Key Powertrain Features
PERFORMANCE/HANDLING
This page is about:
2007 Escape Hybrid
Performance/Handling
6
May 2006
MustangExplorer Escape Hybrid
Key Powertrain Features
Powertrain Components
• Vehicle System Controller (VSC)
• 330-volt nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH)
battery pack
• Unique 2.3L I-4 Atkinson cycle
4-cylinder gasoline engine designed
to operate at peak fuel efficiency
– Shuts off when not needed,
reducing fuel consumption and
emissions (such as during idling)
– Instantly restarts when the need for
power is detected (seamless
transition, undetectable by user)
• Electronically Controlled Continuously
Variable Transmission (eCVT)
• 70-kilowatt electric traction motor
• Electric generator motor
• Regenerative braking system
Powertrain Performance
• 155 net hybrid system horsepower
(combined output of both the gasoline
engine and electric traction motor)
• 0–60 acceleration performance,
comparable to the 200-horsepower
V-6 engine in the conventional Escape
• Approximately 50 percent
improvement in fuel economy over V-6
conventional Escape in city driving
• Can travel over 500 miles on a single
tank of gasoline in stop-and-go city
driving
• Enables the Escape Hybrid to reach
36 mpg city/31 mpg highway (FWD)
while still providing V-6-like
acceleration. Fuel economy numbers
are EPA estimates. 4WD fuel economy
slightly lower (32/29)
(1)
70-kilowatt electric traction motor
330-volt nickel-metal hydride
(Ni-MH) battery pack
2.3L I-4 Atkinson
cycle 4-cylinder
gasoline engine
Electronically Controlled
Continuously Variable
Transmission (eCVT)
Electric generator
motor
Regenerative
braking system
• Environmentally conscious:
– Qualifies as an AT-PZEV (Advanced Technology – Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle) that meets
strict California emissions standards (California and California emissions states only)
– Meets Federal Tier 2 Bin 3 standards
• Acceleration performance similar to a V-6, but with a smaller gasoline engine
• No special fuel and no need to “plug in”
• Confidence of an authentic Ford SUV
Performance/Handling
ESCAPE HYBRID
(1) 2007 EPA estimated Ford fuel economy figures are for optimized operating conditions; actual fuel usage will vary based on several factors including driving style,
amount of stop-and-go driving and use of defrost and other climate controls.
