Comments on: Prototype Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid: 88 MPG on 85% Ethanol http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/ What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:04:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Steven Iverson http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-90482 Steven Iverson Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:53:23 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-90482 Will the Oil Companies allow it to go into production? Why aren't all cars being made this way? We could tell OPEC to stick it if all our vehicles had this type of mileage. Will the Oil Companies allow it to go into production? Why aren’t all cars being made this way? We could tell OPEC to stick it if all our vehicles had this type of mileage.

]]> By: Joseph Olson http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-3330 Joseph Olson Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:54:16 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-3330 It's a good looking car and the production model will look even better. Ford is not a company in a hurry, putting caps on production is a cost-saving measure, making a second, third, etc. model year not only possible, but profitable. Making PHEVs profitable isn't possible overnight, not when a top selling point is how a vehicle looks. Money is business, morality or even simple conscientiousness isn't. Maybe if we can get people to actually buy reasonable numbers of these products, costs will go down, profits go up, our carbon footprints shrink, and our children will have air to breathe. Spend money on the right, smart things! Pay the premium because some things are more precious than money. Consumers must be the conscience of producers! It’s a good looking car and the production model will look even better. Ford is not a company in a hurry, putting caps on production is a cost-saving measure, making a second, third, etc. model year not only possible, but profitable. Making PHEVs profitable isn’t possible overnight, not when a top selling point is how a vehicle looks. Money is business, morality or even simple conscientiousness isn’t. Maybe if we can get people to actually buy reasonable numbers of these products, costs will go down, profits go up, our carbon footprints shrink, and our children will have air to breathe. Spend money on the right, smart things! Pay the premium because some things are more precious than money. Consumers must be the conscience of producers!

]]> By: Joseph Olson http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-24956 Joseph Olson Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-24956 It's a good looking car and the production model will look even better. Ford is not a company in a hurry, putting caps on production is a cost-saving measure, making a second, third, etc. model year not only possible, but profitable. Making PHEVs profitable isn't possible overnight, not when a top selling point is how a vehicle looks. Money is business, morality or even simple conscientiousness isn't. Maybe if we can get people to actually buy reasonable numbers of these products, costs will go down, profits go up, our carbon footprints shrink, and our children will have air to breathe. Spend money on the right, smart things! Pay the premium because some things are more precious than money. Consumers must be the conscience of producers! It’s a good looking car and the production model will look even better. Ford is not a company in a hurry, putting caps on production is a cost-saving measure, making a second, third, etc. model year not only possible, but profitable. Making PHEVs profitable isn’t possible overnight, not when a top selling point is how a vehicle looks. Money is business, morality or even simple conscientiousness isn’t. Maybe if we can get people to actually buy reasonable numbers of these products, costs will go down, profits go up, our carbon footprints shrink, and our children will have air to breathe. Spend money on the right, smart things! Pay the premium because some things are more precious than money. Consumers must be the conscience of producers!

]]> By: Joseph Olson http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-24957 Joseph Olson Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-24957 It's a good looking car and the production model will look even better. Ford is not a company in a hurry, putting caps on production is a cost-saving measure, making a second, third, etc. model year not only possible, but profitable. Making PHEVs profitable isn't possible overnight, not when a top selling point is how a vehicle looks. Money is business, morality or even simple conscientiousness isn't. Maybe if we can get people to actually buy reasonable numbers of these products, costs will go down, profits go up, our carbon footprints shrink, and our children will have air to breathe. Spend money on the right, smart things! Pay the premium because some things are more precious than money. Consumers must be the conscience of producers! It’s a good looking car and the production model will look even better. Ford is not a company in a hurry, putting caps on production is a cost-saving measure, making a second, third, etc. model year not only possible, but profitable. Making PHEVs profitable isn’t possible overnight, not when a top selling point is how a vehicle looks. Money is business, morality or even simple conscientiousness isn’t. Maybe if we can get people to actually buy reasonable numbers of these products, costs will go down, profits go up, our carbon footprints shrink, and our children will have air to breathe. Spend money on the right, smart things! Pay the premium because some things are more precious than money. Consumers must be the conscience of producers!

]]> By: Going the Distance: Ford Delivers First PHEV to Canada’s Largest Electricity Producer : Gas 2.0 http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-3329 Going the Distance: Ford Delivers First PHEV to Canada’s Largest Electricity Producer : Gas 2.0 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:18:45 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-3329 [...] More: Get the specs on the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid. [...] [...] More: Get the specs on the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid. [...]

]]> By: ChuckL http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-3328 ChuckL Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:55:30 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-3328 A proposed solution to the fuel economy (MPG) problem. It should not be too difficult to report the distance traveled based on the gallon equivalent of gasoline. Or we could use Kwh equivalents, or you pick the standard that will used to report on the energy used per unit distance. It seems to me that once upon a time one of my buddies calculated something in "farts per furlong". Since this is just a simple calculation of energy required to move something a given distance, all we need is the weight of the something, the energy content of the fuel per unit volume, and the distance moved. A simple spreadsheet should suffice and most of the information needed should be available from physics reference books. A proposed solution to the fuel economy (MPG) problem.

It should not be too difficult to report the distance traveled based on the gallon equivalent of gasoline. Or we could use Kwh equivalents, or you pick the standard that will used to report on the energy used per unit distance.

It seems to me that once upon a time one of my buddies calculated something in “farts per furlong”.

Since this is just a simple calculation of energy required to move something a given distance, all we need is the weight of the something, the energy content of the fuel per unit volume, and the distance moved. A simple spreadsheet should suffice and most of the information needed should be available from physics reference books.

]]> By: ChuckL http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-24954 ChuckL Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:55:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-24954 A proposed solution to the fuel economy (MPG) problem. It should not be too difficult to report the distance traveled based on the gallon equivalent of gasoline. Or we could use Kwh equivalents, or you pick the standard that will used to report on the energy used per unit distance. It seems to me that once upon a time one of my buddies calculated something in "farts per furlong". Since this is just a simple calculation of energy required to move something a given distance, all we need is the weight of the something, the energy content of the fuel per unit volume, and the distance moved. A simple spreadsheet should suffice and most of the information needed should be available from physics reference books. A proposed solution to the fuel economy (MPG) problem.

It should not be too difficult to report the distance traveled based on the gallon equivalent of gasoline. Or we could use Kwh equivalents, or you pick the standard that will used to report on the energy used per unit distance.

It seems to me that once upon a time one of my buddies calculated something in “farts per furlong”.

Since this is just a simple calculation of energy required to move something a given distance, all we need is the weight of the something, the energy content of the fuel per unit volume, and the distance moved. A simple spreadsheet should suffice and most of the information needed should be available from physics reference books.

]]> By: ChuckL http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-24955 ChuckL Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:55:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-24955 A proposed solution to the fuel economy (MPG) problem. It should not be too difficult to report the distance traveled based on the gallon equivalent of gasoline. Or we could use Kwh equivalents, or you pick the standard that will used to report on the energy used per unit distance. It seems to me that once upon a time one of my buddies calculated something in "farts per furlong". Since this is just a simple calculation of energy required to move something a given distance, all we need is the weight of the something, the energy content of the fuel per unit volume, and the distance moved. A simple spreadsheet should suffice and most of the information needed should be available from physics reference books. A proposed solution to the fuel economy (MPG) problem.

It should not be too difficult to report the distance traveled based on the gallon equivalent of gasoline. Or we could use Kwh equivalents, or you pick the standard that will used to report on the energy used per unit distance.

It seems to me that once upon a time one of my buddies calculated something in “farts per furlong”.

Since this is just a simple calculation of energy required to move something a given distance, all we need is the weight of the something, the energy content of the fuel per unit volume, and the distance moved. A simple spreadsheet should suffice and most of the information needed should be available from physics reference books.

]]> By: ChuckL http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-3327 ChuckL Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:17:01 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-3327 The e-85 is a bad choice. H*** ethanol in any ratio is a bad choice. It is just too low on energy content. Why the H*** don't these characters use a diesel engine in a hybrid? AND while they're at it. decouple the engine from the drive train and let it just power a generator. It only needs to be large enough to maintain a reasonably high cruising speed for cross country trips. This way they could use a motor in each wheel to give excellent stability control as well as great bad weather traction and tte engine could run at best efficiency rating except where more power was needed on the long trip at higher speeds. The motors could also be built to provide regenerative braking capability. The e-85 is a bad choice. H*** ethanol in any ratio is a bad choice. It is just too low on energy content.

Why the H*** don’t these characters use a diesel engine in a hybrid? AND while they’re at it. decouple the engine from the drive train and let it just power a generator. It only needs to be large enough to maintain a reasonably high cruising speed for cross country trips. This way they could use a motor in each wheel to give excellent stability control as well as great bad weather traction and tte engine could run at best efficiency rating except where more power was needed on the long trip at higher speeds. The motors could also be built to provide regenerative braking capability.

]]> By: ChuckL http://gas2.org/2008/06/13/prototype-ford-escape-plug-in-hybrid-88-mpg-on-85-ethanol/#comment-24952 ChuckL Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:17:00 +0000 http://gas2.org/?p=581#comment-24952 The e-85 is a bad choice. H*** ethanol in any ratio is a bad choice. It is just too low on energy content. Why the H*** don't these characters use a diesel engine in a hybrid? AND while they're at it. decouple the engine from the drive train and let it just power a generator. It only needs to be large enough to maintain a reasonably high cruising speed for cross country trips. This way they could use a motor in each wheel to give excellent stability control as well as great bad weather traction and tte engine could run at best efficiency rating except where more power was needed on the long trip at higher speeds. The motors could also be built to provide regenerative braking capability. The e-85 is a bad choice. H*** ethanol in any ratio is a bad choice. It is just too low on energy content.

Why the H*** don’t these characters use a diesel engine in a hybrid? AND while they’re at it. decouple the engine from the drive train and let it just power a generator. It only needs to be large enough to maintain a reasonably high cruising speed for cross country trips. This way they could use a motor in each wheel to give excellent stability control as well as great bad weather traction and tte engine could run at best efficiency rating except where more power was needed on the long trip at higher speeds. The motors could also be built to provide regenerative braking capability.

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