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Ford’s Key Life Battery test for Li-ion batteries simulates 10 years, 150K miles in 10 months, under different conditions

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Leveraging some 20 years of experience and data reaching back to its early work with hybrids and the Ranger EV, Ford has developed a battery model and life validation protocol it now uses to predict how lithium-ion batteries are likely to perform under 10 years and 150,000 miles of use (40-season equivalent key life tests).

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We welcome the National Resources Defense Councils endorsement of the SetAmericaFree agenda, and the Union of Concerned Scientists Hybrid Centers inclusion of PHEVs in their comparison chart and their blog Readers of this FAQ can encourage local chapters and national organizations to begin public activities educating and promoting PHEVs.

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