/technologies/automotive/b/blog/posts/sadistic-battery-abuse-makes-hybrids-evs-ford-toughDeep within Ford’s new 285,000-square-foot Advanced Electrification Center, the automaker has created a system that can put a vehicle’s battery through the equivalent of 10 years and 150,000 miles of travel in 10 months. That kind of testing is a musen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/automotive/b/blog/posts/sadistic-battery-abuse-makes-hybrids-evs-ford-toughMon, 07 Jan 2013 22:44:24 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:81311076-3b0c-4adb-8c94-70cfb6e9f6b6DAB0<p>While I disagree about the whole concept of electric vehicles, I am glad that Ford has taken steps to evaluate the long term effects of the batteries.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I hope that they also spend time looking at the long term disposal or hopefully the recycling of these batteries.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just a thought,</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=14516&AppID=8&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">