Current situation towing and charging
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what kind of mi/kWh are you getting when pulling that boat? I’m still uneasy over all the tow range talk.
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I towed that boat about 90 miles total yesterday. Half interstate at 65-75mph, the other half bigger city/town roads but still stop and go avg around 40mph. The overall average was 1.4kwh
I will say after towing with this truck most days to some degree and 6 different boats varying size and weight: the truck tows wonderfully but towing efforts are best with local runs where battery distance isn’t the biggest concern. If I were able to have left with a 90% battery for my long trip, I wouldn’t have needed to stop to charge. But I ran it numerous places and left for the delivery at 61% with 67 miles to destination. According to the guess o meter I would have made it, and been able to drop the trailer… at which time miles theoretically double again after. Thus could have charged later when “needed” and been with no trailer. The nav suggested a stop about half way and to change for 10 min and conveniently chose an EA fast charger along the way. It worked out, and I was happy to not have range anxiety while towing. Funny thing is I Gained 65 miles during a 25min charge session and landed at home with 88 miles. So In the end, I theoretically could have made the round trip without ever stopping.
In short, towing more that about 100mi daily will create a need to start planning better.
I will say after towing with this truck most days to some degree and 6 different boats varying size and weight: the truck tows wonderfully but towing efforts are best with local runs where battery distance isn’t the biggest concern. If I were able to have left with a 90% battery for my long trip, I wouldn’t have needed to stop to charge. But I ran it numerous places and left for the delivery at 61% with 67 miles to destination. According to the guess o meter I would have made it, and been able to drop the trailer… at which time miles theoretically double again after. Thus could have charged later when “needed” and been with no trailer. The nav suggested a stop about half way and to change for 10 min and conveniently chose an EA fast charger along the way. It worked out, and I was happy to not have range anxiety while towing. Funny thing is I Gained 65 miles during a 25min charge session and landed at home with 88 miles. So In the end, I theoretically could have made the round trip without ever stopping.
In short, towing more that about 100mi daily will create a need to start planning better.
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1.4 is pretty impressive considering normal op that I’ve seen on YouTube/posts is something like 2.0. Someone else mentioned the desire to tow a light trailer and see the impact. I’ve got a small aluminum trailer for atvs. Whole package loaded is <2k lbs. I really want to know if the truck will even see a measurable impact. Keep posting for us hungry onlookers. 😅
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"Extended Range (all trims, except of Platinum): 350.2 mi (563.5 km) "
Then you are getting better than the EPA. Which is what I had been arguing about in another thread that people said I was being naive. 350.2 miles on a 131 kwh battery is 2.6 mi/kwh. If I do the same as you in the Mach E, I'm constantly above 4.0mi/kwh.
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I am getting this type of usage as well with my daily drive to work and home. Typically average 2.7 or better round trip which is almost 350 miles on 128 kw useable battery. Since I took delivery, I’ve driven over 900 miles and my average is 2.3 mi/kWh, and that’s with several ”joy riding” sessions where I’m showing friends how fast the truck is as well as with climate control mostly wide open and the average temp for the last 2 weeks has been in the upper 80’s. That average is not any interstate driving, just a couple 10 mile trips on the parkway here. I would say over the last 400 miles I’ve averaged closer to 2.5 mi/kWh. I really don’t think it would be hard to get 2.5 mi/kWh or better with normal highway/city driving in this truck, but I think interstate at 70 mph or faster you are looking at between 2.0-2.3 mi/kwh average. I also have the Lariat/ER with All terrain tires and I added a bed cover which I think has help slightly but likely not more than 7-10 miles on a full charge.
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1.4 m/kWh is really good. I’ll have to test with my boat and see where it falls out. I’m 6500lbs, but big frontal area and tower producing poor aero. It would be awesome to go almost 200miles towing. Might make my marina and back without charging.
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You probably also lose some range/efficiency driving on the all terrains. However, I haven't seen that tested. I doubt it's a big impact though. Based on Town & Country's leveling and bigger AT tires, they only lost about 5% IIRC.
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Most tests are showing aero impact is bigger than weight impact. Your boat may impact efficiency more than others reported here.
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I think the all terrains probably do reduce range by 5-10% based on my own driving and also based on two or three YouTubers and their testing.
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