RichardJensen Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Definitely a niche application, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Definitely a niche application, though. Perhaps at launch. As we have seen though, battery tech can change pretty quickly. 100 mile range is just a starting point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005Explorer Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Like two loose ends of a wire fastened to a circuit breaker? I bought a used 220v A/C that a guy had installed in his trailer. Trailer didn't have any 220 outlets, and he being well, lazy, just stuck the A/C in the window closest to the breaker panel, popped the door off the breaker panel, cut the plug off the A/C, and fastened the A/C right to a 220 breaker. Now we know why people have electrical fires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Now we know why people have electrical fires. Guy lived on an acreage somewhere between Lennox & Chancellor. If that helps you get a mental image. Real garbage house. A/C reeked of kitchen grease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Ford Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Of all things they could be spending money on to speed the launch; like new mustang powertrains, new F-150 powertrains, ecoboost, etc The way I see it - They expect to sell a lot more of them than I think they will, presumably because of some tech change or proposed government subsidy I don't know about - Ford feels pretty confident about its future - they're appeasing the political sentiments of congress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Did anybody notice it said Mulally would be driving an Escape Hybrid to Washington, D.C.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker16 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Yeah, but the 100 mile range wouldn't. Those guys'd be going through taxis like Kleenex during a shift. Typical cab gets 100k miles put on it in a single year. That's 1,000 charges, or close to three charges a day. of course a Hybrid version would be available as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 of course a Hybrid version would be available as well. Well, I don't know that a hybrid Transit Connect would do that much better than an Escape hybrid in functionality (interior space), or economy (probably weigh about the same), so I don't know that it would pay to turn the Transit Connect into a hybrid. Probably better off waiting until Ford gets the 'powerpack' hybrid realized. Plug-in hybrids for taxis wouldn't work all that great, IMO, because of the length of the shifts. More than a few cars are driven 2 out of 3 shifts in any given day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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