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Ford Escape Hybrid
Ford Escape Hybrid
Manufacturer Ford Motor Company
Production 2004–
Assembly Kansas City, Missouri
Class Compact crossover SUV
Body style 4-door SUV
Layout FF layout/All wheel drive
Platform Ford CD2 platform
Related Mazda Tribute
Mercury Mariner
Similar Saturn VUE Greenline
First generation
Ford Escape Hybrid
Production 2004–2007
Engine 2.3L Duratec 23 I4 Atkinson cycle
Transmission Electronically controlled continuously variable
Wheelbase 103.1 in
Length 174.9 in
Width 70.1 in
Height 70.4 in
Second generation
2008 Ford Escape Hybrid
Production 2008-future
Engine 2.3L I4
Transmission Continuously variable transmission
Wheelbase 103.1 in
Length 174.7 in
Width 71.1 in
Height 68 in

The Ford Escape Hybrid, launched in 2004, is a gas-electric hybrid powered version of the Ford Escape crossover SUV developed by the Ford Motor Company. Built in Kansas City, Missouri, it is the first hybrid SUV to hit the market. A similar vehicle, the Mercury Mariner Hybrid is sold by Ford's Mercury marque, and a third variation, the Mazda Tribute Hybrid, is now sold by Mazda since 2006. While regular Escapes feature a black bottom finish, hybrids feature a silver bottom finish (see picture). However, with colors such as blue, you can still get a black-bottomed hybrid, but this is an option.

As of 2006, the Escape hybrid system is among the most advanced available on the market. It is a "full" hybrid electric system, meaning the system can switch automatically between pure electric power, pure gasoline engine power, or a combination of electric battery and gasoline engine operating together, for maximum performance and efficiency at all speeds and loads. When braking or decelerating, the Escape's hybrid system uses regenerative braking, where the electric drive motor becomes a generator, converting the vehicle's momentum back to electricity for storage in the batteries. With 155 horsepower, the Hybrid Escape has nearly the same acceleration performance as the conventional 200 hp V6 Escape.

Ford built 17,000 Escape Hybrids in the second half of 2004, four times as many as the company had originally planned to build. Consumer demand has been strong, as it was with the Toyota Prius. Ford plans to produce 4,000 Mariner Hybrids and 20,000 Escape Hybrids for 2006. A number of Mazda Tribute Hybrids will also be produced.

The Hybrid Escape will also be the first to market with alternative flexible fuel capability—running on E85 (85% ethanol / 15% gasoline). [1]

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[edit] Development

Engine compartment of a 2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid
Engine compartment of a 2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid

The Escape Hybrid uses technology similar to that used in Toyota's Prius, which led Ford to license a number of Toyota patents to avoid any legal disputes.

Both Ford and Toyota state that Ford received no Toyota technical assistance in developing the hybrid powertrain. Aisin AW, a Japanese automatic transmission manufacturer (belonging to the Toyota group), supplies the hybrid transaxle used in the Escape Hybrid. Sanyo of Japan builds the battery pack.

[edit] Performance

The Escape Hybrid's 133 horsepower (99 kW) gasoline engine and 94 hp electric motor combine to give performance similar to the 200 hp V6 engine commonly used in the regular Escape. The hybrid is said to give approximately 75% greater efficiency, with about 33 to 36 mpg in city traffic, (and has demonstrated it can travel 400–500 miles on a single 16.5 gallon tank of gasoline in city driving), and 29 to 31 mpg on the highway. Unlike conventional vehicles, hybrids often achieve better figures in the city because they do not waste power idling and can recover some power when stopping (by using regenerative braking) that would be wasted on a conventional vehicle.

[edit] Emissions

The Escape Hybrid meets both California's SULEV and PZEV standards, with tailpipe emissions better than 90% less than the average 2003 new car and zero evaporative emissions.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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