Ford battery recall update

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This is completely off-base. The fact that one battery supplier (at likely one plant) has contaminated batteries doesn't mean anything for other battery suppliers at other plants.

If you want to worry about the batteries in the Mach-E then the bigger concern would be the two reported fires in Chevy Bolts. Those come from the same supplier though not the same plant (Poland vs. US). Keep in mind that LG Chem has produced cells for automotive uses for ten years without problem and that the Bolt fires might not be directly related to the batteries.

Both are right. Use LG Chem batteries everywhere other than China where the Chinese government requires CATL batteries.
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When i said both i meant the Kuga and the BMW use CATL, the Mach E uses LG Chem so the MachE will not necessarily suffer from the same issue
 

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On Mach E specifically, according to inside sources on this forum, LG Chem are supplying battery for the first 8000 production cars from South Korean, not Poland.
 

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On Mach E specifically, according to inside sources on this forum, LG Chem are supplying battery for the first 8000 production cars from South Korean, not Poland.
I’m curious if we’ll be able to determine which ones are in our cars.
 

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More historic name, but the Escape/Kuga actually sells ~3x as well as the Mustang.
 


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More historic name, but the Escape/Kuga actually sells ~3x as well as the Mustang.
yes, but the black eye they would get with screwing up a mustang is far worse than the minor bruise from screwing up an escape/kuga
 

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On Mach E specifically, according to inside sources on this forum, LG Chem are supplying battery for the first 8000 production cars from South Korean, not Poland.
Didn't know that. If I had a choice I'd want them from Korea. They've just been at it longer and have had time to find problems. In any event, not from the US, which I was thinking was the issue. But on reflection, while I know GM announced a few years ago that they were going to move Bolt battery production from Korea to the US, not sure that happened.
 

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So VW did the exact opposite of Ford so those wanting to buy Ford should be pround and confident

https://insideevs.com/news/451790/vw-id3-multiple-bugs-mind-the-explanation/

"The truth is that Volkswagen has huge sales volumes, which makes it also have massive emission rates. The ID.3 was the company’s ace in the hole to prevent hefty fines related to these emissions, but it was not ready. According to Nextmove, that did not prevent Volkswagen from delivering them anyway and fixing them later if necessary."
 

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LOL. Prehistoric is right.

And the Model T outsold both (equally as irrelevant to present sales levels, of course).
 
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For people not familiar with EV batteries they are a lot more complex that your old 12V car battery, but the principles are the same - multiple "cells" ( a LOT more for EV battery pack) and they are electrically connected. Regardless of the exact battery supplier or style of lithium battery there are two production issues that can arise - defects in the battery itself, and defects in the interconnections. Either can lead to battery overheating and lithium can burn extremely hot, melting materials.

This link is a pretty simple one showing one Tesla style pack, but the concept is the same - a LOT of cells, interconnections and cooling.

https://www.greencarreports.com/new...roach-vs-others-teardown-video-breaks-it-down
 

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