I guess you must be going 80 mph or really hilly? to get 27 mpg?? I drove 250 miles at 68 mph with TWO 17 foot long kayaks on roof then back got 32 mpg. Speed does kill mph. Oh it was ALL 500 miles highway, well maybe 20 miles not highway. .
I never understand this. The plug in cost about 4 to 5 grand more (Bigger Battery) . You will NEVER make up that cost in savings on less gas. Unless you fall into one of those weird categories you drive to work all EV and charge at work for free to drive home other wise you wont save a dime ,. . So WHY, I really am interested in an answer. It wont save you a dime in the end.
Prices fell for sure. Looked like they were going to get down to where I was considering picking one up. But then they stabilized and kept the price of a ER larger battery just outside of where I was willing to stretch for one. They have been evolving the truck and adding lots of things that were missing, but taking many things that were there away in the process. You need to get into a 2024+ if you want a heat pump and many of the software updates weren't backwards compatible with the 2022-2023 trucks. So they are left twisting in the wind. They did release some updates that actually improved charging performance which was a real surprise. Sadly the Lightning stayed out of my reach. I am thankful because I don't have the space for a Lightning in the garage the way things are. The Maverick is the right size for what I need for the daily driver.
Every EV I've driven (a whole two) got EXACTLY the advertised miles per charge in 32°F to 110°F conditions. Never had opportunity to go colder.
Well I have driven quite a few, owned 3. And can tell you not a one ever got the rated range. And I can point you to many EV sites that have tested this and show exactly what I am saying. If you would like some links to Carwow, Inside EV's, Edmunds testing we can share those for those who really want to know what kind of range to expect. If you want to see an eye opening comparison Bjorn Nyland in Norway does a pretty thorough summer and winter tests. He does a pretty good 90km and 120km runs and shows exactly the breakdown in range, efficiency. Out of Spec on Youtube does a pretty decent 70mph range test as well, but sadly his runs he runs those cars dead down into the bottom buffer of the battery. No one who plans to own a vehicle and wants to keep it should ever treat a battery like this, but you can look up their range test spreadsheet also and watch the videos.
What I posted was more safety conservative.
A new Full EV . . . not interested. A PHEV however, . . . you bet . . .
