I dipped down the rabbit hole, and found a sub thread about a few people who had SYS fault or something like that, where they had to replace the e-cvt. But that doesn't seem like a common issue. Worried about it a little bit, but my maverick is a little over 2 years old. I feel like if that was gonna come up, it already would have.
The eCVT is very efficient and clever. Better than the belt and pully CVT. And, with fewer parts it's been proven with decades of service.
but it’s not the same engine. Hence the generations. I agree the make incremental improvements and I would like a gen 4 over a gen 1.
The gen 1 Escape Hybrid 2005 model eCVT was bullet-proof. Many still on the roads 20 years later.
Yeah, less parts and simpler if you don't count the software. But, the software has , I think, proven itself and should never be a problem. The transmission is lighter than the automatic but it's balanced by the big DC motor.
And more parts and weight and cost. I'm getting snow tires for the winter that I should do just fine with.
Similar in that they do not use a belt and pullies! I have a Honda Accord Hybrid and Ford Maverick Hybrid and they operate very similar. The electric motor mostly does the job of driving the front wheels. The engine mainly provides the electricity for the electric motor. In both, the engine can also be connected to the drive wheels along with the electric motor under certain conditions.
One is called a parallel hybrid (Ford/Toyota) and the other is called a series hybrid (Honda) and they act much differently.
Yes. Honda's hybrid is conceptually pretty close to the drivetrain of a Chevy Volt. It is mostly a series hybrid (like a diesel train), where the electric motor is used essentially as a transmission when the ICE is running. Only at highway speeds, Honda's system (and the Volt) does connect the ICE mechanically to the wheels.
