Hybrid Autos unreliable?

[faethor]

"The Detroit News reports that Ford's hybrid powertrains and battery packs are nearly prefect despite the its hybrid fleet having racked up 80 million miles in heavy-duty use with taxi cabs in San Francisco. Out of the 42,629,318 battery cells in use – which are the size of a household D-cell battery -- only five cells have failed....

Ford currently has 380,000 electric motors in the field packed inside those 190,000 hybrids sold so far and out of that number of electric motors not a single one has failed... "

That's fairly impressive. And should you have a lifestyle where an all-electric vehicle makes sense it should make you more confident you'll get a quality product.

 

[FluffyMcDeath]

That's fairly impressive. And should you have a lifestyle where an all-electric vehicle makes sense it should make you more confident you'll get a quality product.

That's a really good result on the cells. As for the motors it's completely unsurprising. Electric motors are incredibly reliable.

 

[cecilia]

that IS good news.
a friend of mine is getting solar panels for his home.
at least some people are trying to move into the future....although I doubt there's much of a future to live in

 

[odin]

I'll stick to my 31 year old little petrol engine, although LPG is about to be installed. There has to be made some great improvements to range and charging speed IMO if electric, battery powered cars are to have a future.