Will my Ford Lightning drive the advertised 320 miles?
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
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Is the range accurate on a F150 lightning?
Will it actually go the full 320 miles estimated range?
Can I drive a full week if I have F150 lightning without charging?
How many miles will a Ford Lightning go without running out of battery?
What is regenerative breaking?
How does braking increase efficiency?
How far can a 2023 Ford Lightning drive on a single charge?
Have you ever wondered how to improve the range or even if you can improve the range of your EV?
Can you take a road trip in a F150 Ford Lightning?
Is one drive mode better than the other?
What is the difference between drive modes on a electric vehicle?
What is Sport Mode?
How to get better miles per kilowatt?
Which drive mode gets you the best range?
In this video we are discussing how you can use sport mode to increase the range that you can go on one charge, and that sport mode not one pedal driving is actually the best way to drive far on a single charge.
The 2023 Ford F150 Lightning Lariat trim is such an awesome truck. You can even take a road trip with confidence. If you leave it in sport mode, the regenerative braking will help extend the range whether you are driving in town or on a highway. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Great test, thanks so much for your channel, it’s explaining so much! Bought a F150 Lightning in Kansas a month ago and drove to Santa Cruz, CA for the first road trip
Congratulations! Welcome to the family. Hope your road trip went well!
Drove through a Tornado in Kansas on Friday night, then made it to the Pacific by Sunday afternoon along 80..
That’s crazy. Yeah Kansas is pretty windy most of the time. BlueCruise is nice driving through there though. Did it work for you?
Yes, straight into BlueCruise and let it do a lot of the highway driving, which made the journey more relaxing when hands free
Great to hear someone else enjoys BlueCruise as much as I do.
Your channel has really given me some good information. And as a Denver resident just north of you I feel it's pretty apples to apples. Thanks again and keep the content coming.
Hey neighbor. Thank you for watching. Let me know if you have any questions related to our area and I might be able to do a video about it.
You and Benjamin have inspired me to add my Pro Lightning to my channel. It's been fun to document each of the new activities on paper so perhaps I can add something to the conversation on our Lightnings since each of us have a different model. I do wish the Pro would show the battery percentage number next to the % dial.
Thank you. Not sure who Benjamin is. Can you message a link to his videos … also I’m pretty sure even the pro can get the update with the %, but the updates have been coming out slowly for everyone.
After three years of driving electric, the confidence of not running out of battery definitely has gone up for me, but one thing I suggest that most people do is pick a time and place where conditions are great and you’re not in a hurry and you have a back up plan Take the car past 0% battery a mile two miles whatever you want, but just do that. once you do that then you can personally feel confident you could do it a second time if you really ran into a tight spot. Experience and time have a way of helping alleviate many fears that people might have without going through that in person.
if i did a test on how far i could go on a charge i would take a generator with me just in case haha
Good advice!
Do not do the “drive past 0%” thing in the Lightning. 0% is zero. No range.
I would not recommend it either, but I have seen people do it and their truck is fine.
Good test. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Horse owners said similar things about early automobiles. Yes, EV’s are not perfect and the infrastructure still has to grow to meet the demand. However, the market is growing exponentially. So naysayers should just stick with ICE vehicles and quit the negative reviews of EV’s.
Agreed. If you don’t want to buy any EV just buy one, but I am loving mine.
Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome!
Great job and nice video!
Thank you.
Driving the speed limit is a great way to improve range in any car!
not the lightning it hates interstate speeds
@@timnevitt2993 it is an aerodynamic brick. 65mph seems like a good compromise.
@@MendicantBias1 with all the testing i have done with mine the best highway speed is 63 mph
My experience is 70 mph on the highway is the max you want to drive to get great range. But hey sometimes if it’s 85 and there are enough chargers for you to charge more go for it. BlueCruise doesn’t work past 80 though.
Nice results... truck has 37k miles and it did good. I bought model Y half year ago and already 20k miles.
Thanks. Yeah the range hasn’t had any impact from any battery degradation, since buying it new. Wow 20k in half a year that’s a lot of miles. Great job!
Hey Mike, do all lightnings come with a jack? If so, where is it?
I’ve heard that some lightnings may have it somewhere else, but mine is behind the back of the rear seat on the passenger side.
YES, OF COURSE I WANT TO RETURN TO SPORT MORE!
Every. Damned. Time.
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lol … yeah I’ve just got used to it by now.
Nah. But then again I don’t worry jack about range. I drive my YM in sports mode any chance I get. Supposed to get 326mi but nope, less than 300 mi, but so what? I don’t pay much to charge at home, less than $20, and less than 30 on trips if the rates is high. I have a RAV4 and I don’t drive it as much. Stay safe.
Good info Johnny, thanks for watching.
Go Michael, go!!!
(I wish the commute went that fast in real life! : )
Thanks!
Yeah I turned on warp speed. :-)
The Bolt has a great gauge cluster feature that shows the max and min range guesses including the middle guess range. It was handy for knowing what the best and worst range could be at the time.
That’s awesome. How long did you have a bolt?
@@F150LightningMike had it for about a year. The constant recalls and battery fire danger made me lose faith in it. Great car and good 200 mile range. Charges very slowly 50kW.
Yeah the slow charging would be something I wouldn’t like, but it’s probably not that bad if you only charge at home.
@@F150LightningMike people and critics overestimate how much charging they’ll need day to day. I used a splitter off of the dryer 30 circuit and it was just fine for every day use. My charger set to 16 amps was enough at 3.5kW.
I also got a Bolt EV on Turo and charged with a 110v socket just fine for that trip! All local area driving.
I agree. Most of the time I am only driving about 50 miles at the most so it doesn’t take that long for me to charge up. That’s why I had an electrician install a 240v outlet and I only use my portable charger. And it works great.
Are you still running factory tires? I recently switched at about 30k miles and only get about 2.2
Nope I have Falken Wildpeak AT3w with about 11k miles on them now. I had to switch early because the hankooks are not good. Here’s a video I did about that:
Tire Issues with the Ford Lightning - It’s New Tire Day!
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I get 420 miles out of mine, mostly around town some freeway trips to the lumber yard as well. It's all how you drive just like with a gas vehicle.
That’s great to hear. I’ll plan to do an in town test next to see if I can match your range.
Part of me wants the Lightning. But I already have a 2.7 F150 so maybe just get a used Bolt or iD4 as a second daily car?
It’s a great truck, but really to me it’s whatever you are comfortable in.
I’m only at 1:46 but the assumption that you can treat as a normal F150 with only charging at the end of the week is a bit false. Bc if something happens in your life that you need to emergently travel further than planned it is no problem with gas. I know in other respects you are correct but having just an electric battery this is a major downside. If it had the Volt or new Ram where it could run off gas for a range extender it would be different
Just finished. Great job. That efficiency is great for such a big truck. I’m sure the lower mph limits helped on those back roads. For commuters who spend a lot of time on back roads with speed limits less than 55 they might be able to get 350 miles. To add to my comment above the beauty of the EV is that you can keep charged at you house to keep a cushion of charge in case of emergency
Yes you are correct. If for some reason I needed to go further for an emergency as you are suggesting I would then I would just charge it that night instead of waiting till the end of the week. If I need to as well there are at least 5 fast charging stations in Colorado Springs and 1 in divide, a town near Woodland Park.
@@F150LightningMike true. The example I was thinking was I got a phone call once that a family member was admitting in the hospital to trauma for a crash and I was driving at the time and rushed there. Was glad I was t in my electric vehicle at the time bc I wasn’t driving efficiently (😉) and the hospital was over an hour away.
By charging to 90% or whatever you feel like is important for your possible emergencies every night it really alleviate a lot of anxiety as far as if an emergency would come up because you could go long ways on 90% charge even 80% charge and by the time that’s used up, you can figure out another plan or call somebody else to help you if it really came down to driving that many miles in case of an emergency However we all know emergencies are different. We can never really plan for everything no matter if it’s gas or electric so I think the pros definitely make it worthwhile to drive electric.
I wonder how many people that haven’t driven electric vehicle very much , or at all realize how much quicker they are so that’s one of the pros in case of an emergency. They will perform better than every other vehicle on the road and not just buy a small margin I would choose an electric vehicle. Any chance I got if I had an emergency situation, and not worried as much about the range because for the most part, the range is sufficient anyway.
What was your avg speed during this test?
This was not interstate speeds. It was uphill and downhill from Woodland Park to Colorado Springs. The speed limit on Hwy 24 varies between 45-55. Then there were several times when I got on the interstate in Colorado Springs that I would go 65. And about 10 miles of it I went about 75. So overall the avg. I would put it at 55.
I’m actually doing another test right now 100% to 0% because so many people didn’t believe me.
FirstOnRaceDay! 😎
lol yep. I like that acronym, so I might steal it from you. :-) The truck is fast for sure, but I did have to speed up the video a little ;-)
I think you should have done the test in Normal or ECO mode.
Here’s a video that I did recently on sport mode vs normal vs 1 pedal drive and for me sport is the most efficient.
Ford Lightning - 1 Pedal Drive vs Sport Mode - Winter Range Test
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Good review man. Go COWBOYS!
Thanks! Boy Howdy!. I just hope that by some miracle Jerry Jones sells the team soon so we can have a chance at another superbowl.
11:00 NAILBITER!
Yeah I pushed it a little more than I was comfortable for sure. However what I didn’t show is that I got back to my neighborhood with 4% left and 328 miles, so I kept driving around a little bit to make it go above 330 :-) which is why I ended up with 3% and 331.
hey mr mike i jock burge from mississippi i have a lighting i want come to colarado and meet you in person i have a solar range extinder on mine i made it runs all 12 volt stuff so takes that off main battery gives me about 20 extra miles my standard battery f150 will show 270 at full charge it varise have nice day
I watched your video. That’s an interesting setup. How did you get the wires from solar panels in the back to the new batteries in the front? And you’re saying that it adds range because those new batteries run the accessories instead of the OEM 12v battery and the big battery does not have to charge the 12v?
@@F150LightningMike yes it worksanything on truck that uses 12 volt the dc to dc keeps truck battery 100% fan motors wipers lights have eletrick blankets for winter 12 volt anything . my meter usly says 3.1/2.9 theres holes in bed the frunk is not sealed as good as you think remove you 12 volt battery cover you can see
That’s good to know.
As far as you coming to Colorado that sounds great I would like to meet you if I’m in town. I do travel a lot. You can message me directly on my Facebook fan page. There should be a link to it on my CZcams homepage. I’d even like to record a video of your setup if you are ok with that.
@@F150LightningMike yes sir I still have not received my Tesla adapter put order in as soon as opened was promised in June didn’t get it was promised in July. Haven’t got it yet. Yea I love my truck if you drive real easy I can really go long way’s want you do a video that shows how far you can go if you don’t go over 45 you be amazed my face book was stolen so I don’t do Facebook did you check out jockpc my videos I got about 600 in one account I do another one on my truck I got my new battery’s in I got 4 100amphr mini lipo4 battery’s 400 amphr total have redodo dc to dc that charges the 12 volt gel battery in the lighting have 2000 watt inverter that can charge truck in sun it can charge all day drawing some from batteries only got 400 watt solar seems to add mileage average around 2.7/3.4 kwtruck will flat ass fly love the passing ability
I like watch these red necks make there truck burn the hell out gas trying to keep up with me hahaha
Dude… 2.7 kw/mi…. wow… what was the average speed? I had to go from austin to san antonio a few times and never got above 2.0… its frustrating
The speed limit going up and down the mountain is 45-55 depending. For the last 40 miles I was going about 65-70 on the interstate. I also use sport mode and turn off Pro power on board which both save me on range.
@@F150LightningMike oh thats a good call to turn off pro power when not needed. Thanks for the info. I enjoy the content.
Sure thing. I used to think that I needed it turned on in order to charge my phone, but that is not the case. The USB ports run off the accessory power.
Now tow with it like most people do with their pickups.....75 miles?
It will tow at least 100-150 miles without charging depending on weight that you are towing.
75% of people don’t tow with there trucks.
Agreed. I haven’t towed yet. I only use my tow hitch for my bike rack.
I never drive at 2.7. I’m doing good at 2
I use sport mode (Without) 1-pedal and turn off pro power onboard. That helps me get better range. In this case the change in elevation also helps, and the fact that my max speed was 55 except for the last 40 miles that were 65-70. If I wasn’t driving on the interstate for that last little bit then I would have gotten even better range.
I've got a platinum and there's no way I'd try to go 320 miles on a charge. I'm not sure I can even go 300 miles tgat they say the platinum will get.
Yeah the platinum has the 22” wheels so the range would be worse for sure. You should be able to get 300 in the summer though., depending on speed and if it’s all in town vs. highway.
What do you usually get?
I’m curious what the platinums get myself.
all depends how fast u want to go
That’s the truth. Range is dependent on speed for sure.
Facts. It’ll do 400 miles at 25 miles an hour, no problem.
I think I’ll do a city only range test sometime to see. :-)
@@F150LightningMike some rough math tells us that the drag force on the truck at 30 is around 16% of what it is at 75.
I don’t know exactly how much of the battery consumption is drag related, but that’s a huge difference.
That’s a good point. What type of tests have your done with drag and such?
I will but I’ve now
Have you gotten over 320?
@@F150LightningMike 346
That’s awesome! Is it all in town?
So around town max speed 35 would be even better
Maybe so. I might do a test like that soon too. Comparing it to going up and down in elevation though it might be hard to beat. I wonder if I can get 3.0+ in city driving? Keep in mind though I have falken Wildpeak AT3w tires on so it might have impact on the range a little, but I still got 2.7 on this test in spite of those tires.
@@F150LightningMike I live in Wisconsin where it snows and can get into the negative degrees and might not be able to fit it in the garage. would preconditioning still work?
It worked for me in negative degrees. I think it’s possible that it may use more energy to warm it up, maybe about 1-2%, but it will work.
That thing will die at 3% be careful!
That’s the first time I have had it that low. Have you experienced yours dying when it’s low?
😂😅 HELL NO it won't!! Sorry not even going to watch video 😮😅😊
It will and does on a regular basis in the summer of me driving up and down in elevation 2k feet.
Don’t get fooled by these electric cars people, you’ll be taxed by the miles you drive eventually, also don’t believe all the range stuff cars don’t ever go that far with ac on and radio on.
Not sure what you are saying. The radio and other accessories run off of the 12v battery, which gets charged by the bigger battery.
The ac and the heat both use energy from the big battery but not that much. And yes I really did get this range. Here’s a video test of me sitting idle in -9 degrees to show you how much the heater actually uses:
Lightning Mike -9 Degrees Cold Weather Test
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@business-ul8gj Hmmm Brand new youtube account kinda like AI generated nonsense here. Bots don't drive.
That makes more sense to me now. Dang bots!