| The Ford Escape Hybrid is a fuel-saving, gas-electric | | | | cargo space. |
| hybrid-power version of small, four-door sport-utility | | | | The software and computerized controllers that |
| vehicle, available with front-wheel drive (FWD) or | | | | make everything work effectively is the key to a |
| four-wheel drive (4x4). Its power train has 2.3-liter, | | | | hybrid. Small badges identify the Ford Escape as a |
| four-cylinder gas engine rated 133 horsepower at | | | | hybrid. The instrument panel is a little different |
| 6,000 rpm, 129 pounds-feet of torque at 4,500 rpm; | | | | because it contains a gauge that shows when the |
| synchronous AC electric motor rated 94 hp from | | | | electric motor is the source of power and when the |
| 3,000 to 5,000 rpm; 330-volt battery pack under rear | | | | gasoline engine is running. An optional LCD display in |
| cargo floor; electronically controlled, continuously | | | | the center stack gives instant and average fuel |
| variable transmission. Maximum power output is 155 | | | | economy as well as a pictorial representation of how |
| hp because gas and electric do not make their | | | | the power is flowing at any instant. |
| maximum power simultaneously. | | | | The Escape's hybrid engine shuts down at rest to |
| It has a 2.3-liter, Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder gasoline | | | | conserve fuel. When driving resumes, the SUV's |
| engine with a 70-kilowatt permanent-magnet traction | | | | 70-kilowatt traction motor generator can launch the |
| electric motor, regenerative braking and a 330-volt | | | | vehicle on electric power. When it's needed, the |
| battery pack. The combination provides performance | | | | generator starts the gas engine without the |
| on par with a V-6. The hybrid never has to be | | | | increased emissions produced when a conventional |
| plugged in because the engine recharges the | | | | engine is started |
| batteries, by the electric motor and by heat | | | | The Escape Hybrid also produces as little as half the |
| recovered as energy during braking. | | | | amount of carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) as a |
| "The Escape hybrid really "wants" to be an electric | | | | conventional gas engine. It produces 97 percent less |
| vehicle, but the gasoline engine adds power for | | | | hydrocarbon and oxides of nitrogen emissions than |
| acceleration, charges the batteries and powers the | | | | vehicles meeting today's required emission standards. |
| air conditioning," said Mary Ann Wright, Ford's director | | | | That qualifies it for the Advanced Technology Partial |
| of Sustainable Mobility Programs | | | | Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT-PZEV) standards |
| Unlike electric cars, hybrids never need to be plugged | | | | designation. |
| into a recharger. Regenerative braking recharges the | | | | Being the leader in the development of low emission |
| Ford Escape Hybrid, which converts electric motor | | | | vehicles, Ford continually develops projects that will |
| into a generator to help refill the battery pack during | | | | someday result in practical hydrogen-powered |
| stops; and by a recharging system powered by the | | | | vehicles with no greenhouse gas emissions. |
| gas engine. | | | | As zealous as Ford in continually upgrading its |
| Designed to last for the life of the vehicle and can be | | | | products to suit every client needs, Partstrain is |
| found under the Escape's cargo floor, the battery | | | | always looking for superior and quality workmanship |
| pack, which contains 250 small batteries roughly the | | | | for its product lines. Only the finest Ford auto body |
| size of D cells mounted in series doesn't infringe on | | | | parts comprise its stock. |