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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Seems like an opportunity for Ford to sell more Rangers and Mavericks, not to mention the Maverick being already available in hybrid versions. Sometimes it seems quite surprising that Ford didn't release a hybrid AWD variant of the Maverick and Bronco Sport, considering they share most of their underpinnings with the Escape which is already available as such.
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The Ranger likely hurts Ford's CAFE instead of helping. Almost the same mpg as a F150 but smaller footprint so higher MPG requirement.
The Maverick will help a lot especially now that the have scaled to 3 shifts per day. They have also added a Hybrid AWD version for 2025 but dropped the FWD Ecoboost.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a Bronco Sport Hybrid in the future and the new Maverick has a beefed up hybrid transaxle for the AWD version and mechanical AWD instead of electric.