After 60,000 Miles of Charging to 100% Every Night, a Ford F-150 Lightning Owner Says His Battery Shows “Not One Single Percentage Point” of Degradation

Glad to hear that about the battery. Did you have any equity in the truck when you turned it in I hear most dealers don’t want to touch them(EV). What was the residual value vs trade in value. 200 miles is pretty light. Does the new one get over 35”?

I had a phone that said it at 100% capacity left right before it died

Honestly, as someone who has more than a little knowledge on the subject, both historically and the current attempts at rekindling interest, every article appears as attempts at justification of a failing technology that never really got a foothold. And likely never will with newer technologies coming that will exclipse battery powered cars. Your positions have been oversold and now are seen as talking past closing with the recent scaling back of so many including the cessation of the F-150 battery truck altogether. May be time to rethink into which basket you put your eggs.

This is interesting as I had a ride from a cab at the LA airport around a year ago who had the big Tesla suv with the rear gull wing doors .I asked how he liked it and he said he has to charge it every day while working and uses the quick chargers and his battery has degraded 20%+ and he was getting rid of it asap .

I have been charging my truck the same way for almost 3 years, will be 3 yrs in Feb of 26. Mine is a 2023 Lariat. I have 32000 miles on it. I have solar so it starts charging after 9:00pm every night it is plugged in. I use the 40 amp charging option even though I have the 80 amp fast charger. Need to upgrade my sub panel in garage to use 80 amp charger. It is almost always a full charge in morning unless I’m at less than 70-80 of range when I plug in. Since it only charges after 9:00pm. Cheaper elec after 9:00pm till 6:00am. On normal days I start with 330 -332 miles of range. Totally happy with the truck at almost 3 years old. Only issue I’ve ever had is I was surprised I needed new tires at 31000 miles. I bought 10ply replacement tires. Hopefully they will last longer than factory tires. I got 70000 miles on my factory tires on my 2019 Lariat I traded in on my 2023 Lightning. Overall I love this truck.

I can hardly wait till they make smart phone batteries of the same quality.

This is just one persons claim I would believe this if it was a few thousand owners. The claim is highly improbable

Hilarious. Seems like a great timed Hallmark-esque puff piece at a time when EVs are being shunned. Sorry, just because a writer with great skills spins a yarn doesn't mean its true. Depreciating like a brick, the zero percent over 72 months won't keep place with the loss of value.

Uh, is this the Ford Motor Corp. Lightning Vehicle that Ford just scrubbed from production ?

Bruce

Watch it drop when it’s out of warranty…..oops not covered

It's a miracle - a battery that NEVER degrades! The author of this article is an idiot who actually bought an electric F-150 (HINT: discontinued), now he's trying to convince himself he made a good decision by claiming the battery has some kinda special Ford Magic. He's convinced himself that it will never, EVER degrade because he doesn't understand how batteries WORK. Idiot.

It still has limited tow range and requires a dedicated charging spot to avoid hours at public charging but I never had any doubt battery tech is improving

The whole crux of this article was that the person OWNED the vehicle and "broke" the cardinal rule about EVS. He DID NOT own the vehicle. He LEASED IT. And like many who LEASE or RENT, he did something that he simply wouldn't do to something he OWNED. Now, go back and see if this guy continued his experiment with the truck he actually just bought. Dollars to donuts, he won't be.

Ford hides about 10% of the battery range, so he wasn't actually charging to 100% of the batteries physical capacity. There was probably some degradation like a couple percentage, which is less than the hidden buffer.

200 mile range is ridiculous. Ford, please fix it.

Bet you won't get that if you are using it as a truck and not a car. Try hauling some weight in the bed and pulling some loaded down trailers and even both. Bet the results come out different in every way you experimented.

It a vehicle that is useful only for Urban Cowboys and the ignorant woke.

It cannot tow or haul anything significant (Boat, Camper, etc.) without recharging every 100 miles. The ICE F-150 blew it away in every single test. The Lightning was never even close.

A couple of my medical collegues have them. But their idea of "roughing it" is staying at Hilton because the Four Seasons is booked up.

They may enjoy a certain niche market, woke city hipsters and stoned surfers, but they are not even close to being a Real Work Vehicle unless all you need to haul is a brief case.

Ford would have been better off releasing "Edsel 2026

The F150 Lightning standard range uses LFP batteries which are recommended to be charged to 100% on a regular basis. Those batteries are less energy dense but theoretically last longer and are less prone to fire. The long range version uses Lithium Ion batteries with more energy density but are recommended to be charged to 80% on a regular basis.

This article is misleading.

He broke no rules. SR Lightnings come with LFP batteries. You are supposed to charge these to 100% as often as possible.

I have a 2023 Tesla with LFPs. I bought it used but charge it to 100% daily. I have lost 3% with 74,000 miles. This is much more normal than you think.

If he does this with a higher end Lightning with NMC batteries, he will degrade them faster. Ford, like many manufacturers now give you about a 10% buffer on both ends to lessen the effects, but it will still hurt those batteries.

It has been found, by the scientists who invented Lithium batteries, that if you always keep NMC type batteries between 20% and 80%. You will have no real degradation and the batteries will last almost forever.