2022 Ford Lightning With 38,000 Miles Has No Range Loss In 2025 Range Test

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The truck tested below is the 2022 Ford Lightning Lariat with the Extended Range Battery. The truck was tested when it was new and was just tested again using the same testing process. The tester drives on the New Jersey turnpike to duplicate the same course from three years prior. One uncontrollable difference in 2025 was the temperature — it was about ten degrees hotter than the 2022 test. He drives in loops for this long-range test to try to balance tail winds and head winds. The same tires are used and he set the tire pressure to the same amount. The tires are worn now, and he notes there is less rolling resistance with tires that are worn, so the 2025 range test might result in a tiny increase in range.

The range test in 2022 showed a range of 270 miles. When the extended range battery was new, it had a capacity of 131 kWh. When he DC fast charged previously, what the charger sent to the battery was little more than that.

During the range test, he had a midpoint check-in at the 50% state of charge. In the old test, the truck went about 142 miles on a 50% charge and in the 2025 test it went 146.8 miles. He thought the range would be slightly less and it turned out to be slightly more. At the midpoint of the test, he says it might turn out there is virtually no capacity loss when he gets to the end.

Right before the very end of the test, he said the truck had gone 285 miles with about one mile to go on the charger. At the same time, he said the truck went 2.3 miles/kWh, which is a bit better than in the same test three years prior. At the DC fast charger, the total miles driven was 286.7. 

He then charged the battery fully. The charger indicated it delivered 134.8 kWh plus a tiny bit more at the start. He said this amount is the same as when the truck was brand new and thus the charging test showed zero degradation. He said there probably is a little degradation but the battery management system may have altered the battery’s buffer.

Some video commenters were in alignment with the 2025 test results.

• “Haven’t noticed any loss in capacity on mine either. i agree that Ford must be dipping into the ‘buffer’.  it probably also has something to do with the conservative charging speeds on dc charging.”
• “My 2022 Lightning with 63k miles follows this trend as well.”
• “So almost no degradation at all even with this much fast charging and mileage. Good job Ford.”
• “As an owner of a 2023 Lightning Lariat extended range, I LOVED this video.  PS  I am only up to 23,000 miles, and have not done any testing but have not noticed any change in my truck’s range either.”

The tester appears to be completely transparent about factors that can affect range: temperature, wind speed, tire age/quality, and traffic congestion. As a result, he appears to have credibility — respect to him. He has also built up a great reputation for honesty and objectivity over the past decade plus.

Coincidentally, when driving home today, a Cybertruck was right behind me for a while. How does its battery hold up over 38,000 miles?