Rick West

thanks CheesHead, yeah, in reading more I should have looked at the kW used after it runs down. I know that screen comes on, and I have never paid too much attention to it except to see how many EV versus non EV miles. The car is at the dealer now, so I will try this when I get it back and with the Kill a Watt too. I was assuming ford would have some tests that they could run on the battery and give me some indication of the health of it. we will see. ;-) thanks for thoughts on this!

Hey Blatsphemy, you are about the only person on here that has stated about the same all electric range that I get. I put a longer post on here. I only get about 15-16 also at best! How fast are you driving when you get that range? thanks! Rick West

Hey all, I think what I have applies on this thread---and I think like most of you I am always trying to get the most from just electric driving--that is my goal anyway. So,,,,I have a 2013 titanum I bought with 7k miles on it and its at 25K now. I have NEVER gotten even close to the 21 miles that ford claims and in reading many posts on here I hear so many others state they get well over 21 miles. I work for Intel Corp. and have a master in engineering and I have a good handle on technology. So, I know all the factors that go into range like wind resistance being proportional to the square of your velocity, rolling resistance, type of driving, style of driving (quick starts, etc.) temperature, climate control usage, when you pull your car off of the charger, etc etc. I have even so far as to call up Ford and ask them HOW the EPA and ford derive the 21 mile number and looked into the testing procedure and I tried to duplicate it, and I still don't get 21 miles. I have tried EVERYTHING and at best I get about 16 miles at most. Now, I also do this range test on the freeway and drive so slowly (like 50-55) that most people want to drive by and kill me and let me know I am number 1. ;-) I do all I can do drive super smooth and keep all the climate control off. This is even in winter or summer so I can't say its the cold out impacting the range. I am in CA so even 'cold" here is like 50-55F. I have it at the dealer now (for other issues too---like the remote start issue of everything being grayed out for climate control). The SA says they are working with "engineering" on it and they can't quite fix it yet. anyway, I know that is a long post, but could others please comment on what you are getting for pure electric range and in what style of driving? Most posts on here only seem to talk about mixed driving on the ICE and battery. I am just wondering if its me and my driving, or is somehow my battery not as strong as others. please let me know if you are getting this under 21 mile range too. thanks!

Hey all, I think what I have applies on this thread---and I think like most of you I am always trying to get the most from just electric driving--that is my goal anyway. So,,,,I have a 2013 titanum I bought with 7k miles on it and its at 25K now. I have NEVER gotten even close to the 21 miles that ford claims and in reading many posts on here I hear so many others state they get well over 21 miles. I work for Intel Corp. and have a master in engineering and I have a good handle on technology. So, I know all the factors that go into range like wind resistance being proportional to the square of your velocity, rolling resistance, type of driving, style of driving (quick starts, etc.) temperature, climate control usage, when you pull your car off of the charger, etc etc. I have even so far as to call up Ford and ask them HOW the EPA and ford derive the 21 mile number and looked into the testing procedure and I tried to duplicate it, and I still don't get 21 miles. I have tried EVERYTHING and at best I get about 16 miles at most. Now, I also do this range test on the freeway and drive so slowly (like 50-55) that most people want to drive by and kill me and let me know I am number 1. ;-) I do all I can do drive super smooth and keep all the climate control off. This is even in winter or summer so I can't say its the cold out impacting the range. I am in CA so even 'cold" here is like 50-55F. I have it at the dealer now (for other issues too---like the remote start issue of everything being grayed out for climate control). The SA says they are working with "engineering" on it and they can't quite fix it yet. anyway, I know that is a long post, but could others please comment on what you are getting for pure electric range and in what style of driving? Most posts on here only seem to talk about mixed driving on the ICE and battery. I am just wondering if its me and my driving, or is somehow my battery not as strong as others. please let me know if you are getting this under 21 mile range too. thanks!