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Moreover, the threshold before the hybrid’s gas engine comes on seems pleasantly high, like the Escape has enough confidence in its electric motor’s thrust to keep the gas engine sidelined. You can feel the reassuring, silent pull of the electric motor’s torque, especially in situations where the gas-only model’s eight-speed automatic may have kicked down a gear. Along the winding, hilly roads outside Louisville, Kentucky, the Escape Hybrid responds more willingly to gentler acceleration than its gas-only counterparts. The Escape Hybrid’s output sits neatly between the standard Escape’s 181-hp base engine and optional 250-hp turbocharged four-cylinder, but gas-electric combo’s personality is more likable than both. Heck, the PHEV is heavier than even the all-wheel-drive hybrid, which tips the scales at 3,706 pounds. The upcoming plug-in hybrid will be slightly more powerful, at 209 hp, and replaces the standard 1.1-kilowatt-hour battery with a 14.4-kWh setup that balloons the Escape’s weight from 3,554 pounds for a front-wheel-drive hybrid to 3,884 pounds for the plug-in model, which is front-drive only. The gas engine is also responsible for 152 lb-ft of torque, although Ford isn’t publishing the electric motor’s torque output. The gas engine and electric motors deliver a combined output of 200 horsepower. The Escape seems always to know where the power needs to come from, which makes it very easy to forget you’re even driving a hybrid. In contrast to the disjointed behavior of the Explorer and Aviator, the Escape’s powertrain is virtually free of histrionics thanks to its more conventional setup.
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