Laserlady

Welcome! I agree that the range suffers a little below 55F or maybe a little higher. Running the heater does kill range. Start out with just the seat heaters on. I do that and bring a felt blanket if I am on electric the entire time. If you are going to be in EV Later mode, once your ICE is hot, the heater acts like that for a regular car and you can use the heat without affecting the HVB state-of-charge (SOC). The AC is much more reasonable with HVB power draw. With my 2015 FFE, it rarely showed more than 1.25 kW, and that wasn't for long. With Sync 3, I don't have that info readily available. Once it's warm, I'll use my Bluetooth OBD-II scanner and FORSCAN to determine the power draw. Good luck and enjoy. These cars are a pleasure to drive. I hope Ford wakes up and starts making a BEV or longer range PHEV again before my new 2019 FFE gets really long in the tooth!

I carry one of the small Li-ion models. So small that even in the case, it fits under and behind the front passenger seat. As was written earlier, you have a set of jump terminals under the hood. I have dealt with my 2015 FFE with a dead 12V battery in an airport parking garage, and it's no fun. You can get into the car, but can't secure it. And, the hood latch was jammed so I couldn't open the hood. Nor could one of the idiots that was sent out to help me. Third fellow out was the charm, he knew the trick! I now have a spanking new 2019 FFE and hope I don't run into this problem again. But if I do - I'm prepared!