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The Mercury Mariner Hybrid debuted at the Chicago Auto Show earlier this year. Along with the Ford Escape Hybrid, it is one of two hybrids currently manufactured by Ford in the USA, which together are the world's first hybrid SUVs.
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From the outside, the Escape Hybrid looks much like its traditional combustion-engined counterparts. Differentiating it from production Escape models are 18-inch, 8-spoke alloy wheels; a new front fascia with integrated stylized skid plate and circular fog lamps; quad headlamps and silver honeycomb grille insert. Hybrid graphics with Ford's road-and-leaf logo also distinguish the Hybrid. Inside, this Escape Hybrid is trimmed in light ivory leather with leather-and-sisal woven inserts in the seats and door panels. The floor mats also are made from natural woven material. The leather-wrapped steering wheel frames chrome-ringed, satin-white gauges showing the state of the hybrid battery. A new centre console with a leather-wrapped floor-mounted shifter is featured. A single liquid-crystal display in the centre console serves as the audio system interface, a navigation system and a real-time "power path" visual indication of the operating state of the hybrid system. It shows, for example, if the battery is being charged or discharged, if the vehicle is recovering energy during braking or if the electric drive is providing additional power.
Ford Provides Hybrid Patrol Car for Cleveland Police » My Other ...
Ford Hybrid Police Patrol Car Ford launched their 10-city hybrid patrol car in Cleveland yesterday. Ford provided the hybrid car due to an enourmous use of fuel annually by police department, due to stop-and-go nature of patrol duty.
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Ford "Hybrid Patrol" and East Point Police team up to boost drivers' fuel-economy awareness. - Drivers to be randomly awarded $25 gas cards provided by BP gasoline for smart driving behaviors. - Ford's all-new 2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid to be official patrol vehicle on tour. - Ford is the only American auto company to produce hybrid vehicles and was the first in the world to offer an SUV hybrid. The East Point Police and Ford also will patrol city streets in the Mariner Hybrid and surprise local drivers "caught in the act" of demonstrating good gas-saving practices with $25 cash checks provided by BP. Consumer and governmental interest in hybrids has skyrocketed with the dramatic focus on energy conservation. Fourteen percent of Americans surveyed the week of Sept. 16-25, 2005, said they will consider vehicles with hybrid power plants, according to AutoPacific.
Tips for Buying a Ford Escape Hybrid - GreenHybrid
There are many reasons for buying a hybrid SUV. These include replacing an older SUV, wanting less emissions from your car, wanting better gas mileage, needing better utility value, wanting to cash in on State or Federal incentives, or maybe just because of a new-found love of this vehicle. Potential buyers should be cautioned that this is a big investment and they had better think hard about what they want and why. It is too early for a good resale value. Even with increased gas mileage and incentives no one should expect a financial savings versus a regular gas SUV over the expected lifetime of the car.
Ford's Mercury Hypes Hybrid Through Gameplay
Game players win points for "driving" the Mariner Hybrid through a variety of ordinary situations, such as dropping a letter off at the post office or taking a child to school. "Tips" for play tell users they should engage in behavior - driving at consistent speeds and decelerating smoothly, for example - that would get them better gas mileage if they were actually operating the vehicle. Between game levels and during game play, the company highlights characteristics of the hybrid technology.
The Ford Motor Company’s Take On Hybrid Vehicles
Ford believes there are many benefits of hybrid vehicles such as helping the environment by reducing emission. Even though the emissions are being reduced the engine is still able to increase its efficiency. Ford's hybrid Escape was developed with regenerative brakes which recapture energy to recharge the battery. Ford stresses that driving performance is optimized because you have both the electric motor and the gas engine working for you. Ford has taken a bold step in moving away from the gasoline powered car that its company was founded on. Ford Motor Company understands that to make the motorist less burdened with the price of a barrel of oil alternative sources to power vehicles must be researched and eventually produced. The first step is the Escape hybrid SUV.
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One reason Wright and several dozen members of her engineering team are meeting with Escape Hybrid owners is to avoid the customer-dissatisfaction problems that are tarnishing hybrids from Toyota Motor Corp. Many buyers of the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic Hybrid are angry that their vehicles aren't getting the EPA estimated fuel economy printed on the window sticker. A Prius that has an EPA rating of close to 60 mpg in city driving typically gets closer to 40 mpg, according to about a dozen Web sites and owner forums.
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