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I've said before that the Energi with the Tesla battery would be my ideal car. There are a lot of features in the Energi that are missing from the Tesla.

Sorry, I've never baked a cookie in my life. I never helped my mother bake cookies either. I'm about 40 miles north of center city Philadelphia, PA and about 160 miles north of the Lincoln Memorial.

I thought that someone would have figured that out by now but I guess my hints were too suttle. This one should make it easy. The EPA rated range is 265 miles.

I still get letters from my old Ford dealer stating that they need my 2010 Fusion Hybrid that I bought from them in April 2009 and traded in to my new dealer in April 2013 when I got the Energi. Now I am getting emails from the new dealer wanting to sell me every product that they have but no recognition that I have an Energi and will never go back to a gas only car. I am out of the market for cars that have gas engines. The majority of my Energi driving is electric only and my other car is a BEV.

Multiple messages seem to be in vogue today. I got three text messages that my car had started charging but only one when it was done. The wire is relatively easy to get to if you know how to disassemble the trunk. The fiber panel in front of the battery has to be swung out of the way. I documented that in the thread where I described the replacement of my battery with a bigger lead acid battery. I later replaced that with an AGM battery. Here is the link to the other thread. http://www.fordfusionenergiforum.com/topic/1258-the-bxt-99r-390-is-a-standard-car-battery/?do=findComment&comment=7276 Here are the pertinent instructions. Empty out the trunk so nothing is in your way. Remove the floor covering. There are two plastic pins in the plastic piece that runs across the back edge of the trunk. Pop both of them out. Pull straight up on the plastic piece and note the spring clips that hold it in place. Put it aside. Unscrew the plastic knob at the left bottom of the trunk. I assume it is the lower attachment for a cargo net. Unscrew the plastic piece at the upper left. It may be a cargo net knob or it it may be a simple piece of plastic. Remove the battery door. Find and remove the plastic pin that secures the battery area fiber panel to the upper left side of the trunk. Push forward on the fiber to lift it off the two bolts that the plastic knobs were on. Fold the fiber section toward the front of the car to reveal the battery. The wire is above and in front of the + battery post. Locate the black plastic sleeve with the red tape and follow up to the gray foam secured with black tape. The battery is yellow and the + terminal is visible. Time to get tools, open up the battery area, take picture, answer a phone call, close up the battery area, and put tools away was 12 minutes. This thread has been moved to the "Batteries & Charging" section.

The "cable" is almost directly above the + post of the battery. "Cable" is not accurate. It is about 20 gauge wire. I wrapped mine with a 2" thickness of foam followed by plastic electrical tape. The wire was resting directly on a section of steel.

It is recommended that, if you expect the fuel to be in the tank up to the 18 month limit, a stabilizer such as StaBil be added to the tank. It's available at Lowe's. The Energi has a sealed fuel system. When the open fuel door button is pressed there is a delay before the door opens to allow pressure equalization. I last bought gas in June 2014 and still have about 1/3 of a tank left. My engine usually only runs in the winter. If gas is being put into the tank on a monthly basis there is no chance of stale gas.

The manual for my 2013 Energi says 20,000 miles or 2 years, whichever comes first. Every dealer I have ever done business with wants to do an oil change at least every 5000 miles and will try for 3000 miles if they think you will bite. Ignore the service writers who know nothing about cars and are just parroting the party line. Recheck your manual. It is written for the Hybrid and the Energi. The Hybrid is 10,000 miles or 1 year. The Hybrid engine runs a lot. My Energi engine last ran on June 11 and used 0.02 gallons of gas.

I bought a 2010 Fusion hybrid in April 2009. I replaced it with 2013 Fusion Energi in April 2013. I filled the tank in June 2014. It is currently 1/3 full. All of my driving in the Energi is local. The engine usually only runs in the winter time. I have 10 kW of solar panels on the roof of my house. I haven't sent any money to the power company since they were installed. It costs me nothing to operate the car. Well maybe $1.99 for a gallon of windshield washer fluid. I always get the question about the break even point for the panels. I have no idea and don't really care. It was an improvement to the house and will pay me back if I ever sell the house.

There were a lot of cars, in early 2013, that sat for months in the Mexican desert. I never heard why but I assume it was a manufacturing hold. Maybe it happened again.

Did you click on Vehicle and then enter your VIN? It's on the upper right side in European format (DDMMYY).

That is normal. It's a European web site and they don't have the Fusion so it defaults the vehicle type. As far as is known everything else is correct. In Europe a sedan is apparently called a saloon.

I also see the grid.

Was your cell phone turned on at the time the alert should have been received?

An ESP warranty overlaps the factory warranty. It does not add on to the end of the factory warranty. I bought a 7 year 36,000 mile warranty because I will not exceed 36,000 miles in 7 years time.

The hybrid components, which includes the battery, have an 8 year 100,000 mile warranty. The battery is designed to last the life of the car. It would only be replaced for complete failure. I paid $570 for a 7 year, 36,000 mile, $0 deductible ESP from Flood Ford but I am in PA.

It monitors the current flow into and out of the battery to estimate its charge level.

Connect the battery tender to the terminals under the hood. If you connect directly to the battery the computer will not be able to measure the charge being put into the battery. Plus there is a slight risk of an explosion if any hydrogen has accumulated in the battery compartment.

Fuel freshness mode will force the engine to run. If gas has not been added for 18 months it will burn gasoline until about 1 gallon remains to get rid of the old gasoline. If you go for long periods without using the engine you need to put StaBil in the gas tank to preserve the gasoline. It's available at Lowe's.

That is what the screen looks like when the HVB is depleted and the car switches to hybrid mode. The battery icon is the hybrid portion of the battery. The power screen on MFT will tell what the HVB charge level is. I would expect it to be 0% in this case.

If the car is driven every day long enough to charge the 12 volt battery there will not be a problem. If it needs it the 12 volt battery is charged after the HVB is finished charging from the wall. If the car sits for a week without being used there will be problems with the 12 volt battery. It is a standard wet cell lead acid battery. They are usually permanently damaged if completely discharged.

The tax credit for an Energi is $4007. $2500 + $417 + (2.61391 x $417) The multiplication is only for the part that exceeds 5 kWh. The math doesn't matter. The credit is $4007.

The faster you go the quicker the battery will be drained because air drag increases with the square of the velocity. In the summer time I can easily make a 25 mile round trip but my maximum speed is 45 mph and is mostly 35 mph. In the winter time, with temperatures in the 30s and using the heater, I can only go half that far on battery. Can you partition your trip? Leave the house on electric until you reach the freeway entrance. Then switch to EV Later for the freeway part of the trip. When you exit the freeway switch back to electric only for the rest of the trip to work. Use the same approach on the way home.

That "black plastic thing" is the cooling air supply duct for the HVB. If you were thinking about removing it, don't.

I have no idea as oil maintenance and old gasoline should not apply in this case. For future reference the power flow screen usually has a reason displayed for why the car is doing something out of the ordinary.