Hybrid engine manufactured where?

[papak]

Where do the hybrid motors come from?

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[inthecabin]

Spain…

 

[DryHeat]

Where do the hybrid motors come from?

When a mommy EV and a daddy ICE love each other very much...

 

[jsus]

From late 2022, Valencia Engine Plant will build the 2.5-litre Duratec hybrid engine for Europe which powers the Kuga PHEV as well as the Kuga, Galaxy and S-MAX Full Hybrid models. The 2.5-litre Atkinson cycle petrol engine is the first of its kind to be built by Ford in Europe and reinforces the importance of PHEV and full hybrid vehicles in Ford’s current and future vehicle line-up in Europe.

The 2.5-litre Duratec hybrid engine – which is built currently at Ford’s Chihuahua Engine Plant in Mexico – will be manufactured in Valencia alongside the 2.0-litre and 2.3-litre EcoBoost petrol engines for which demand remains strong.

Source: https://media.ford.com/content/ford...-in-on-electrification-with-new-hybrid-e.html

 

[papak]

Are they going to continue manufacturing in Chihuahua?

 

[jsus]

I don't see why not. Future plans call for more hybrids and BEVs, so more production capacity is needed.

At some point, these engines were also built in Dearborn, MI, so to be sure, you'd want to read the labels under the hood or the content sticker that came on the car (shows % foreign/NA content, source of engine and transmission).

 

[Proflig8tor]

Electric motor (the actual hybrid part of the system) is made at the VanDyke plant in Sterling Heights Michigan.

The 2.5 was originally co developed with Mazda and is built almost everywhere. Mazda’s current SkyActive is a further refinement of this design (and a damn good engine it is). Wish the companies were still partners. We used to see 40+ MPG with this engine in a Mazda 6 without the hybrid system.

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