murphy

As I said in my previous post EV later saves 95% of the current battery SOC. That's 95% every time the car is started in EV Later.

I drive mine in EV Now 100% of the time when there is a charge in the battery.

There is a fuse puller located at the top of the fuse panel. It is white translucent plastic. The easiest way is to disconnect the negative 12 volt battery lead in the trunk.

The HVB is 7.6 kWh = 7600 Wh. 7600 Wh / 400 W = 19 hours. If you ran the HVB down to zero it would be destroyed. It's around 400 volts, not 200 volts. Find another way to power your house. If you hook anything to the HVB your HVB warranty would be canceled. I doubt that 400 watts would power your house. Have you measured the load with everything turned off that can be turned off? My house idles at about 900 watts. The motor in a refrigerator would not start on a 400 watt inverter. The start current for an induction motor is about 7 times the running current. Gasoline powered generators seem like a good solution but gasoline doesn't store well. The Energi, with its closed fuel system, forces the gasoline to be burned off after 18 months. During a power failure your local gasoline station would not have power either so you wouldn't be able to get more gasoline. If you want useful backup it needs to be powered by natural gas or propane.

When the car is off the the main battery is completely disconnected from the car by contactors (heavy duty relays).

Once charging is complete the car turns the EVSE off and will not turn it back on. They could have easily turned it back on when detecting a low 12 volt battery but that doesn't happen. The ignition was off but most of the microprocessors run 24/7.

It is supposed to save 95% of whatever is left. I have only used EV later when the battery is full so I have no experience with your conditions.

IMHO dealers do not stock them because they are too lazy to learn how they operate. They also don't like the oil change recommendation of 2 years or 20,000 miles. They much prefer to zap you for an oil change every 3000 miles. Mine was also a factory order and it was the first one the dealer had ever seen.

The whole assembly is replaced. I had it done about a year ago, under the ESP warranty, because one of the four segments was out.

From the Owner's Manual for my 2013. Engage — Engage replaces the power demand gauge from Enlighten with separate gauges for engine power and electric motor power. The engine power gauge fill is white and the high voltage battery power gauge fill is blue. When the vehicle is operating on battery power only, EV is displayed. • Empower — Empower adds an engine on/off threshold to the power demand gauge from Enlighten. The threshold is shown as a blue double outline. The gauge is designed to show you how close you are to the gasoline engine on/off threshold and how much power you are requesting by how much you press on the accelerator pedal. When power demand is below the threshold the vehicle is operating on battery power only, EV is displayed and the gauge fill is shown in blue. When power demand exceeds the threshold both the engine and the high voltage battery provide power and the gauge fill is white.

It takes several tanks of gas for the car to learn how you drive it. How you drive it determines the gas mileage you will get. For example a lead-foot gets much worse mileage than a calm driver. I have no idea what my gas mileage is. I only use the engine in the winter time. I haven't taken a long trip out of town since 2013. My furthest regular destination is 10.5 miles away. This time of year that round trip is all electric.

A flashing start button means that the car is in accessory mode. That happens if the brake pedal is not firmly depressed when the start button is pushed.

Sparks are normal. The computers are always on so they start drawing current as soon as the connection is made. Next time line up the connector so that it can be attached in one swift motion that makes the connection once with no disconnects to cause sparks.

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There is only one HVB. Three is never discharged. It's a virtual mapping on one battery. When charging of the HVB is complete the 12 volt battery is charged if it needs it. Note that the charge complete message to MFM happens when the HVB is full. If the EVSE shows still charging after the message it is charging the 12 volt battery. Those that think it is necessary to stop charging before 100% (I'm not one of them) never charge their 12 volt battery from the wall.

You will have to go to a dealer with both keys. They will erase the car's key memory and then program in the two that you have, The key that you don't have is still able to operate your car.

If the HVB was ruined you wouldn't be able to start the car since there is only one battery and the HVB is used to start the engine. Make sure that the car is set to charge now and not on a delayed schedule.

The bumper to bumper warranty from Ford is 3 years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first. Unless a previous owner purchased an ESP warranty for it that is long gone. The unique electric drive components have an 8 year / 100,000 mile warranty. It is a great car. There are no HOV/carpool lanes where I live.

I bought mine directly from the factory with every option that was available in 2013. I will never buy another car that does not have adaptive cruise control.

Somewhere in the center screen is the number of the modem. If it doesn't start with the letter T, it is a 2G modem and will never work. Have the dealer look up your car by VIN in their system. If it has the old modem the 15N04 recall will be listed for the car. If the previous owner had it replaced the recall will not be there.

My solar panels put out 30 to 35 volts DC. You would need a 12 volt charge controller to directly charge a 12 volt battery. I bought an 18 watt panel at Home Depot that came with a 12 volt charge controller. It is installed on the roof of my shed and is used to charge the battery in the lawn mower.

Correct. Until the screen in the car has been accepted twice, 24 hours apart, MFM doesn't do much of anything.

I think it is a great car. I am disappointed that Ford has yet to make any improvements. The 2017 appears to be the same as my 2013 and the hybrid drive train is the same as my 2010 Fusion hybrid, which I got in April 2009. The 2010 was traded in on the 2013. My ideal car would be the Energi with the engine removed and the battery replaced by a Tesla 100 kWh battery. I got tired of waiting for Ford to move further into the electric age so my other car is a Tesla S90D. The Energi is used for short trips around town to Lowe's, Home Depot, the supermarket etc. The Telsa handles the long trips out of town.

The 590 battery is used in the standard Fusion. The 390 was used in the Energi and the Hybrid. I never found it anywhere but at a Ford dealer.

One correction. There was a change in all electric operation. The 60 mph limit for the hybrid was raised to 85 mph to match the Energi. I don't understand why they did that since at 85 mph the HVB is being drained at a very high rate. It doesn't matter to me since the highest speed limit around here is 70 mph.