fotomoto Posted July 29, 2013 Report Share Posted July 29, 2013 Half-a-million miles and still going strong 23 hours a day: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1085577_2008-ford-escape-hybrid-500k-miles-still-in-patrol-service The company kept lots of records on it. AFAICT, it's still on the original HV battery! At the end of the story, there's a link to taxi fleet experiences with more good news. Let's hope this bodes well for our Gen II Li-On systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testdriver Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Link from that article: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1063767_ford-hybrids-prove-durability-by-racking-up-most-taxi-miles Ford has experienced a total of 5 (high voltage) battery issues out of 190,000 vehicles, and ZERO electric motor failures. Crazy stats. Those numbers were before they started using Li ion batteries, but I have not seen any issues reported with those yet, at least on this forum. Now, those 12v's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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