![]() ![]() The aforementioned challenges and a battery issue delayed the planned plug-in hybrid intro here until late in the 2021 model year. Amid this changing backdrop, the highly-anticipated 2020 Escape PHEV variant never happened. That’s all changed now that the chip shortage has become entrenched, new car availability tightened considerably, and prices shot upward across the board. In this case it’s spot on based on a lot of miles on the road. As many know quite well, EPA fuel economy estimates lend an idea, but not a promise, of what actual fuel efficiency expectations should be for any given model. Even though we complain like everyone else whenever we fill up now, we gripe perhaps a bit less because we know our Escape is consistently delivering its promised 41 mpg combined fuel economy. ![]() In the midst of historically high gas prices, we seriously appreciate that the Ford Escape Hybrid we drive every day is amazingly fuel efficient. Today, the reasons to opt for a hybrid are more evident than ever. ![]() This has never been lost to us at Green Car Journal, though it did take quite a few years to catch on with car buyers in general since the very first Honda and Toyota hybrids were introduced here more than two decades ago, followed by the first gas-electric SUV, the Ford Escape Hybrid. One of the motivations to go hybrid is the promise of significantly higher fuel efficiency. That means spending less time on the hunt for expensive fossil fuel. We’ve driven the magazine’s long-term Ford Escape Hybrid test car for 10,000 miles with remarkably high efficiency. ![]()
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