Hybrid Ranger

[Cmar]

Looks like we are getting a hybrid Ranger in 2025. They're using the Ecoboost engine too.

https://www.carsales.com.au/editori...-revealed-and-confirmed-for-australia-142584/

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[Tom_C]

There was some info posted a few weeks back, but it also looks like it won't be coming to USA. I hope it does, but what I saw suggested they are staying with the f150 and mav for their electric stuff in the US.

 

[Cmar]

There was some info posted a few weeks back, but it also looks like it won't be coming to USA. I hope it does, but what I saw suggested they are staying with the f150 and mav for their electric stuff in the US.

Yeah I guess that makes some sense in your market, but ironically we have started getting the F150 here again after an absence of 30 years or so but looks like we won't see the Maverick.

Ford have opted to do what Stellantis have done with the RAM trucks, and import new LHD models from the US and they are converted to RHD locally by contracted second tier manufacturers ,and are then sold as factory vehicles through the dealerships. Ford must have noticed how many sales they are loosing here in that market as RAMS are a relatively common sight over here now.

 

[ctechbob]

I'd love to have one. Would be perfect for my 12 mile drive to work every day and then the extra grunt on the weekends for towing the camper.

 

[Tim H.]

Looks like we are getting a hybrid Ranger in 2025. They're using the Ecoboost engine too.

https://www.carsales.com.au/editori...-revealed-and-confirmed-for-australia-142584/

They lost me at “Plug-In”

 

[Cmar]

I'd love to have one. Would be perfect for my 12 mile drive to work every day and then the extra grunt on the weekends for towing the camper.

Yes that's exactly what I'm thinking too, it remains to be seen how much it will cost however.

 

[ctechbob]

Yes that's exactly what I'm thinking too, it remains to be seen how much it will cost however.

I'm not a big car jumper, I keep them a long time, but if it is around when my 2020 wears out, it will be way up on the list provided I still need a truck.

 

[Joeiconic]

It seems like Fords appetite for expanding EV may be curbed at the moment

https://www.reuters.com/business/au...ws-2023-forecast-warns-ev-results-2023-10-26/

 

[Cmar]

It seems like Fords appetite for expanding EV may be curbed at the moment

https://www.reuters.com/business/au...ws-2023-forecast-warns-ev-results-2023-10-26/

Pretty soon your Rangers will be coming from Thailand - like ours.

 

[MountainGoat]

mild-hybrid transmission between the engine bell housing and the transmission.

Oh good we'll have two transmissions to blow up now. They should focus on getting the first one built right before adding another but that's too much to ask obviously.

 

[Cmar]

Yeah I was kind of hoping the e-motor assembly transmission would replace the hydraulic auto a la Prius, especially as there will be the capability to recharge the battery as you drive.
But yes, I agree the main advantage of hybrids is that you can use the battery for all your short trips and if you can arrange these cleverly you never need to use the ICE. Reserving the ICE only for longer trips or towing. But you now also have all the complications and potential for breakdown of both an ICE and electric system.

 

[RedlandRanger]

Yeah I was kind of hoping the e-motor assembly transmission would replace the hydraulic auto a la Prius, especially as there will be the capability to recharge the battery as you drive.
But yes, I agree the main advantage of hybrids is that you can use the battery for all your short trips and if you can arrange these cleverly you never need to use the ICE. Reserving the ICE only for longer trips or towing. But you now also have all the complications and potential for breakdown of both an ICE and electric system.

I was rather concerned about the complexity of the hybrid system when we bought our C-Max - so much so that I bought an extended warranty (which I normally don't do). 6 years and over 70k miles and it has been flawless. Its actually been one of our most reliable vehicles. There has literally been nothing except for normal maintenance.

It seems like kind of a moot point as the hybrid (either plugin or straight hybrid) won't be coming to the US unfortunately. Maybe that will change?

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

I really like the idea of this hybrid but I’m already starting to get “range anxiety“ and hoping they will go further than 40 km (28 miles) on EV when they’re introduced.

I’m certain I’ll get over it but I’m not sure if it will require therapy or Single Malt.

 

[ctechbob]

I was rather concerned about the complexity of the hybrid system when we bought our C-Max - so much so that I bought an extended warranty (which I normally don't do). 6 years and over 70k miles and it has been flawless. Its actually been one of our most reliable vehicles. There has literally been nothing except for normal maintenance.

It seems like kind of a moot point as the hybrid (either plugin or straight hybrid) won't be coming to the US unfortunately. Maybe that will change?

The FWD Ford hybrid drive has Toyota DNA in its veins. It is a super clever system if you look at how it works. Speed is controlled by spinning the electric motors at different speeds in conjunction with some planetary gears. There's precious little that can fail in them short of the motors crapping out.

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