure there is an option to charge at least every 100 miles in cold weather. I absolutely love the truck, but the cold weather range and the calculations the truck used were disappointing at best and almost a little dangerous at the temps we were driving in. 14 to 0 degrees F with a 15-20mph headwind going north driving between 60 and 70 mph. Average 1.1 Mile/kwh against wind and 1.3 on the return with wind. No load, no towing. Lariat ER. The other item to note is that the gas stations where the chargers were located all closed at 8PM, so a bathroom break, or warm place to sit or snack was not an option. Again, love the truck, but there is a great deal of additional planning needed for cold weather trips.
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