Total system output is rated at 211 horsepower and 155 pound-feet of torque. Together with the floor-mounted 14.4-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery, power delivery is smooth and feels capable in the city or accelerating quickly to merge on the highway and get up to speed. An all-new 2.5L Atkinson cycle hybrid engine is matched to an electronic continuously variable transmission. 2021 Ford Escape PHEV TitaniumĮngine performance is delivered via a combination of gasoline and electric power. It will be interesting to see how this decision impacts sales as the many other competitors in the PHEV sport utility market offer AWD. It’s a curious choice on their part to not offer all-wheel drive and when asked about, they can’t provide a great answer other than to say a compromise was necessary to get it to market quickly and offer affordability. Ford goes down this path with the Escape PHEV by offering it only in front-wheel drive. PHEVs are the middle ground when it comes to fuel efficiency and doing something good for the world around us. “The all-new Escape plug-in has more power and more passenger space than the Fusion Energi plug-in, as well as up to four times the cargo volume behind its second-row seats.” 2021 Ford Escape PHEV Titanium “The original Ford Escape was the world’s first hybrid SUV and the all-new Ford Escape PHEV represents how far we’ve come in technology and efficiency,” said Hau Thai-Tang, Fordchief product development and purchasing officer. I see no trace of the forest fires that dominated the news over the summer, but imagine that just over the mountains that surround me, the blackened evidence of what we drive today has a chance of being renewed by the more planet-friendly vehicles coming over the next few decades. As the world continues its slow but steady retreat away from the use of fossil fuels to motivate the vehicles we drive, it seems especially fitting that I am piloting a new plug-in hybrid SUV in fire-ravaged B.C. Good is one of the main goals the new Escape PHEV is looking to accomplish. A deep breath of fresh mountain air and life feels good again.
Having spent far too many days remembering what it was like to travel before things changed in 2019, it is a poignant reminder of how beautiful this part of Canada really is and what I have been missing. It is a stunning sight, made more ethereal by the fog and pine-covered mountains in the background. 2021 Ford Escape PHEV TitaniumĪt one point as we are being transported on a ferry across one of many lakes that dot this part of the province, a brilliant rainbow breaks out over the water. “If you don’t like the weather, just wait 5 minutes – it’ll change!” On this particular day, we have experienced everything from bright sunshine and a cloudless sky, to clingy, damp drizzle and an all-out downpour as we pass the kilometres from Kelowna to Revelstoke in the 2021 Ford Escape PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid). There is a saying in British Columbia that goes like this.
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