Ford Motor
'Temperature can have up to a 40% effect on range': Ford Mustang Mach-E's estimated range was driving owner nuts
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Detroit Free Press
It was a cold spring, and one Free Press reader wasn't enjoying it one bit.
He had a brand-new 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV with an EPA-estimated range of 300 miles on a charge, but on one cold morning after another, the gauge said a 100% charge would take him only 220, despite the fact that he'd just charged the vehicle overnight in his garage.