[Ghengis]

Well, I don't know about this. I had a 2003 Escape V6 that averaged about 21 mpg overall. My new 2006 Escape Hybrid got 35.43 mpg on its first tank and I have gotten exactly 30.44 mpg in all driving at 1,500 miles. So I don't know where the author is coming from except he doesn't like hybrids.

I didn't buy it for the fuel economy but that is a bonus. I just happened to want to own it because I didn't see any downsides and it has plenty of power. And dead quiet at stoplights since the engine isn't running.

But if you plug it in to charge it up, aren't you displacing the pollution rather than eliminating it? Displacing it to the predominantly rural areas where power plants are located.

Why should those folks breathe the additional pollutants to reduce the same in the more urban area?

[RichardW]

"But if you plug it in to charge it up, aren't you displacing the pollution rather than eliminating it? Displacing it to the predominantly rural areas where power plants are located.

Why should those folks breathe the additional pollutants to reduce the same in the more urban area?"

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I never plug it in. It is a true hybrid with a gasoline engine, an electric motor with 94 hp and a brake energy recovery system. Just filled up again today and the mileage was 32.38 mpg; about 11 mpg more than I got with my 2003 model. Overall, over about 1,800 miles I am getting 30.4 mpg which falls about in the middle of reported mileage with the Excape hybrid. Where did you get the idea that this was a plug-in model?