Pure electric vehicles don’t work for everyone. The Ford Escape plug-in hybrid does. The concept is simple enough, charge the 14.4 kWH battery and it’s fully electric for 37 miles. After that it defaults to a regular hybrid with an EPA rated average of 40 MPG. And the Escape PHEV is a useful crossover that does the chores well. Fun to drive too. But if you want all-wheel drive with your plug-in…. maybe visit a Toyota dealership for a RAV4 Prime or get Escape’s fancy sister, the Corsair Grand Touring.

Tom Voelk takes a look at a fully loaded Titanium model to find out if it really goes 37 miles on a charge and what the real fuel economy is. And while Ford calls the 4th generation Escape, I see it as the 3rd gen (the “2nd generation” is a heavy mid-cycle refresh IMHO).

And here’s that link to the WSJ Dan Neil piece- https://bit.ly/33ZRX14


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1:20 Why No AWD
1:45 Powertrain
2:50 Charging
3:26 Driving Dynamics
7:48 Interior
9:05 Backseat
10:23 Design
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12:23 Red Light Green Light
13:20 Summary
14:24 Epilogue
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