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Ford Escape PHEV - A very nice car/suv with just a couple of drawbacks (but still worth a look)

  The test car you see above is a 2023 model even though the 2024s have been out for some time. Basically they are the same, a little tweak here and there but nothing to change my opinion. And my opinion is that it is a darn good smallish SUV. I say smallish because I really don't know what is small anymore. Small to me would be tiny to someone else. What makes this Escape so good in my opinion? So many things but tops on the list is economy of operation. It is a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. Now I never plugged it in, I depended on regenerative power generation and it worked just fine. Don't expect much range - 37 miles is the range - but it is fine for around town. US EPA says fuel economy is 40-mpg combine, 42 city , and 37 highway. I got 40.8-mpg combined.  I am not sure why the world needs a plug-in hybrid; why not just a hybrid? I admit I am biased against anything the increases my use of electricity, something that costs me way too much already. This is the prime reas

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