What kind of MPG mileage are you getting with your Powerboost?

[Snakebitten]

Just a suggestion, and a chance to brag on the efforts, but I believe there's 2-3mpg of low hanging fruit for anyone nerdy enough to become intimate with just one small package of PIDs that will reveal methods of inserting your own influence into the factory logic of the Powerboost.

It's not nearly as simple as you might think regarding charge/discharge parameters while you are driving around looking out the windshield. And it would take more typing than anyone would be willing to read to understand the influence you could have regarding mpg that has nothing to do with driving like grandpa.
I don't, I assure you.



The lower half is EV related information.
The top half is ICE.
Just the lower half is what I'm emphasizing although the combination of top and bottom even reveals more as it starts to reveal the relationship both have with each other.

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[McGuyver]

Oh, I am going to want this! Nice work there Bruce.

 

[DBL R]

Just a suggestion, and a chance to brag on the efforts, but I believe there's 2-3mpg of low hanging fruit for anyone nerdy enough to become intimate with just one small package of PIDs that will reveal methods of inserting your own influence into the factory logic of the Powerboost.

It's not nearly as simple as you might think regarding charge/discharge parameters while you are driving around looking out the windshield. And it would take more typing than anyone would be willing to read to understand the influence you could have regarding mpg that has nothing to do with driving like grandpa.
I don't, I assure you.



The lower half is EV related information.
The top half is ICE.
Just the lower half is what I'm emphasizing although the combination of top and bottom even reveals more as it starts to reveal the relationship both have with each other.

Any how-to on the app and settings for the app?

 

[Snakebitten]

Any how-to on the app and settings for the app?

This particular app is OBDLink (Android version) using OBDLink's MX+ adapter.
Once you add the additional Ford/Lincoln/Mercury package to the app itself, you will find more PIDs in the modules on these trucks than you can imagine.

All the PIDs on that dashboard pictured came from just the PCM and the BECM

Of course I edited the graphics of each gauge type I chose for each PID to my preferences. Emphasis on a "night mode" look to the motif.

 

[astrand1]

Wonder if we can get all that info on the iOS version of the app. I detest android. Lol. It’s not as pretty but I think one could get a scan gauge and get this same info as well.

 

[Atlee]

This particular app is OBDLink (Android version) using OBDLink's MX+ adapter.
Once you add the additional Ford/Lincoln/Mercury package to the app itself, you will find more PIDs in the modules on these trucks than you can imagine.

All the PIDs on that dashboard pictured came from just the PCM and the BECM

Of course I edited the graphics of each gauge type I chose for each PID to my preferences. Emphasis on a "night mode" look to the motif.

Do you use your regular phone, or do you use an old phone you happen to have?

 

[Snakebitten]

Do you use your regular phone, or do you use an old phone you happen to have?

I could use a second phone if anything about OBDLink & Android Auto made it inconvenient to use my main phone. But even Bluetooth phone calls work fine while both Android Auto is on Sync4 and the OBDLink dashboard is being displayed.

 

[Atlee]

I could use a second phone if anything about OBDLink & Android Auto made it inconvenient to use my main phone. But even Bluetooth phone calls work fine while both Android Auto is on Sync4 and the OBDLink dashboard is being displayed.

Me, being me, I'm not so concerned about things like SOC, etc. Main thing I want is engine and transmission temperatures, and secondarily Boost PSI.

 

[2AActuary]

Just did a trip from KC to NW-Arkansas and back. Got 23.6 MPG going down there and 21.8 for the entire trip. mostly 4-lane divided highway, cruise set in upper 70's mph. I was pretty impressed with that. I have right at 27k miles on my F-150 now.

 

[Yankee Rancher]

Here’s my Problem. Most likely will have to go to the dealer to find out what happened. I enjoyed some great mpg numbers for a couple weeks of ownership. Easy to achieve 24 mpg and even at times 26. After a September 2nd over the air update. My MPGs have changed. I now can get only about 22. In eco. My “This trip” meter moves up slow from single digits to finally flat lining about 19 to 21. Barely moves. ..before the meter would move up easily in coast and electric mode. …not any longer. I’ve called Ford and they have not info to help me. I know I’m not crazy. After this update the MPGs have been adjusted. I believe it was the .FXB update.

 

[Dadnkid]

Truck is in the shop for radiator leak repair but have put 4K on vehicle on long road truck and average 21.9 MPG at speeds between 70-80 Eco mode with no towing, factory 20" sport rims. Hoping to see more as its broken in more, not broken down haha.

 

[DBL R]

This particular app is OBDLink (Android version) using OBDLink's MX+ adapter.
Once you add the additional Ford/Lincoln/Mercury package to the app itself, you will find more PIDs in the modules on these trucks than you can imagine.

All the PIDs on that dashboard pictured came from just the PCM and the BECM

Of course I edited the graphics of each gauge type I chose for each PID to my preferences. Emphasis on a "night mode" look to the motif.

first day of running the oblink. Already found a few things I was doing incorrectly that can help improve recharging of the hybrid battery while in motion. Definitely nice to see the data in real time.

 

[Snakebitten]

first day of running the oblink. Already found a few things I was doing incorrectly that can help improve recharging of the hybrid battery while in motion. Definitely nice to see the data in real time.

I don't know if I would say that you were doing anything wrong.
But you will discover some opportunities that present where you can really contribute additional -V that you might not have otherwise.

I'm finding that -V is no different than pouring a little gas in the tank. It's an investment that pays dividends in either electric torque contributions during ICE (+V during ICE) or additional electric torque during EV events.

Put another way, every -V your decisions contribute to the battery is near impossible to waste. It's free torque (work)

 

[wrgrimes]

For clarification, please.
I have read that there are Trip 1 and Trip 2 menu options.
Is there an additional “Total history” trip meter?
I have seen “This trip”- is that separate from trips 1&2?
How do you use your trip meter resources?
I would like to have a ‘lifetime’ record. Sometimes I would like fill-up to fill-up monitoring and sometimes actual trip data over many miles and multiple tanks.
I would appreciate actual usage advice.
Thanks

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