Hybrid revision plug-in Ford Ranger: prices, availability, specifications

Fitness for the purpose. Take a clever electric tool aimed at all marketing flim-flam and you can’t make a lot of mistake with that mantra. There is no mess around when it comes to a pickup truck, a vehicle that has a clear job to do, and in most cases it does it admirably.

Except that this segment is not immune from mission creep, and these resistant vehicles should now double as a work horse and the transport of all -round families acceptable. The Ford F-150 can characterize the breed, but outside the United States, the ranger is in active service for more than 40 years. A global actor since 2011, he sells in 180 territories all over the world and is particularly dominant in the European collection market.

But take this, 80 percent of the Ranger Sold in the UK last year was in Wildtrak Spec, the version that rakes the raw materials in leather and ladles on the decals. Is – deep breath – a vehicle of genuine life, loved by the type of buyers that actually stuff Rather than thinking about it.

Now, in the end, there is an electrified version, even if we are talking about hybrid rather than the entire Encilada. Ford sells the fully electric lightning in the United States, where it is blocked in battle with Tesla’s Cybertruck (even if neither of them are putting the sales graphic designer), but this is that the closest British obtain at least the foreseeable. Chinese producer only Maxus He sells an electric pick-up in the United Kingdom, a vehicle that we would not recommend and the indestructible hi-ylect of Toyota is satisfied with a slight hybrid configuration. This makes the Ranger Phev a new significant arrival.

Shares its platform hardware with VW AmarokAnd it is produced in the Ford’s Silverton plant in South Africa. Until now, the engine options have been limited to a 2.0 -liter or 3.0 -liter diesel petrol. The new car uses the excellent turbo petrol unit “EcoBoost” of 2.3 liters of Ford (as previously seen in the focus and Mustang), supported by a 75 kW (100 cnd) electric motor, packaged inside the bell of the 10 -speed automatic transmission.

Pick-up philosophy

It is powered by an 11.8 kWh battery (usable) which is located under the loader’s load bed. Despite its compact dimensions, this still required changes to the frame of the vehicle scale frame, resulting in a swelling of 20 millimeters. (It has a useful load of 1 ton and can accommodate a pallet in euro between the wheels for the wheels.) An electronically controlled clutch is committed and disengages the e-brand and combustion engine, the transition between petrol, hybrid and electrical propulsion. Visual differences are limited to a second filling strip on the nearby rear wing, with a lightning logo, which hides the charging door for the battery. On a 7 kW wall charger, it takes about 2.5 hours to load.

Here’s how it works. EV is the default setting, merge electricity and petrol in a more suitable way for daily use or if you traile or drag a heavy load. EV now does what he says: this is only for electrical guide, Ford claims a series of about 26 miles (Wltp). EV later allows the driver to store electricity, particularly useful if you are going to the city or in a zero emission area. Finally, there is an EV charge, which sees the petrol engine loads the high voltage battery, even if it does not succeed much to everything. In addition to those, the PHEV maintains the driving modes used in the existing ranger models: normal, eco, slippery, towing/ray, mud/furrows and sand. This new Ranger variant is clearly joking with the sacred restrictions on the philosophy of the pick-up.