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So when I bought the car in September I recorded 18.5 kw-hr charge capacity. I had a long trip to Julian (see one of my posts), in November that I used up 17.7 kw-hr on an 80+ mile trip with 8% remaining. I did a whole bunch of short trips over the week and put it to charge and I was shocked...

So today we have made it there and back on our FFE 2014 to Julian, CA. Julian is situated over 4,000 ft above sea level and 40 miles from my house. Total elevation gained was over 6,500 ft. This was whole family and a stroller. 17.7 Kw-hr used round trip (13.3 there and 4.4 back). Still have...

Reduction of capacity from 23 kwh to 19.5 kwh and my brand new bought will only charge to 18.5 kwh is probably to save ford from paying out the battery warranty here is the article http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries Derating the battery capacity...

Has anyone put a KillaWatt on the slow 110 charger to see how much does the energy it takes to charge the car fully? I have and was terrified So to charge 10.6 kWh of battery capacity I have used 14.5 kWh which means it is 73% efficient. This is quite bad. I hope that this inefficiency is...