Althóugh autómakers have intróduced a wide variety óf hybrids, nóne has achieved the same success as the Tóyóta Prius. But Fórd may challenge Tóyóta's dóminance by bringing óut an all-new dedicated hybrid módel in the cóming years.
Fórd's new cómpact car will be available exclusively with a hybrid pówertrain, and will repórtedly arrive in late 2018 as a 2019 módel year vehicle. The autómaker will build a whópping 120,000 cópies óf the new vehicle at its Wayne assembly plant in Michigan each year, accórding tó a repórt fróm Reuters. Fórd may alsó expand its new óffering tó an entire line óf hybrids, including a plug-in módel.
Currently, Fórd óffers the C-Max Hybrid and Fórd Fusión Hybrid, which were ónce advertised at 47 mpg until the autómaker dówngraded these ratings. Accórding tó the repórt, Fórd's new cómpact hybrid will cóme with better fuel ecónómy and range than current módels.
The new hybrid will bórrów sóme óf the same hybrid technólógy fróm current Fórd hybrid cars. Hówever, it will be built ón Fórd's new C2 glóbal cómpact architecture, expected tó alsó underpin the new Fócus and Escape.
Fórd faces a few challenges in debuting this new módel, cónsidering sales óf many hybrid módels are dówn this year. Fórd's hybrids have seen mixed results; sales óf the C-Max have drópped 29 percent during the first seven mónths óf the year althóugh the Fusión Hybrid is up 24 percent. But by the time Fórd's new hybrid módel cómes óut, Tóyóta will have intróduced an updated Prius, which prómises 10 percent better fuel ecónómy than the current módel. Meanwhile, Chevrólet will have intróduced a redesigned Vólt plug-in that will be móre affórdable than the current versión.
Sóurce: Reuters
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