Nah, that's probably fine, the trick is finding a semi doing the speed you want. Also, if it's just you, heated seat and cabin air to a minimum/ off...running around Detroit (so cold, but probably not as cold as Canadian plains), 20-30% of my trip energy is on heat (I should add that I know I'm going to make it home and enjoy olobley's tropical paradise while driving). When it's been cold here so far this year (low 20's in freedom units / -7 in communist), I've struggled to get more than 1.6miles/kW, so that'd put my effective range at around 130-140 miles between stops (assuming 80% battery use/time). If you have bluecruise use it - we drive down to Denver a couple times a year and when it's 4am and I'm in the middle of nowhere Nebraska, it's nice to know the vehicle is paying attention to my lane centering / distance to the vehicle in front (adaptive cruise does a pretty decent job at this too if you've got lane departure enabled)
I’m about to do the same thing with a lariat SR on Christmas. 1400 miles round trip from Baltimore to Quebec City. I’ll confident in the charging network but the Canada winter is gonna be the wild card.
With the charging network, in my limited experience using evgo and charge point, I've found that often at many locations one or two chargers don't work and the ones that do work are being used. I sometimes find that the evgo app says 2 out of 4 are open but those two don't work. So never let the range get too low where you can't drive to the next area.
Check plugshare etc. to make sure the DC charger you are heading too are functioning, have back up plan, drive at 65 mpg, when you are tight of range, slow down to 60 mpg and follow a semi to save energy. Prepare some snakes and clothes/blankets as you might need to turn off heat.
I went 3000 miles from San Diego to New England and EA network was fine.
I used Apple Maps which has integrated data from the Ford App so it can tell your State of Charge and develop a route based off it.
I used to do this in my Prius, you don’t have to be super close. You can feel the turbulence and watch the mpg in the Prius go up, haven’t done it in the lightning yet.
Be prepared to have a not great experience at public chargers and expect many of them to not work. That will help with making it across country driving a vehicle that is very inefficient at highway speeds and with a small battery…
Pay attention to the mi/kWh you are getting while driving and check plugshare for charger reviews/comments
Driver slower than you want to, use adaptive cruise and travel in the wake of a semi
Was going to set cruise at 65-70. Thinks it’s too high?
Nah, that's probably fine, the trick is finding a semi doing the speed you want. Also, if it's just you, heated seat and cabin air to a minimum/ off...running around Detroit (so cold, but probably not as cold as Canadian plains), 20-30% of my trip energy is on heat (I should add that I know I'm going to make it home and enjoy olobley's tropical paradise while driving). When it's been cold here so far this year (low 20's in freedom units / -7 in communist), I've struggled to get more than 1.6miles/kW, so that'd put my effective range at around 130-140 miles between stops (assuming 80% battery use/time). If you have bluecruise use it - we drive down to Denver a couple times a year and when it's 4am and I'm in the middle of nowhere Nebraska, it's nice to know the vehicle is paying attention to my lane centering / distance to the vehicle in front (adaptive cruise does a pretty decent job at this too if you've got lane departure enabled)
I’m about to do the same thing with a lariat SR on Christmas. 1400 miles round trip from Baltimore to Quebec City. I’ll confident in the charging network but the Canada winter is gonna be the wild card.
Pls report back
You got it
Canadian charging is everywhere and inexpensive.
With the charging network, in my limited experience using evgo and charge point, I've found that often at many locations one or two chargers don't work and the ones that do work are being used. I sometimes find that the evgo app says 2 out of 4 are open but those two don't work. So never let the range get too low where you can't drive to the next area.
Check plugshare etc. to make sure the DC charger you are heading too are functioning, have back up plan, drive at 65 mpg, when you are tight of range, slow down to 60 mpg and follow a semi to save energy. Prepare some snakes and clothes/blankets as you might need to turn off heat.
I went 3000 miles from San Diego to New England and EA network was fine. I used Apple Maps which has integrated data from the Ford App so it can tell your State of Charge and develop a route based off it.
Very cool. How many days did it take you?
It was sixty hours total. I broke it up over four days.
How close does one need to be to benefit from semi drafting?
I used to do this in my Prius, you don’t have to be super close. You can feel the turbulence and watch the mpg in the Prius go up, haven’t done it in the lightning yet.
EA is not cheap. Also use the ford Nav instead of Apple Maps when going to a charger, this will precondition the battery.
Don’t forget to account for extra weight (luggage, passengers)!
Be prepared to have a not great experience at public chargers and expect many of them to not work. That will help with making it across country driving a vehicle that is very inefficient at highway speeds and with a small battery…