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Article: Ford Escape HYBRID

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January 1, 2009
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Editor's note: Due to intense interest in hybrid vehicles for policing, the following is the opening and closing of our article in the March-April 2006 issue of Police Fleet Manager. For the full and complete article, see www.hendonpub.com/resources/arti-clearchive/details.aspx?ID=576.

The Escape Hybrid is powered by a 2.3L 4-cylinder gasoline engine and a 70-kilowatt electric motor. The Escape Hybrid can run on the electric motor e, the gasoline engine alone or a varying bination of these two, whatever gives the st economical operation. The Escape Hybrid never needs to be plugged in.

This electric traction (or drive) motor is what makes the Escape Hybrid a "full" hybrid. This is in ...

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