[gregolo]

Ford Kuga (EU) / Escape (US) is built from those patents. It’s basically a copy of Toyota’s hybrid system. And it’s actually quite great, until it catches on fire.

[rootusrootus]

> It’s basically a copy of Toyota’s hybrid system

That is a myth which refuses to die. Ford developed their own system, and cross-licensed with Toyota over 20 years ago due to commonality of design.

[toast0]

Similarly the cmax transmission is great unless you got an early one and it bores a second output shaft from the inside (bad bearing)

[steveBK123]

> until it catches on fire

minor details

[CalRobert]

but does it catch fire and halt?