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Topic: Ford Kuga Phev sales suspended

bessie500

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i've got to be honest you could cooked at chicken in my boot yesterday, Some heat comes out of these batteries

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Does it use a liquid cooling system running through the batteries or is it like the early Leafs that use a passive air cooling system, the new Leaf is now using liquid cooling for the batteries.

Of course Tesla have used liquid battery cooling from the get go, and have perfected it to a level that only other car makers can dream off.

I quite like the Kuga, and drove a 19 plate one down to Frejus and back last year, although being a 1.5lt 3 pot petrol, it cost me a small fortune in Petrol to cover the 3000 miles of the holiday over in France.

Good to see that Ford are at least making an effort on the electric front.

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The kuga is a brand new shape with new technology, not sure what the battery type is.
I told a work colleague to look at them as the Bmw I have has now gone up so he can’t get one & his allowance is £50 a month more than mine

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It's a pity Ford obviously haven't done enough research, I have a diesel Kuga, the phev only has a tow limit of 1200 kg which is low for a big car, might wait abit the diesel hybrid is due out later this year

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Quote: Originally posted by cliffbrown on 13/8/2020
It's a pity Ford obviously haven't done enough research, I have a diesel Kuga, the phev only has a tow limit of 1200 kg which is low for a big car, might wait abit the diesel hybrid is due out later this year

Cliff that’s high for a plug in hybrid, only the outlander is higher but Mitsubishi pulling out of the uk

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Toyota are supposedly bringing in a plug in hybrid RaV and a new SuV later on.
Hyundai planning to do same for new Santa Fe which comes out later in the year. They should have good towing capacity.
I believe the Toyota Rav self charging hybrid can tow 1.4 tonne.

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I think the term self charging is very misleading to the public that don't know any different.

In theory all BEV's and Hybrids all self charge, but still means that you have to plug them in at some point, very poor marketing in my book to say a vehicle is self charging.

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I believe VW Passat & Skoda Superb plug -in hybrids can tow 1600kg. No idea about the battery technology though.

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Quote: Originally posted by 664DaveS on 14/8/2020
Toyota are supposedly bringing in a plug in hybrid RaV and a new SuV later on.
Hyundai planning to do same for new Santa Fe which comes out later in the year. They should have good towing capacity.
I believe the Toyota Rav self charging hybrid can tow 1.4 tonne.

1600 kg for the 4x4

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Quote: Originally posted by SamandRose on 14/8/2020
I believe VW Passat & Skoda Superb plug -in hybrids can tow 1600kg. No idea about the battery technology though.

I looked at the Passat but it only has a 1.4 petrol engine. I think that would struggle with a 1500kg van on the back, I know the electric is backup but it’s range soon runs out

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Quote: Originally posted by Francais on 14/8/2020
I think the term self charging is very misleading to the public that don't know any different.

In theory all BEV's and Hybrids all self charge, but still means that you have to plug them in at some point, very poor marketing in my book to say a vehicle is self charging.

A plug in hybrid need plugging in and gets a little bit from self charging a conventional hybrid doesn’t need plugging in

Plug in = dirt cheap cc tax
Self charge is a little cheaper than petrol but not much.

Personally I’d stick with diesel for a tow car if I was buying my own.

The extra cost doesn’t pay unless it’s a company car then you get the tax saving

A mate of mine is looking at changing his BMW X5 50d to a x5 plug in hybrid the difference in tax is just shy of 10k per year. He only looked at the x5 after he drove my hybrid. In 1000 miles I’ve driven over 75% in electric, in terms of petrol that around £30 per 1000 miles

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