![]() ![]() However, that was in warmer weather, and the Lightning, like all electric vehicles, isn't as efficient in colder temperatures so the consumption rate will go up as the temperature goes down. I've also done 70-mph range tests on both standard range and extended range Lightning and finished up the tests with consumption rates of 2.2 mi/kWh and 2.1 mi/kWh respectively. I own a Lightning, it's an Extended Range Lariat with the larger 131 kWh battery pack, so I have a little experience with Lightning driving efficiency and consumption rates. The Standard Range Lightning has a usable battery capacity of 98 kWh, so if you average 1.2 miles per kWh, you could exhaust the entire pack in only 117 miles. Then, at the very end of the trip, Hoover shows the trip display and it reveals the consumption rate for the 32-mile return trip, which was 1.2 miles per kWh. He then adds that there is a 15 to 20-mph headwind. During one clip, Hoover is driving 75 mph on the highway, which is fast, but certainly not an unreasonable speed. However, we don't know what went on during those 64 miles, but we do have some clues. Therefore, the Lightning lost 112 miles of predicted range in only 64 miles of driving which is clearly not good. "To be fair, the Lightning was set up to fail because it was sitting outside not plugged in so the batteries were dead cold when we started."Īfter driving the 64 miles, the predicted range had dropped from the 149 miles it displayed when he began to only 37 miles when he returned to his neighborhood. Later in the video, after complaining about how poor the range was, Hoover shyly admitted that he set the truck up to fail by not following Ford's cold weather recommendations to improve cold weather driving range. It wasn't plugged in so the pack had been cold-soaking for many hours. ![]() When he began the journey it was 31☏ and the truck had been sitting outside overnight. ![]() More on that later.Īfter getting the Lightning back from the co-owner, Hoover took the truck, which has the smaller 98 kWh Standard Range battery pack for a 64-mile round trip drive. At the end of the video, Hoover takes the Lightning to a local Chevrolet dealership to get an appraisal on a trade-in and there's a GMC Hummer EV there waiting for him to test drive. Hoover explains that the winter driving range is so poor that he decided to sell the vehicle (which he co-owns with a friend) and move on. ![]()
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