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Nor do you need one. The transmission cooler is needed when you have a hydraulic torque converter. The unique hybrid components already have dedicated cooling systems. Engine cooling upgrades would apply, given a hybrid engine should be designed to retain heat during the EV "glide" phase. (No...

Comparing a C-Max to the Escape Hybrid, the latter is bigger with no press touting a low Cd, and AWD to boot, yet I'm getting equal-or-better mileage. My money's on efficiency improvements in the 2.5L.

You want a plug-in hybrid. It would love a 3 mile commute. Hybrids have a version of WTHDYDMOTF-itus, known as ICE warm-up. The shorter the trip, the more of it is under ICE power. 3 miles is killer. The ICE won't shut off if you have cold winters. Not trying to shoot you down, but rather set a...

This is what the ethanol difference looks like in a C-Max, about 5%. The third "suspect" data set is a reduction in tire pressure (long story).

Until the HVB is depleted, which happens fast under high load in a hybrid. Then, all the electric energy is generated by the ICE, so it becomes "just another load." What might help is to "turn down Atkinson." Typically, an Atkinson engine only uses 90% of it's intake displacement, but at very...

In large part, it's not all your brain's fault. The really good PSD demo that taught me was a Flash application that's no longer working, and was not replaced. It allowed you to change speed of any one component, and see how the others reacted. Play taught very well. This site has animations...

Yes Indeed there are! But here's a subtle point that might be lost on the non-EE's in the group. These are AC Synchronous motors. Their speed is governed by the AC frequency. The inverter turns DC from the HVB into AC for the motor(s), but it can do so at any frequency desired to achieve a...

True for an EV, but a hybrid gets all of its power from gasoline, driving either wheels or generator. No idea how an Atkinson reacts to altitude.

Per the order guide, 235/65R17 is an option on First Edition 2.0L, and the XLT/Lariat 4K Tow package. Lots of others get 225 A/T options.

Race cars can be tuned any way you want, but you'll never get power oversteer with FWD!!

Please understand that the Honda Hybrid engine in this video represents a completely different hybrid architecture from Ford's series/parallel approach. There is little in common besides electrons, shafts and shiny gears. It tells you very little about a Ford.

Yep! Ford's only used one design, albeit in 4 generations (Maverick will be 4G+) We've had lots of C-Max owners (3rd gen) in the 250K mile range with no issues (beyond the bad tranny in early builds). It's a much simpler mechanism, so it ought to be far more reliable.

I describe it as "hydrostatic mode" which owners of lawn tractors will recognize. Yes, it's regen braking at work, so you can't actually stop. For me, the biggest change was the lack of shifting, and associated engine speed changes. I grew up on manual trannys and I never stopped listening for...

Sleep in the hybrid. ICE will run a couple minutes every hour to keep HVB charged. That's what will make the Maverick Hybrid the "supervisor's office."

Must not snow where you live. RWD and FWD are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT even when you're underpowered on good tires. You see, RWD is fun. Power oversteer is a blast on snow, AWD boring. (We average 8' a year, but it comes 1"/day.) No one likes understeer, so no FWD, AWD or 4WD vehicles can qualify...

True for CVT, that's why we call the 3-shaft version an eCVT. Best we can do. There used to be a nice interactive Flash demo of the power split device (PSD) invented in 1972 by TRW. As the videos show, the motors and ICE are connected through the PSD, sun, planets and ring. These are common...

The real question is what else is updated over the initial Gen4 hybrids like mine? No point in adding motor power if you're not adding inverter capacity. The Maverick needs higher limits than 35kW braking and 20kW EV (before ICE turns on at high HVB charge) for any of this to matter much to the...

It makes sense to assemble all the hybrid drivetrains on the same line. Ford's press on the Maverick-unique technology limits the changes to two, tightly interacting parts (traction motor rotor and stator), which should fit in the same castings. Molded magnet technology is nothing new, and...

None of us have the white lines until we turn the wheel. They're hidden under the fixed lines, as they should be. That car's wheel is level, so likely pointing straight ahead.

At the same time, plenty of snow tires will leave you high and dry if you don't match your need to their capability. All-terrain tires have an aggressive tread pattern that's not designed for snow, it's intended for grass, dirt and rock. I bet they'd be dangerous at the track. However, if a...