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Does the battery lose range when left in the cold?

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I have to leave the truck at an airport for a week and it will be outside in freezing temps and not plugged in. Will I lose much range?
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Yes, MillieChliette is correct. I just left my truck for 6 days at an airport and the battery percentage went from 86% to 84% at an average 0deg Celsius. I was surprised It was so little. I took a screen shot of before and after in car scanner and I lost kWh from 95.82 to 86.83. You can see it was -2 when I fired it up. No issues at all

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Yes, MillieChliette is correct. I just left my truck for 6 days at an airport and the battery percentage went from 86% to 84% at an average 0deg Celsius. I was surprised It was so little. I took a screen shot of before and after in car scanner and I lost kWh from 95.82 to 86.83. You can see it was -2 when I fired it up. No issues at all

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Side question on your use of CarScanner

I noticed your gauge that is monitoring Ampsā€¦.Iā€™m assuming output from the HVB? Iā€™ve been looking for the two PIDs for the onboard chargersā€¦found one, the other is allusiv. By any chance, have you identified both?
 

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Yeah I couldnā€™t find it inside the list of sensors besides the HV AC Charger Input Current. I thought at the time you could click on the sensor and see itā€™s setup and then add a new pod to test trial and error but no luck.
I havenā€™t ventured any farther because I have just enough knowledge to be dangerous!! :)
 

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Yes, MillieChliette is correct. I just left my truck for 6 days at an airport and the battery percentage went from 86% to 84% at an average 0deg Celsius. I was surprised It was so little. I took a screen shot of before and after in car scanner and I lost kWh from 95.82 to 86.83. You can see it was -2 when I fired it up. No issues at all
This is fantastic. I've been waiting to find out anything nearing the "minimum critical temp" at which the vehicle will self heat to protect the battery. Seeing as you are in Canada you'll hit that temp before I will in NY. Thank you so much for posting that!
 

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Batteries lock away some of the capacity while they're cold but that lost capacity returns after it warms up so just don't park it with a low state of charge.
 

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Yeah I couldnā€™t find it inside the list of sensors besides the HV AC Charger Input Current. I thought at the time you could click on the sensor and see itā€™s setup and then add a new pod to test trial and error but no luck.
I havenā€™t ventured any farther because I have just enough knowledge to be dangerous!! :)
Well, thanks again for your postā€¦your Dashboard pointed out to me the ability to view the Power being drawn by the heater for the battery coolant. My understanding (Iā€™m sure someone will correct me if Iā€™m incorrectšŸ˜) is this coolant circuit is also used to supply the heat for the cabin ā€¦ Iā€™ve been looking for a way to monitor this power draw and itā€™s impact on range. Now, more road testsā€¦..šŸ¤“

My Driving Dashboardā€¦ā€¦..in ā€œDemonstration Modeā€
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I have just enough knowledge to be dangerous!!
I am dangerous in so many aspects of my life I have lost count. I would like to add this to the list. Can you tell me what you are using?

Is this the app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ovz.carscanner

what do you use for hardware? Something like this?
https://www.amazon.com/Veepeak-Bluetooth-Diagnostic-Supports-Vehicles/dp/B076XVQMVS
one of the reviews said not great for Ford. Are there any of them that is better for EVs and better for Ford (more useful data)?
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