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Ford Escape Hybrid: First Gas-Electric-Powered SUV and Ford Replacement Parts for Its Exceptional Pe

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The Ford Escape Hybrid is a fuel-saving, gas-electric

hybrid-power version of small, four-door sport-utility vehicle,

available with front-wheel drive (FWD) or four-wheel drive

(4x4). Its power train has 2.3-liter, four-cylinder gas engine

rated 133 horsepower at 6,000 rpm, 129 pounds-feet of torque at

4,500 rpm; synchronous AC electric motor rated 94 hp from 3,000

to 5,000 rpm; 330-volt battery pack under rear cargo floor;

electronically controlled, continuously variable transmission.

Maximum power output is 155 hp because gas and electric do not

make their maximum power simultaneously.



It has a 2.3-liter, Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder gasoline engine

with a 70-kilowatt permanent-magnet traction electric motor,

regenerative braking and a 330-volt battery pack. The

combination provides performance on par with a V-6. The hybrid

never has to be plugged in because the engine recharges the

batteries, by the electric motor and by heat recovered as energy

during braking.



"The Escape hybrid really "wants" to be an electric vehicle, but

the gasoline engine adds power for acceleration, charges the

batteries and powers the air conditioning," said Mary Ann

Wright, Ford's director of Sustainable Mobility Programs



Unlike electric cars, hybrids never need to be plugged into a

recharger. Regenerative braking recharges the Ford Escape

Hybrid, which converts electric motor into a generator to help

refill the battery pack during stops; and by a recharging system

powered by the gas engine.



Designed to last for the life of the vehicle and can be found

under the Escape's cargo floor, the battery pack, which contains

250 small batteries roughly the size of D cells mounted in

series doesn't infringe on cargo space.



The software and computerized controllers that make everything

work effectively is the key to a hybrid. Small badges identify

the Ford Escape as a hybrid. The instrument panel is a little

different because it contains a gauge that shows when the

electric motor is the source of power and when the gasoline

engine is running. An optional LCD display in the center stack

gives instant and average fuel economy as well as a pictorial

representation of how the power is flowing at any instant.



The Escape's hybrid engine shuts down at rest to conserve fuel.

When driving resumes, the SUV's 70-kilowatt traction motor

generator can launch the vehicle on electric power. When it's

needed, the generator starts the gas engine without the

increased emissions produced when a conventional engine is

started The Escape Hybrid also produces as little as half the

amount of carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) as a conventional gas

engine. It produces 97 percent less hydrocarbon and oxides of

nitrogen emissions than vehicles meeting today’s required

emission standards. That qualifies it for the Advanced

Technology Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT-PZEV) standards

designation. Being the leader in the development of low emission

vehicles, Ford continually develops projects that will someday

result in practical hydrogen-powered vehicles with no greenhouse

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