Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
So after 60,000 miles of charging to 100% every night, this Ford F-150 Lightning owner says his battery shows “not one single percentage point” of degradation.
Check out Torque News reporter Noah Washington's article at torquenews.com/17998/after-60000-miles-charging-100-every-night-ford-f-150-lightning-owner-says-his-battery-shows to see the image this F-150 owner posted documenting how he charged his EV truck's battery for two years to 100% every night.
If you've spent more than five minutes researching electric vehicles, you know "The Rules." You’re told to never, ever charge to 100% for daily use. You're told to keep it between 20 and 80 percent, or you'll bake your battery and kill your resale value.
Well, a Ford F-150 Lightning owner just finished a 60,000-mile real-world experiment that basically spits in the face of all that conventional wisdom. He posted his results on Reddit, and they were so staggering that we had to break them down.
I want to read you exactly what he said, because this is as "real world" as it gets.
The Owner's Story
"I leased an SR Lariat back in late 23. Long story, ended up with an SR, and didn't want to be stuck reselling an SR, so I leased it. Anyway, this thing doesn't have much range, like 200 miles tops, and if you charge to 80%, you can get in trouble, especially when you drive 25k miles a year. So I quickly decided, 'screw it, I'm charging to 100%.'
Fast forward 26 months, and I've maxed out my range and turned in the lease (and purchased a 2025 Lariat ER at that lovely 0% for 72).
I have an EVIQO charger on a 40-amp circuit, and I've been charging it at 38a to 100% every single night for over two years. And most nights, it hits 100% within a few hours, and then the battery sits at 100% for the remainder of the night. I'm sure there were days when the battery sat at 100% all day, as if I didn't go anywhere. Basically, I ignored all the rules of 'don't let it sit at 100% for an extended period of time.'
So I turned in the lease and asked to run a diagnostic to check the battery health. I wanted to see how much it had degraded, so I could decide how I wanted to charge my new ER, which I own. I plan to drive this for at least 4 years, 100,000 miles, possibly more, so I don't want to degrade the battery at all.
So how much did the battery degrade?
Not one single percentage point. That's right, the battery health is at one hundred percent.”
This is Armen Hareyan from Torque News. Please follow us at twitter.com/torquenewsauto on Twitter and torquenews.com for daily automotive news. Also, follow us on Telegram at https://t.me/teslaev
So after 60,000 miles of charging to 100% every night, this Ford F-150 Lightning owner says his battery shows “not one single percentage point” of degradation.
Check out Torque News reporter Noah Washington's article at torquenews.com/17998/after-60000-miles-charging-100-every-night-ford-f-150-lightning-owner-says-his-battery-shows to see the image this F-150 owner posted documenting how he charged his EV truck's battery for two years to 100% every night.
If you've spent more than five minutes researching electric vehicles, you know "The Rules." You’re told to never, ever charge to 100% for daily use. You're told to keep it between 20 and 80 percent, or you'll bake your battery and kill your resale value.
Well, a Ford F-150 Lightning owner just finished a 60,000-mile real-world experiment that basically spits in the face of all that conventional wisdom. He posted his results on Reddit, and they were so staggering that we had to break them down.
I want to read you exactly what he said, because this is as "real world" as it gets.
The Owner's Story
"I leased an SR Lariat back in late 23. Long story, ended up with an SR, and didn't want to be stuck reselling an SR, so I leased it. Anyway, this thing doesn't have much range, like 200 miles tops, and if you charge to 80%, you can get in trouble, especially when you drive 25k miles a year. So I quickly decided, 'screw it, I'm charging to 100%.'
Fast forward 26 months, and I've maxed out my range and turned in the lease (and purchased a 2025 Lariat ER at that lovely 0% for 72).
I have an EVIQO charger on a 40-amp circuit, and I've been charging it at 38a to 100% every single night for over two years. And most nights, it hits 100% within a few hours, and then the battery sits at 100% for the remainder of the night. I'm sure there were days when the battery sat at 100% all day, as if I didn't go anywhere. Basically, I ignored all the rules of 'don't let it sit at 100% for an extended period of time.'
So I turned in the lease and asked to run a diagnostic to check the battery health. I wanted to see how much it had degraded, so I could decide how I wanted to charge my new ER, which I own. I plan to drive this for at least 4 years, 100,000 miles, possibly more, so I don't want to degrade the battery at all.
So how much did the battery degrade?
Not one single percentage point. That's right, the battery health is at one hundred percent.”
This is Armen Hareyan from Torque News. Please follow us at twitter.com/torquenewsauto on Twitter and torquenews.com for daily automotive news. Also, follow us on Telegram at https://t.me/teslaev
