Once again, the Blue Oval is on a bragging spree specifically targeting Toyota, that we do not grasp whether or not it ought to feel complimented or aggrieved.
Today, Ford said it expects its new twenty13 C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid minivan to attain quite 20 miles (32 kilometers) of electric-only vary, noting that is "nearly double the Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid".
The automaker added that C-MAX Energi has an overall driving vary of 550 miles (885 kilometers), that in theory can permit a driver to travel from Sacramento to San Diego on one tank of gasoline.
"With a most electric-only speed projected to high that of Prius plug-in, C-MAX Energi drivers can be able to reach wherever they’re going alittle faster, too," Ford added in an exceedingly cheeky statement.
The C-MAX Energi is alleged to deliver a fuel economy that's the equivalent of ninety five miles per gallon (MPGe) combined city/highway.
"We are proud C-MAX Energi is that the 1st plug-in hybrid that may deliver a 550-mile overall vary and quite twenty miles of electrical vary because it provides customers nice flexibility to commute to figure, then begin for a road trip whereas passing several gas stations along the manner," says John Davis, chief engineer for Ford’s compact cars and utility vehicles.
The plug-in hybrid version of the C-MAX, that options a two.0-liter four-cylinder engine and a battery-powered electrical motor manufacturing a combined output of 188-ponies, can press on sale this fall with pricing to be announced.
The non-plug-in C-MAX Hybrid with a projected forty seven mpg town fuel economy and a base worth of $25,995, as well as destination and delivery, is already on sale within the States.
