05-10-2006, 06:27 AM
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Escape Hybrid Enthusiast
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Real Name: Phillip
Location: Tucker, GA
Hybrids: 2005 FEH 4WD
Posts: 137
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Re: HV battery display with NAV
Hi Lewis –
I don’t think GaryG will mind me placing a quote for his thread ‘Hypermiling the Ford Escape Hybrid’ from the ‘CleanMPG’ site.
“The maximum you can drain the FEH battery in normal driving is to the 40% level. The maximum the battery will charge with the ICE/generator is just below 60%, this leaves regenerative braking to bring the level up to a full 60% level. Any charging above 60% will be used to force the generator to burn off energy by turning up the ICE RPM’s”
Your statement/question “It looks like my battery is fully charged when the green is right below the + and - terminals on the battery display....it never goes above those,” is right on. I have almost 20K on my AWD FEH and the battery level meter reaches what I guess is that 60% limit, which is right below the + & - signs on the icon and that is the highest it has ever gone - though it will go all the way to the bottom at the 40% level. Kind of weird, I think, to have it only show ‘That Upper Limit' but drop all the way to zero when at the 40% level. Seems, at least to me, they should have let it go all the way to the top for a full 60% charged battery.
Last edited by VietVet'67 : 05-12-2006 at 12:57 PM.
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