Why didn’t you order a Maverick Hybrid ?

[Dirtball]

#1 AWD
#2 Towing
#3 First and only hybrid I owned was lemon lawed. (Toyota Highlander) First the electric oil pump burned up, had replaced. Then the hybrid system overheated causing catastrophic failure. Replaced plenty of components and 3300 miles later it overheated again. Called a lawyer. Washed my hands of the technology for a while.

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[Mr. 99']

Didn't order one just bought from dealer but wasn't going to get hybrid. Had bad experiences with them. But my maverick is AWD XLT FX4 4K and the awd with the faulken tires is unbeatable for on road snowy conditions or at least it has been for me driving through almost ever storm we had up here. And with the non hybrid get 29-30mpg religiously for me (with a little more to hopefully come when I get a few minutes to add some stuff) I am more than happy with my choice.

So on a full tank you can get around 469 miles here combined. In Kilometres thats 754KM which seems pretty fuel efficient for the eco boost Maverick here in Canada.

 

[Akuma72387]

So on a full tank you can get around 469 miles here combined. In Kilometres thats 754KM which seems pretty fuel efficient for the eco boost Maverick here in Canada.

Ya it's pretty accurate I haven't driven it dry but I jave gotten down to 30 miles and I had traveled almost 440. I think it was 437.

 

[ShadowChas]

At the time last October they didn’t even have the ok to buy on hybrid yet, ordering anything was going to take at least a few months (didn’t know then would be a lot longer) and I really needed a vehicle used cars were (& still are outrageous $) so I searched around for available maverick’s to buy- which I love my FX4/XLT/360/sibl/moonroof & is totally awesome in the snow too, however I did really want to try a hybrid but they were unable to tell me when I would get any since they weren’t even able to sell them yet. Maybe by the time I need a new vehicle it would be electric ? I can’t say anything bad about my maverick other than I wish it had hybrid fuel economy.

 

[Mymaverick2021]

Like many others have said already we wanted AWD and the towing. While gas prices are getting higher that really doesn't matter to us.

It's like food you don't like the high prices but you gotta have it! I'm in Hawaii we just hit$5.25 a gallon and no end in site

 

[sunismymed]

Hybrid is for slow, stop & go city driving. If you do a lot of that, it's perfect for you. I drive mostly highway and wanted AWD.

A Hybrid could make sense as a delivery vehicle for business, or someone who lives in a crowded city or dense suburbs. But two things make any Hybrid or EV too risky:

1) New tech that hasn't matured - particularly given the big product life cycle view. We're talking repairs, bugs, etc. Sure - it's shiny and new up front.

2) The known battery service life means a big dollar hit down the road, and resale values will reflect that. Perhaps worse is the environmental damage that all of these huge Lithium vehicle batteries will become. Nobody is talking about it now, but what did we learn from Catalytic Converters and the whole Ethanol fuel "feel good" laws which turned out to be very narrow profit generators and environmental disasters.

 

[NJ Pinelands]

A Hybrid could make sense as a delivery vehicle for business, or someone who lives in a crowded city or dense suburbs. But two things make any Hybrid or EV too risky:

1) New tech that hasn't matured - particularly given the big product life cycle view. We're talking repairs, bugs, etc. Sure - it's shiny and new up front.

2) The known battery service life means a big dollar hit down the road, and resale values will reflect that. Perhaps worse is the environmental damage that all of these huge Lithium vehicle batteries will become. Nobody is talking about it now, but what did we learn from Catalytic Converters and the whole Ethanol fuel "feel good" laws which turned out to be very narrow profit generators and environmental disasters.

I assume more and more companies will start making batteries as more and more hybrids/electrics hit the roads which should bring about lower costs. Remember when a regular computer was $2,000? I think I read Ford is starting a battery recycling company with a third party.

 

[BingoDingo]

Wife has a hybrid escape, 2020, same 2.5/hybrid the Maverick comes with. we like it and it does well. For my Maverick I considered it but I also like the eco boost engines and just wanted one. I don't drive far to work daily (about 12 miles round trip) so the eco boost mpg vs hybrid isn't a big concern to me. Plus since I'm buying and not leasing the Maverick I do have some concerns about the long term reliability of the hybrid system and battery life. I really don't go off-road or tow a lot of weight (just have a small trailer to take the abuse instead of a truck bed for mulch and large items) so I would've been ok with a hybrid.

I will say the hybrid escape really has some power though......if you step on it, especially while already moving it pulls hard with the electric motor and engine both working at full capacity......its a different feel than the eco boosts I'm used to driving.

More likely to have issues with the turbo than the hybrid.

 

[RRaynor2]

#1 AWD
#2 Test drives (2.0 was so much more punchy and fun to drive)

 

[BingoDingo]

All of you that wish you could get AWD on the hybrid folks should read up on winter tires. Consumer reports did a study and concluded that having winter tires affected handling more than having AWD or 4x4 did, if you could only pick one.

 

[nj-mav]

Wanted the increased towing capacity with the 4K awd options

 

[sunismymed]

I assume more and more companies will start making batteries as more and more hybrids/electrics hit the roads which should bring about lower costs. Remember when a regular computer was $2,000? I think I read Ford is starting a battery recycling company with a third party.

That would all be nice, I just wouldn't assume it. I can't think of any industry in history which has routinely delivered more value for less money for several decades in a row like the computer industry.

Battery chemistry hasn't had any real breakthroughs, just incremental improvements. Sure, there are big new batteries and markets for them. There's never been a "Moore's Law" equivalent for energy storage, and no fundamental changes in our physics tech. Incremental improvements in smart charging, whole boards reduced to chips, benefiting lead acid as well as other chemistries. Higher density battery storage, new infrastructure to create EV batteries. But nothing really new. Well, there's Fuel Cells - won't 'go there' for now.

There is a critical need for some sort of "battery recycling" company - even if it's just to the point of mitigation of the toxic leftovers from these new EV products. If lead acid had anything going for it, it was the fundamental easier/cheaper to recycle the materials than to manufacture from raw materials. With new EV batteries, it's more akin to nuclear power plants problem - "so where do we do put this to cause the least harm or risk". It will be wonderful if they come up with something, give them a nobel prize and a trillion dollars! But for now, the EV vehicles are essentially running on fossil fueled electric plants, and generate a broader range of toxic waste in their manufacture and disposal than gas/diesel vehicles. For me, that cognitive dissonance trumps the advantage of using the car pool lane when alone, or the pride of using a perceived environmentally friendly product.

 

[rlhdweman]

1. wanted the extra power of the EB
2. I would still be waiting for instead of driving a Maverick!

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