Your electric vehicle is lying to you

Published February 22, 2024 8:00pm ET



When Michael Puglia first bought his Ford F-150 Lightning in July, he loved it. “It’s unbelievably fast and responsive,” Puglia told reporters. “The technology is amazing.”

But as summer turned to fall and then to winter, Puglia changed his tune. He noticed that a 35-mile trip to an ice rink dropped the estimated range on the truck’s dashboard by 73 miles. Another real-life 60-mile trip cost him 110 miles in estimated range.

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