The 2012 Ford Escape Hybrid combines capability, technology and fuel economy like no other SUV.

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Escape Hybrid is a full hybrid. It can start off from a complete stop and travel up to 44 mph on electricity alone, during light acceleration. No fuel is used. And even when the gasoline engine kicks in, it maintains an outstanding 34 mpg city rating, making it the most fuel-efficient SUV in America.

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This is 6 mpg better city and 3 mpg better highway than Toyota Highlander Hybrid.

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The driving experience is virtually identical to a conventional SUV. Escape Hybrid provides comfortable seating for up to five, a versatile cargo area and a variety of standard and optional features, including an available intelligent four-wheel-drive system for enhanced traction.

The Ford Escape compact SUV has made fans of families across the country thanks to a host of features making it a willing travel companion for road trips and the daily grind alike.

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Now, fresh off its second-best sales year ever, the 2011 Escape brings a wide array of standard and available upgrades like HD Radio technology, offering free access to digital radio broadcasts across the country, and the Ford-exclusive SYNC® with Traffic, Directions & Information – helping reduce distractions while accessing important route and traffic information.

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Music lovers will enjoy the addition of HD Radio technology, which enables more listening options and digital sound quality. No additional equipment or cost is involved: To use HD Radio, listeners simply tune in their favorite station. If the station is broadcasting with HD Radio technology, the system automatically picks up the signal and will transition to digital audio once decoded.

Escape Hybrid Expected To Remain America’s Most Fuel-efficient and Environmentally-friendly SUV

For 2010, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner add a host of new features that improve safety and make driving more convenient. Escape and Mariner also become two of the first Ford Motor Company vehicles to feature SYNC® with Traffic, Directions and Information – helping reduce distractions while accessing important route and traffic information.

2010 Ford Escape Hybrid: New safety, convenience technology bolsters family-friendly 2010 Ford Escape Hybrid

SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information leverages industry-leading voice-recognition software, integrated GPS technology, and a customer’s Bluetooth®-capable mobile phone. SYNC’s new applications provide simple hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn driving directions and up-to-date information including business listings, news, sports, and weather.

Innovations for Safer Driving

The Ford Escape Hybrid is still the cleanest and most fuel-efficient SUV in the world, combining the fuel economy and emissions benefits of a “full” hybrid with the go-anywhere capability, toughness and spaciousness of the Ford Escape.

2007 Ford Escape Hybrid

For 2007, The Escape Hybrid offers customers the choice of four new packages, combining a fresh look with infotainment and safety features and three new exterior colors.

The Escape Hybrid is a “full” hybrid, meaning it automatically switches between pure electric power, pure gasoline engine power or combined operation to maximize efficiency and performance. Its gasoline engine and electric motor work in concert, providing performance similar to that of a V-6 engine. In less demanding situations, the Escape Hybrid can run on its electric motor alone, (at speeds up to 25 mph) its gasoline engine alone or the most efficient combination of the two.

A new powertrain lineup, with a more powerful and fuel-efficient 2.5-liter I-4 engine and a new six-speed automatic transmission, leads the list of enhancements for the 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner models. Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner, the popular compact SUVs, boast better fuel economy, thanks to a combination of the new engine and fuel-saving six-speed transmission.

2009 Ford Escape Hybrid

Other fuel-efficiency measures, such as refined aerodynamics and new low-rolling-resistance tires, also enhance fuel economy while contributing to a quieter, more refined cabin environment.

Escape and Mariner for 2009 also introduce Easy Fuel™ capless refueling, ambient lighting and standard cruise control. A 3.0-liter V-6 engine with 20 percent more horsepower and a 1 mpg fuel economy improvement also is available.

LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2008 - Ford Motor Company is teaming up with the Los Angeles County Lifeguards, a division of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, to help save lives while protecting the environment. Today, Ford presented the squad with the first 10 of a fleet of 45 eco-friendly Escape Hybrids with Intelligent four-wheel-drive, specially equipped for use on rescue patrol along 72 miles of Southern California coastline.

Ford Escape Hybrid Lifeguard Vehicle

Highlights:
* Ford to provide a fleet of 45 customized Escape Hybrids to the Los Angeles County Ocean Lifeguards.
* The full-hybrid SUVs will be used for rescue patrol along 72 miles of Southern California coastline.

Tests Show up to 120 Miles per Gallon

SANTA ROSA, CA, Mar 10, 2008 -- Electric car pioneer ZAP (OTC BB:ZAAP.OB) is now offering plug-in hybrid conversion systems for the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape Hybrid through a collaboration agreement with Hybrids Plus.

Hybrid vehicles retrofitted with systems from Hybrids Plus of Boulder, Colorado can achieve a significantly greater fuel economy. In tests these systems increased hybrid fuel economy up to 120 miles per gallon in the city and up to 90 mpg on the highway. The cost for the conversion ranges from $24,000 to $36,000 depending on the vehicle and size of battery pack.

PLUGGED-IN AND ON ROAD

Dearborn, Mich., Dec. 11, 2007 – Ford Motor Company is aggressively advancing plug-in hybrid technology through two different applications on research demonstration vehicles as a way to help improve the functionality and durability of lithium-ion battery packs and the future commercialization of plug-in hybrid technology.

Highlights:
* First Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) delivered to Southern California Edison as part of unique partnership to advance commercialization of PHEVs; on-road testing underway.
* Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid with lithium-ion battery achieves up to 120 mpg.
* Ford Edge with HySeries Drive is world’s first drivable fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle with plug-in capability.

First Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) delivered to Southern California Edison as part of unique partnership to advance commercialization of PHEVs

ANAHEIM, Calif., Dec. 3 - Ford Motor Company’s first demonstration Escape Plug-In Hybrid is ready to roll on California roads. Ford today delivered the first of 20 research PHEVs to Southern California Edison to begin road testing as part of a unique partnership between the automaker and utility.

Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid

DEARBORN, Nov. 7, 2007 (By Rebecca Kavanagh, FCN) -- One of Jay Leno’s favorite cars -- among the dozens in his 17,000-square-foot private garage -- is a 100-year-old Baker Electric.

Representatives from Ford Motor Company were well aware of The Tonight Show host's fondness for this clean technology when they offered him a special test drive of the Ford Escape Hybrid Plug-In this week.

NBC's "Green is Universal" week -- aimed at entertaining, informing and empowering Americans to lead greener lives, made for a perfect opportunity for members of Ford's Plug-In team to meet with Leno at his Burbank, Calif., garage to demonstrate the vehicle's capabilities and features. The team left the hybrid plug-in in Leno's capable hands to drive for a night.