That has never, ever, happen to me. I don't think that anyone notices my MMH looks any different than any other MM. If anything, people might wonder why I have an odd looking FE. I doubt anyone really notices the "hybrid" badges.

The FEH/MMH doesn't look in any way unique from a FE/MM. This is quite different from, say, a Prius. All Prius's are hybrids. Therefore, if you see something that looks like a Prius, you can say for certain, it is a hybrid.

Can one really ID a FEH/MMH from a regular FE/MM from, say, 1/2 a mile away?

 

I've only had one person ask about it and they were amazed to hear that it did not need to be plugged in. Tremendous ignorance out there on hybrids, generally.

 

Me either. I have once in a great while have somebody at a gas pump ask how the mpg is, but that's it.

~John

 

Shannon... I've seen those in person at many Auto parts stores.
Problem is, the display is tiny. Doubtful one car length back could read it.

I'm talking about something with 4" high letters! ( or greater! )

To Walt, you can only ID a FEH from a distance if the driver side rear window with "the vent" is pointed at you. Also, all Hybrids come with tinted "privacy" glass, and I think only the high end, like "Limited" Escapes do. Normally ( but not 100% ) when I see dark tinted glass, it is a hybrid.

 

I had a toyota prius hybrid drive by be the other day and give me "thumbs up" as he drove by. I waived but wasn't sure at 1st what he meant, then thought "oh yea, im driving a hybrid baby"... Are we a club now?

 

I wonder how many non-Ford people know about the rear side window vent?

You can tell a Ford hybrid by...

1. The long extension cord
2. The wind up key on the rear hatch
3. The vent in the rear side window
4. There no gas filler door on the side
5. Trick question. Ford doesn't make a hybrid.

BTW, I could tell by the ugly wheels.

 

Fuse doesn't even have to blow. Don't these things have a collision sensor that cuts the HV battery off at the source.... Those orange cables in an accident SHOULD be dead.

 

Right, but "sensors" or switches have parts that "could" fail.
I consider a fuse, being solid-state to be most reliable.
When it fails, it fails in a good way.
-John

P.S. now some EE don't go and correct me and tell me a failed fuse is one that didn't blow, you know what I meant!

 

After I was in a roll over in my new FEH (437miles on it) I crawled out thought the window after I call 911 I noticed the auto headlight were still on and the front wheels were still spinning on battery power. I had to reach back in and turn off the switch.
If you didn't see my earlier post with picture of crash here it is again.
before crash http://picasaweb.google.com/fastfords/TheGreatEscape
after crash http://picasaweb.google.com/fastford...tSoGreatEscape

 

Was your escape repairable?