Ford Revs Up to Sell Hybrids With Appeal of Speed and Power - lithium battery pack
DETROIT —
Ford Motor is turning to the era of auto marketers.
Test topics, speed and power to sell a new generation of gasoline
Electric hybrid vehicles for mass market customers.
Ford unveiled a Ford hybrid to the United States this week. S.
Police Department that combines six-cylinder engines with lithium
Ion batteries, motors and 10-
The speed transmission provides 318 horsepower and speed, which can exceed the larger V-
Company executives said.
The police interception probe is a niche model.
But the emphasis on the speed and functional capabilities of hybrid vehicles is a strategy Ford intends to deploy extensively as the company begins to deliver hybrid systems at its highest level
Sales model for the next three years.
The new Explorer and Escape Hybrid suv will be available later this year, hybrid F-
150 order 2020 pick up.
In the past, Ford launched C-
Achieve maximum by emphasizing fuel economy.
With fuel prices falling over the past decade, sales of many fuel-efficient vehicles, including hybrid vehicles, have fallen. U. S.
Consumers have been paying premiums for large vehicles that offer more horsepower and traction capabilities.
The company's executives said the current market trend is guiding Ford's heavy bets on hybrid vehicles to combine high performance with technology to meet stricter emissions rules in China, Europe and the United States.
David Felipe, vice president of power systems engineering at Ford, told Reuters: "With US and others, it is strictly around fuel economy . ".
"If we are now able to show customers that they can get more from live products, it will be recipes," Filipe said . ".
Ford has invested $11 billion to deliver 40 hybrid and all-electric vehicles by 2022.
Ford has developed two new hybrid drive systems.
One is for small cars like the Escape compact SUV.
Another connection 44-
Horsepower motor and lithium-
Ion battery pack for 10-1
The speed automatic transmission will be used for things like explorers and F-150.
Both systems are designed to fit multiple models that can be sold with or without a hybrid drive.
In the Explorer and F-
150, same 10-
The speed drive can be done by replacing a part of the drive shaft without the motor.
The battery pack of the 2020 Escape hybrid system, which is launched this fall, is installed under the floor, rather than occupying the space of the rear cargo compartment as the previous Escape Hybrid system did.
Ford's 2020 battery pack is less than half the size of the old one.
In order to promote the new hybrid model, Ford learned from the company's successful efforts and persuaded F-
150 buyers in the United States think a turbocharged 6-
Cylinder engines can provide better performance than fuelthirsty V-
For decades, eight engines have dominated the Big pickup market, Filipe said.
Ford created turbo's "EcoBoost" brand
Charge the engine and promote 3. 5-liter, six-
Cylinder EcoBoost sold in F-
More powerful than many traditional V-150 and able to pull heavier trailers8s.
The cost of installing 3 by car manufacturers is $1,600 (1,254 pounds) to $2,595. 5-
Depending on F-, upgrade EcoBoost150 model.
Including a smaller and more expensive six.
Cylinders are now available as standard motors on certain F-
Now, the power of the EcoBoost engine has reached nearly 70% of the F.
Filipe said 150 vehicles were sold.
Ford will also charge more for its new hybrid model.
An explorer Company Limited with 3.
3-liter hybrid engine will cost the United StatesS.
Buyers are $4,150 more than a four-weight model.
According to Ford's consumer site, the cylinder EcoBoost engine.
Ford has not yet released an official fuel efficiency rating for the 2020 Explorer hybrid, but the company says the car will travel 500 miles (805 km kilometers) at 19 kilometers ).
The 3 gallon tank indicates that it can reach 26 miles per gallon, compared to the current 6-
Cylinder gasoline model.
Toyota Motor's small Highlander Hybrid SUV was rated as 29 miles per gallon in co-driving with a mileage of 499mile range.
Toyota, a leader in hybrid automotive technology, plans to deploy gasoline-
Power Systems for the entire product line including more SUVs.
However, other automakers, including Ford Motor
Competition opponent General car the Company (General Motors Co. ) and Volkswagen the Company (Volkswagen AG . )
Electric vehicles that meet the regulatory and consumer needs of major global markets.
(Joe White reports;