Ford Escape E85-Flex-Fuel Hybrid
Ford will demonstrate hybrid research vehicles to address dependence on imported oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It will deliver an Escape Hybrid E85 that can operate on ethanol fuel, E85, a source of renewable energy. The ethanol-powered Escape hybrid would emit 25 percent less carbon dioxide than a gasoline-fueled Escape Hybrid. Ford is planning to introduce several new hybrids in the future: Mazda Tribute Hybrid in 2007 and Ford Fusion / Mercury Milan midsize sedan
hybrids in 2008. ... ... "At the 2007 Washington Auto Show, Ford displayed the first Ford Escape Hybrid E85 scheduled for delivery this spring. It is a demonstration vehicle marrying two petroleum-saving technologies – hybrid electric power and flexible-fuel capability. Escape Hybrid E85 is the world's first hybrid vehicle capable of operating on blends of fuel containing as much as 85 percent ethanol, a renewable fuel that can be produced from American-grown corn or sugar beets. And ethanol use releases no fossil-based CO2, so its use as a fuel in place of gasoline reduces the release of greenhouse gases. Ford is producing 20 demonstration Escape Hybrid E85 vehicles for use in fleets in six different states. Deliveries will begin this spring. " ...
Via Ford: FORD TO DELIVER DEMONSTRATION FLEET OF ETHANOL FUELED HYBRIDS TO SIX STATES ...