Comments on: Green Overdrive [video]: Rollin’ In the Ford Escape Hybrid http://gigaom.com/2010/11/11/green-overdrive-video-rollin-in-the-ford-escape-hybrid/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ad van der Meer http://gigaom.com/2010/11/11/green-overdrive-video-rollin-in-the-ford-escape-hybrid/#comment-509550 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:38:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=258115#comment-509550 Ouch, been driving diesel all my life and now (2012) switching to an EV. Guess I missed that one.

]]> By: abasile http://gigaom.com/2010/11/11/green-overdrive-video-rollin-in-the-ford-escape-hybrid/#comment-508950 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:16:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=258115#comment-508950 I think you’ve got it backwards. 85% ethanol, 15% gasoline. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E85

]]> By: Ad van der Meer http://gigaom.com/2010/11/11/green-overdrive-video-rollin-in-the-ford-escape-hybrid/#comment-508624 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:44:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=258115#comment-508624 FYI E85 is 85% regular gas with 15% bio fuel.

]]> By: abasile http://gigaom.com/2010/11/11/green-overdrive-video-rollin-in-the-ford-escape-hybrid/#comment-508473 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:16:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=258115#comment-508473 Also, for those of us who would rather use domestic sources of fuel, this vehicle’s ability to take E85 looks really attractive. At this time E85 might not be any greener, but at least it doesn’t come from the Middle East!

]]> By: abasile http://gigaom.com/2010/11/11/green-overdrive-video-rollin-in-the-ford-escape-hybrid/#comment-508451 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:01:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=258115#comment-508451 I would love to see Ford sell an electric-only Escape with 4×4 capabilities (for snow) and 150-200 miles of range! Several years from now, that could become a winner.

]]> By: Ad van der Meer http://gigaom.com/2010/11/11/green-overdrive-video-rollin-in-the-ford-escape-hybrid/#comment-508268 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:23:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=258115#comment-508268 100 MPG? Seriously?

Throwing out a number like this is worthless information. This car is capable of driving 30 mi pure electric. Drive 31 mi and you are getting 1’000 MPG.

Of course, most people could drive close or fully electric and yes they would get great MPG numbers. I would like to know how the car does electric (mi/kWh) and how the car does (MPG) after the battery has been used so much that the ICE engine has to kick in. These numbers show how efficient the car uses electricity and gas.

]]> By: Eletruk http://gigaom.com/2010/11/11/green-overdrive-video-rollin-in-the-ford-escape-hybrid/#comment-508071 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:22:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=258115#comment-508071 Using 20 vehicles to collect data on the impact on the grid? I can answer that without even requiring a vehicle – negligible. Wouldn’t it be better if you had a fleet of several hundred pure EV trucks? Oh wait, that’s right, you did. They were (are) called the Ford Ranger EV. They made over 1500 of them. What? You tried to take them all back and destroy them? Why didn’t you collect data then?

Dumbasses…

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