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Quick warning. Purchased new 2015 Ford Fusion Energi mid-Oct. After 27 days driving I had a fault when charging error message. What you may not know is as soon as your EV battery bank is depleted & is not accepting a charge, you can not drive your vehicle. It will not move even though it has an ICE. Took it to dealer and it took 20 days for the car to be fixed. Multiple calls between dealer & Ford engineers. Replaced just about every part imaginable. Was happy when I finally got car back. 28 days later, same charge fault. Now they've had the car for 4 more weeks and still don't have a fix. In total I've owned the car for 103 days. 55 days the car worked 48 days the car has been sitting at the dealer trying to be repaired. I don't know what the resolution will be nor the timing, but if you have this issue be ready for a long frustrating road. Ford may have built a great car, but I'd question their ability to diagnose and service the charging system. If I try hard, I can almost remember what my car looked like...

So my car has now been baptized in to the world of damage... (aside from the scratch I had taken care of on delivery). I received a 4" long scratch that penetrated through the paint and got a pretty good line though the plastic rocker panel on the passenger side rear door. Sadly, the damage was significant enough to warrant a more extensive repair. So I got 400 grit through 2000 grit sandpapers, plastic body filler, a bucket of water, and the duplicolor paint stuff: primer, paint, and clear. Needless to say... NOT HAPPY with the color match of the paint. Oxford White has been in the Ford lineup FOREVER. Paint code YZ. This isn't anything new. I figured that a reputable company like Sherwin Williams (owners of Duplicolor) would have their stuff together. Nope. Have a look for yourselves. Looks like I get to do this repair again. I asked around and got a couple recommendations for Matrix Paint. There's a store about a dozen miles away that sells it. They mix it onsite, put it in a spray can, and also offer a special clear coat solution that's apparently a 2 part clear and hardener (you push a button on the bottom of the can which releases it in to the solution). It's definitely more expensive - I'm hearing about 55 bucks. Duplicolor was about half that. I don't know about their other color solutions, but I can say the Oxford White is not good.