2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
A car related post...this is the pace car for the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is a hybrid, with similar running gear to the Ford Escape Hybrid. It has been redesigned so the car will go up to 47 miles per hour on batteries, before the Hotchkiss 2.5 four cylinder engine kicks in. Engineers from the Blue Oval gang say the car will get over 700 miles per tankful of gas around town.
One thing we find with hybrids...is that most of them will start well enough on the electric power and around 12-26 miles per hour before the gas engine kicks in. This changes the equation--and that development is big news for those who drive a LOT around town...cabs come immediately to mind...along with those who don't do a lot of urban driving.
And this is the first public appearance of the 2010 Fusion Hybrid...it's sporting some camouflage because the formal introduction is a few days away. It'll make an appearance at a Ford store near you in spring.
The racing stuff will start tomorrow.
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