What’s the ONE piece of advice you’d give to a new F150Lightning owner?

[Mal106]

Regen braking may or may not be the default. It certainly can be turned off (General setting I believe). The add'l torque in Sport makes driving even more fun, enhances traction and, most importantly, extends Range in my view.

One pedal driving is often confusing and thought to be the way to regenerative braking. It is not. Any time you slow, regen braking is being used as long as it is able, one pedal or not. As far as I can see there is no way to turn it off. The brake coach at 100% means that you have optimized regen. You are not recovering 100% of the energy but you are recovering as much as possible. If you don't like one pedal, it's a good way to assure you are using as much regen as is possible.

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[DavidS]

One pedal driving is often confusing and thought to be the way to regenerative braking. It is not. Any time you slow, regen braking is being used as long as it is able, one pedal or not. As far as I can see there is no way to turn it off. The brake coach at 100% means that you have optimized regen. You are not recovering 100% of the energy but you are recovering as much as possible. If you don't like one pedal, it's a good way to assure you are using as much regen as is possible.

Even turning off 1-pedal doesn’t turn off regen completely while coasting and as you point out regen still comes on when you push the pedal down. Coasting is more efficient than regen. While more efficient than no regenerative braking, regen braking only returns at most about 80% of the energy, so if you’ve got one pedal regen on and you’re constantly speeding up and then slowing down on regen(which one pedal kind of encourages), you could be losing a significant amount of energy vs coasting. This is one of the reasons Porsche states it doesn’t make 1 pedal an option.

 

[jwrezz]

Yes,

Even turning off 1-pedal doesn’t turn off regen completely while coasting and as you point out regen still comes on when you push the pedal down. Coasting is more efficient than regen. While more efficient than no regenerative braking, regen braking only returns at most about 80% of the energy, so if you’ve got one pedal regen on and you’re constantly speeding up and then slowing down on regen(which one pedal kind of encourages), you could be losing a significant amount of energy vs coasting. This is one of the reasons Porsche states it doesn’t make 1 pedal an option.

I agree completely with this. This is why I tend to leave lots of room in front of me when in traffic. I've also been able to get good at feathering the accelerator to coast as much as possible, and when I need to stop, completely lift off to get all that sweet regen. I've seen so many reviewers wanting paddle "shifters" or other methods to add or subtract the amount of regeneration, but I find that I'm able to do that just fine with my right foot.

 

[Lytning]

Yes,

I agree completely with this. This is why I tend to leave lots of room in front of me when in traffic. I've also been able to get good at feathering the accelerator to coast as much as possible, and when I need to stop, completely lift off to get all that sweet regen. I've seen so many reviewers wanting paddle "shifters" or other methods to add or subtract the amount of regeneration, but I find that I'm able to do that just fine with my right foot.

One pedal driving is one of my favorite features on my Lightning.

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Any time you slow, regen braking is being used as long as it is able, one pedal or not. As far as I can see there is no way to turn it off.

if you shift to N there is no regen at all, zero.
The first Monday of each month - I shift to N as I depart from the hwy going into the city, so my 'real' brakes actually come on and clean the rotors lol.
One pedal all the rest of the time. love it.

 

[Mal106]

if you shift to N there is no regen at all, zero.
The first Monday of each month - I shift to N as I depart from the hwy going into the city, so my 'real' brakes actually come on and clean the rotors lol.
One pedal all the rest of the time. love it.

Interesting. Have your rotors developed any rust or is it a preventative measure? It is good to know that there is apparently no harm done in neutral. Do you need to push the temporary neutral button? I would be afraid the perminant magnet motors still rotate with no where for the generated back EMF to go. What happens to that back EMF with no load? I don't know but until I figure it out, I dont select neutral in motion. The rotors are used every time you stop and get less than 100% on the brake minder. Actually, I believe the friction brakes are used to some extent on all stops. I have seen no rust so far.
https://www.ford.com/support/how-to...=The F-150 Lightning is,or by any other means.

What would be the difference between towing and coasting in neutral?

 

[bc1]

I've been trying sport mode and I like it. Problem is that it doesn't stay on. When I get in the next time I get a quick question asking to stay in sport mode with the default being no, but then something else happens in the truck such as the wife opening her door or android auto trying to boot up or something and it goes away before I can change it. By then I'm in reverse going down the driveway so I always have to switch it on the go which is a pain. Will post over on the forscan thread to see if there is a fix. When you toggle on one pedal it stays on all the time till you toggle it off.

I also like the one pedal. However I do a lot of driving with my left thumb on the cruise control speeding me up or slowing me down depending upon the speed zones. That in itself is ok but when I have to brake or manually turn off cruise control and still want to maintain speed, then there is that awkward immediate slow down before I can get the speed right with the pedal. I use my left thumb to slow down and speed back up going through construction zones on the interstate. I wish there was a way I could input numbers instead of guessing at how long to hold a set plus or set minus button down.

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

Interesting. Have your rotors developed any rust or is it a preventative measure? It is good to know that there is apparently no harm done in neutral. Do you need to push the temporary neutral button? I would be afraid the perminant magnet motors still rotate with no where for the generated back EMF to go. What happens to that back EMF with no load? I don't know but until I figure it out, I dont select neutral in motion. The rotors are used every time you stop and get less than 100% on the brake minder. Actually, I believe the friction brakes are used to some extent on all stops. I have seen no rust so far.
https://www.ford.com/support/how-tos/electric-vehicles/f-150-lightning/how-do-i-tow-my-ford-f-150-lightning-truck/#:~:text=The F-150 Lightning is,or by any other means.

What would be the difference between towing and coasting in neutral?

I live in the 'Salt Belt,' and the rotors will start to dust rust pretty quickly.
I don't see any harm from shifting to N as I drop off the hwy and slow for the transition into the city and lower speed. The whole process is less than a minute. The Once a Month Routine seems to work to keep everything clean.
In strictly one-pedal mode, the rotors start to surface rust on me at least during the Salt Season (winter).

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