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Johnson Controls-Saft Providing Li-Ion Packs for Ford PHEV Demo Fleet
10 June 2008
Ford’s demonstration fleet of 20 Escape plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) will use lithium-ion battery packs from Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS). The fleet is the result of an ongoing collaboration among Ford, Johnson Controls-Saft, Southern California Edison (SCE) and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). (Earlier post.)
The first PHEV research prototype used a 10 kWh lithium-ion battery pack from Johnson Controls-Saft based off a 41Ah cylindrical cell. Ford and JCS developed the plug-in pack together. The PHEV uses a blended operating strategy, and delivers an equivalent 30-mile all-electric range, according to Ford. (Earlier post.)
While the basic cell will remain the same in all 20 of the PHEV Escapes, the pack configurations will evolve, according to Ford.
The 20-vehicle fleet will be tested first in California by SCE and later by other utilities in the New York/ New Jersey area, to help determine regional differences in vehicle usage and performance, as well as how PHEVs will affect the electric grid system and associated infrastructure requirements.
The research and analysis of the demonstration fleet will include data from four primary areas: battery technology, vehicle systems, customer usage, and grid infrastructure. The analysis will also explore possible stationary and secondary usages for advanced batteries.
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Posted by: Herm | June 10, 2008 at 06:09 PM
Two OPOC engine-generators, weighing as much as thirty pounds each, can produce enough electricity to keep this vehicle running continuously at 75 mph or more when combined with the battery and expensive electric motor and electronic motor drive. But who would want to buy such a vehicle and brag that it had 26 horse-power. No modern computer controlled automobile manufacturer has ever had a prominent actual wheel horsepower display. A minimum of 8 gallons of fuel an hour is required for 100 horse-power. At 30 miles per gallon and sixty miles per hour average, the horsepower at the wheels is 25 horse-power roughly. The wheel horse power vanishes to nothing at stops and stalled traffic, but the engine is still turning and doing little. A large model airplane engine bought in a local shop could be combined with a generator to keep a battery charged enough to run a car in most city traffic. ..HG..
Posted by: Henry Gibson | June 11, 2008 at 01:11 PM
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enough with the studies, just mass produce and sell it!