In the F-150 Lightning, I made my first-ever road trip north of Sudbury by EV. Connect to a charger like this while you stop for an hour of shopping or a sit-down meal on a road trip, and the battery is virtually refilled by time you return. That’s about a dozen kilometres per minute while you’re connected, and no need to stand outside pumping in the cold since the battery refills while you’re busy doing other things somewhere warm. On my watch, I was able to add about 140 kilometres to the battery during a DC fast charge while I took a bio-break, bought a coffee, checked an email, and ate a muffin. Based on plenty of past experience, I’d expect about 240 kilometres of range at 30 degrees below, and 200 or more at 40 below. If that’s the case for you, expect toward 480 kilometres of range at room temperature, about 355 km at the freezing mark, and about 320 km at -12 degrees. I’ve got a heavy foot in the snow and like my cabin at sauna-like temperatures. This further drop in temperature knocked a few more kilometres off of the Lightning’s range - now good for 320 kilometres of toasty warm, spirited driving. The coldest temperatures I saw on my test drive were about -12 degrees celcius. If you wanted to, you could easily squeeze out a few dozen more kilometres at these temperatures, and more still if you do mostly stop-and-go driving. After a week in the cold with my tester, a full charge at the freezing mark revealed a maximum range of 355 kilometres with the heat blasting, Sport mode engaged, and an all-highway drive cruising at a good clip. Article contentĪs the new Ford Lightning‘s range readout will fluctuate as it gets used to where and how you drive. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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