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Originally Posted by rmay635703
If the Maverick would have been built as PHEV in the first place and no ecobust your argument would be moot.
I will have to see if I can find it again but over 60% of the Escape hybrid parts were said to fit the Maverick . The parts that don’t fit are the body, dash and obvious components, though some of the door parts are interchangeable.
Some stupid parts like the gas tank mount differently but front drivetrain up is virtually identical with a handful of relocations.
We are talking sheet metal swaps on a platform.
Some of the changes on the Maverick may end up rolling into future escape models.
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If the Maverick had been built as a PHEV in the first place it would have sold in tiny numbers and wouldn't be a viable product. Volume is needed to make business case work at the current low pricing. The EcoBoost is the volume seller and likely the least expensive version to build.
Sheet metal swaps aren't simple and easy. When the sheet metal changes the stiffness of the unibody changes which means the unibody flexes in different ways and the loads on components change. A unibody truck like the Maverick is going to flex in a very different way than a CUV like the Escape - especially with the payloads and tow rating. Just because a component physically bolts up doesn't mean it will last the service life of a vehicle.
AGAIN - Engineers have to prove that it works - which means testing that specific variant.