NEW Ford Escape Plug In Hybrid. What Does It Cost To Charge? How Does That Compare To Gas?

Supplemental Video: We've owned our 2022 Escape Plug In Hybrid for 4 months now. I go in depth with our electric bill to compare the cost of electric with gas. Our take on using it on a long trip and on in town errands.

[@timmit4612]

Best review of the mileage I have ever seen.

[@rodbagley1686]

I drove a Ford C max to Phoenix from Ohio a few weeks ago. About 2100 miles. My first experience with a high bread. I think it was avg about 37 to 40 mpg running 70 to 75 mph. Going down the mountains the gages turned blue. Assuming it was recharging the battery! I was really impressed with its performance.

[@tumbleweedking5668]

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[@billyhouse1943]

Thank you. I’m retired and brought a Lincoln Corsair GT phev. Have similar experiences. We use 110v charging and drive mostly within 12-22 mile round trips 3/4 times a week on pure ev no gas. I live in central Texas in a 55+ golf club retirement community and my everyday driver is an electric golf cart.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@TheDebbi57]

Aren’t you worried bout the gas going bad in your car?

[@billyhouse1943]

@@TheDebbi57 no because I make a 186 mile round trip two times a month to my home town to attend church. I traded in a 2021 MachE ev. Central Texas and this 80yo is not ready for a battery only!!

[@tomleroy]

Thanks for the video. I also live here in NE Ohio and ordered my Escape PHEV in early December and took delivery on 1 April. My experience is very similar to yours as I don't use any gas unless I am going out of town on a long trip. I didn't do the math on how much a charge costs so your infor was very informative. I charge via level 2 as I was able to use my dryer plug outlet which is next to my garage so I didn't need to hire an electrician. My set up investmet was under $200 for a 220 EVSE cord which is well worth the time saved in charging. When factoring in the tax credit of $6800 dollars the price of the car was less that a regualr Escape hybrid. It is a no brainer and I don't understand why there are not more sales of PHEV's. The knock on the Escape is that it is not available in AWD but I prefer that it is not offered and would never buy an AWD vehicle.

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

We are pretty happy so far.

[@UVJ_Scott]

Thanks for sharing! I have a PHEV Chevy Volt. I charge the Volt at night and it takes about 6 hours to charge with a level 2 charger when the batteries are “completely” drained. The Volt is 100% electric drive as the gas engine is a generator. We average just shy of 40 miles per day so rarely use gas. I live in Utah and our monthly electric bill increased by about $10/month with the Volt. When making a 250 mile trip starting with a full charge we averaged 52mpg. A PHEV is the only way to go as there is no range anxiety and you don’t have to worry about finding and spending time at a charge station when making extended trips.

[@naomiweaver1855]

Thank you so much for this video!!! Other videos tend to be about what comes on the different trims, which is great, but I really hadn’t been able to hear how a consumer uses it.

[@philricotta]

Very informative and very well done. Thank you for answering many of the question I had.

[@frankkeel8410]

Excellent video and explanation !

[@MathieuFRAPPIER]

I have the same car and I agree with everything you said. Your take on it is great! Thank you for sharing!

[@Jeffisright]

I just got mine and I didn’t have to pay MSRP or over MSRP. Got a good deal. So far, I,love it. And will love the gas savings coming from a 5.0 V8 F-150.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@glennoropeza3545]

I own a C-Max Energi and I love it! It's my 2nd C-Max Energi! Now they're out of production so finding a low mileage one won't be possible! The Ford Escape Plug-in hybrid is the perfect replacement! I'm sold!

[@johnbruyere1880]

Nice review, thanks.

[@harryhab]

Nice job-good job keeping it simple

[@Joe-eg7ml]

thanks for vid, had the ford kuga phev which is escape in sweden as a rental and loved it. took 5 hr road trips in sweden and was great.

[@soundrew]

Great video. Been looking at the escape and maverick. Good to know actual operating cost.

[@agak61]

Great video

[@RNbiker57]

That's a great video, just what I'm interested in. A family member may be buying one of these Ford Escape Plug-in hybrids. I appreciate the info.

[@praeparatus_supervivet]

Getting mine soon. Live in Europe. Insurance for this plugin hybrid in my country is only about 50 dollars a year compare to a gasoline car at about 500 dollars a year. Biggest issue is that I live in an apartment with not charging possibility. They have charge stations at my work with a fixed price per hour for the electric power, but those parking places are almost always occupied. Same in many other places here. The infrastructure is not prepared yet for the rapid increase in fully electric, plugin electric or hybrid cars. The government will not fund many charging stations. There are a few belonging to towns and municipalities but mostly the market has to provide it. There are a few companies that own charging stations but all of them compete over the most crowded places like supermarkets or shopping malls close or inside city centers.

[@frankmartin1325]

Mine was built last week, I'm planning on using Wawa's ethanol-free fuel in it so the fuel won't go bad. According to my predictions I should be doing about a 1000 miles per fuel tank using mixed power, that could last me 2 or 3 months. I don't know about you but for us in FL the fuel went down but we had a 30% increase in electricity, we are now close to $0.16/kWh. Still expected to save about $120/month compared to my 20mpg current vehicle.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@vevenaneathna]

2013 chevy volt, getting 42-50 miles per charge (10.5kwh). love the phev set up, unfortunately its impossible for most people to understand, especially now days with everyone's preconceived notions. I paid 7k for mine, and then WA state passed some outrageous gas tax and my volt actually went up in value and is worth ~8.5k according to edmonds. I paid cash so my insurance is only 21$/mo, and ive put 35k miles on it over the last year which has saved me ~$3,500. the ford escape only has about a 1.2 kwh reserve state of charge in the battery, where as the volt has an extra 6.5 kwh so i think it will last a lot longer regarding battery degradation. I wish they still made PHEV's with this large state of charge buffer.

[@sstjacques]

Good review, not sure how this would work in a cold climate where i live, VT.. I tend to keep cars for 12 to 15 years, i bet in 8 or so years that battery will need replacing and that does not come cheap. I usually work on my own vehicles, so I would get the service manual for this? AWD is really needed in winters in VT also with the snow we get, heck my 2005 Escape i still got stuck in AWD. 😄

[@tomabfall3955]

Good review on cost and benefits. I ordered the Escape PHEV from a central Ohio dealership in April and still waiting. They did acknowledge the build order but nothing more and the dealership could nor provide me any additional info. Your video has helped me to be a little more patient on the waiting.

[@markm9677]

You got a long wait, mine was ordered early jan and they keep screwing back my date.

[@stanimann]

I'm order Escape PHEV end of march and end of august it delivered. Love it✌✌

[@tomabfall3955]

I'm hoping early 4th qtr.

[@BG-vq9fd]

Good information. If Willow is ok with it I am too. We had a couple hybrid pool cars at my last job before retiring. I think they were always set to charge the batteries. I didn't take the time to figure out how they were working. No plug in as far as I know. I may regain my common sense and backout before I have to place the actual order. I reserved a Hummer EV SUV Edition 1 last year. I seldom travel far but I am not sure an EV is for me. Chevy has announced their EV pickup with features like my old Avalanche. I really liked that bed configuration.

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

I kinda like the built in generator on the F150s.

[@jrsupstateny]

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[@vincentcornacchione5156]

I drove my 2022 Ford escape titanium plug in hybrid suv today in 70 degree nice weather in stop and go traffic 9.4 miles charging in 59 minutes using 3.264 kw at a cost of electricity of $.5996 with autel energy star charger 40 amp set at 32 amps

[@davewilson8308]

I ordered a 2022 hybrid Maverick on 11/13/21 and stills don’t have the vehicle. Also ordered a F150 Hybrid Powerboost with on board 7.2 generator on 4/17/22, don’t have this truck either but its in storage waiting for chips. The F150 will be a game changer boondocking with our camper.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@frankkeel8410]

How are the seats for comfort?

[@matthewknight147]

Great video! I’m considering buying a used Escape PHEV. Do you charge inside your garage? Have you had any concerns about your PHEV catching fire while charging?

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

Yes, we use the provided 110 charger. Not worried of fires. Our plugs in our garage are all 12-2 wires. I do have a 220 plug and have been thinking of getting a level 2 charger.

[@great0789]

I would use the charge back feature to protect the battery. My commute is longer than the range and it would not be good to fully drain the battery and then let it sit for 12hrs without charging… on the daily. I hope they put a slightly larger battery when they do this to the Maverick. I am holding out for this variant of that vehicle. Same platform. Would be awesome!

[@mramritsingh1]

i think there is a buffer so its never fully depleted. I just picked up a 2013 fusion energy with 40k miles on it. the system shows about 29xxx miles were all electic and only 10k on gas. this car was rated for 21 miles EV range and i m still getting about 18 miles out of it which is very surprising in a good way

[@vincentcornacchione5156]

I ordered my Ford escape titanium plug in hybrid suv in February and got it in September. I'm 5 foot 10 inches tall and have plenty of room. My electrician put a 50 amp circuit in with an RV lockbox I bought. I bought an adjustable charger and charge at 32 amps. It takes me 1 hour and 20 minutes to charge it from 60%. I love my new suv

[@vincentcornacchione5156]

The RV lock box I bought is a 14-50 outlet with locking door that you can't pull plug out to prevent charger cord theft

[@MathieuFRAPPIER]

I was never able to charge mine at more than 15 amps even on chargers rated for way more.

[@vincentcornacchione5156]

September and October I fast charged at 32 amps during peak hours sending my electric bill up. In November I started to charge at 32 amps between 12 am to 6 am to lower my electric bill

[@jeffwest7419]

Sorry, the Escape can’t charge at more than 16 amps max. Your charger may be set at 32, but it’s only charging at 16

[@vincentcornacchione5156]

Thanks, but I get conflicting answers from different people.

[@ruthwik081]

220/240 volts charging usually have rebates to install and it does save you the electricity required to charge, since higher voltage mean lower losses. But the savings are not very high, may be a 1 kwh per session

[@joeyslaughter5791]

Great video. I was going to ask about the gas sitting in the car for long periods of non use and I see someone mentioned it. Are you able to run it out of gas then switch back to electric ?

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

Yes, you can select several driving modes. One is gas only or use gas engine to charge batteries.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@amitgota]

Great video are Ford Escape phev reliable enough to buy for 5 to 7 years time frame I know it's a new vehicle but I see a lot of recalls on that reliable

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

I don’t think it’s changed but the battery and drive train warranty are 8 years.

[@davidgapp1457]

By comparison. A Rav4 Prime has a 14.4kwHr capacity battery (that's the EV portion of the battery) and easily achieves 42 mile range (no special driving and definitely using A/C because we live in Phoenix, AZ). Electricity here, off peak SRP, works out to 12c per kwHr (accounting for charging losses). With gas prices hovering around $4.50 (gas stations make around 2.5% profit and the gas companies in 2022 are making north of 35%) this equates to approximately 110eMpg. Given that we occasionally take weekend trips away (using gas) we have averaged 81.5 mpg combined over 8,200 miles. We could probably do better but the figures include a fair amount of urban freeway at 75mph and I'm not willing to modify how I drive. The Escape PHEV is a great vehicle and I have no doubt Ford will continue to improve the vehicle. Meanwhile, the Rav4 Prime is imported from Japan and has now lost the tax rebate (fortunately I bought back in 2021 so collected the full $7,500 rebate). So it will be interesting to see what Toyota does next!

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@shubhang93]

@A Tale of Three Cabins 8:25 Can you actually charge the battery on idle instead of plugging it in? How efficient is it?

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

At idle? I'm not sure, but I know charging the battery while driving on the freeway gave the battery approx 8 miles for every hour. Doing that did lower the fuel milage from 40 to 36mpg. I'll have to check at idle.

[@shubhang93]

@@ataleofthreecabins1025 Yeah, like using it as a standalone generator when parked when you don't have access to a cord/outlet. I was thinking this might be relatively efficient as the engine would be at a constant speed but your mpg difference doesn't suggest too much of a difference. Any idea about being able to use the car as a power generator like and F-150 hybrid/electric or Outlander PHEV?

[@user-rx8qq8sk9ydv1ce5ib]

Thx for the video. Is it right to say that the cost of traveling a distance of 100 miles is approximately $2.5 in PHEV vs costing circa $10 in gas for the same distance?

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

That's a fair estimate, currently in our area $10 would get us 80 miles in the Escape, 40 miles in my pickup.

[@user-rx8qq8sk9ydv1ce5ib]

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[@GavinSwick]

There's also the additional cost of ownership that's cheaper over time with PHEVs like oil changes, brake pads, and fluid flushes because those systems are used nearly as much.

[@chelsea7xhf]

I love my Fusion hybrid so much, and I picked Escape PHEV. The main reason I picked Escape over RAV4 is because the price tag. RAV4 PHEV gives you 5 more mile on the full charge. On paper it is a better PHEV than Escape, but probably it uses a bigger battery. So the vehicle is about $3k more expensive than Escape on average. I feel it is not worth to pay extra $3k for the battery or 5 miles on each trip.

[@denvera1g1]

3:00 while hypermiling is less effective than a gas car, you can still hypermile on an EV/PHEV, part of that means not using any regenerative breaking. Now i dont mean slamming on the breaks, i mean timing your throttle inputs so that you dont use any braking at all, almost completely coasting to a stop. Take my 2013 Hondda CRZ, a car rated for 38MPG at best. While using normal regenerative braking but other hypermiling techniques, i can get to 45-52MPG(depending on weather, it really likes temps over 90f), however, if i feather the throttle just enough, or if i'm lazy and just throw it into neutral(which feeds more gas into the engine than feathering the throttle) i can disconnect the regenerative breaking and my daily commute has been averaging around 53-58MPG, and yes, i am getting over 500 miles on this 10 gallon tank

[@frankkeel8410]

What about insurance costs compared to a ice vehicle?

[@skycaptain3344]

For some reason my USAA bill went down on my new Ford Escape PHEV compared to the Honda Accord I traded lol. I was like ummmm ok!

[@saltydogg]

To calculate MPGe, calculate MPG, then remove the carbon from the gasoline. Example, suppose you drive 400 miles and you burn 10 gallons of gasoline. One gallon of gasoline has a mass of 2.85769 kilograms and 13% ( 0.3715 kg ) is hydrogen, So, 400 divided by 10 equals 40 MPG and 40MPG divided by 0.3715 equals 107 MPGe.

[@robchandler7014]

Electric mode is cheaper when power is 13.5x less than gasoline/gallon. Abt $0.30/kWh is $4/gal. Some areas in SoCal it's cheaper for gas than electricity. I pay more than $0.30/KWh. SanDiego is even more at abt $0.40/KWh.

[@michaeldowning7094]

Now imagine a Maverick version of this

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@mclaine33]

There is a hybrid version but it’s a traditional hybrid. No doubt that Ford would eventually make a PHEV Maverick.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@markm9677]

3 or 4 months! Mine hasnt come in and I ordered it in jan!

[@frankmartin1325]

There is a lot of order horror stories out there. I ordered mine in April and it just got built last week. Hoping to take delivery in October. Good luck.

[@danwilkening888]

How about the cost of the vehicle. non Hybrid to Hybrid for total cost of ownership?

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

There is a lot of variable to calculate that. You may lease, or trade in a car every 2 years, or drive it into the ground in 15 years. I myself have always bought a car every 10 years which seems to be the sweet spot before something major occurs and you get the maximum value out of your purchase.

[@markgosser9578]

I ordered a Ford Maverick Hybrid November 14/2021 and 7 months later still no build date and vin number…using it for a small business. I also ordered a Ford F-150 hybrid Powerboost to pull a 26’ toy hauler, should have with In a month. People driving the hybrid Maverick are getting around 35-45 miles per gallon and the F150 20-25 average. My gladiator gets around 12 mpg…the Fords can’t get here soon enough. Thanks for a informative video!

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

You’ll have to let me know how the hybrid F150 does towing. I get about 10pm hour towing with my 3.5 ecoboost now.. Wonder if the hybrid would be an improvement.

[@markm9677]

Probably wrote them all under business.....

[@albertpaquette7329]

I don’t agree with the way you calculated your electricity cost. You’re included the fixed hookup charge in your average. You should just use the incremental or marginal cost of electricity. I have the 2021 Escape PHEV and my marginal cost is 7 cents per kWh. The fact that I have a PHEV doesn’t affect my hookup to the grid. I would be using electricity even if I didn’t own the car.

[@salpairadice]

There was some gibberish in this video. If you can go say 30 miles on a $4 gallon of gas, that is 13.3 cents per mile. If you can go 40 miles on say $1.20 of electricity thats 3 cents per mile.

[@eosjoe565]

I don't understand the appeal of plug-in hybrids. 35-40 mi? I couldn't even go to the grocery store and back.

[@ataleofthreecabins1025]

Our long trips is why we went with the plug and the hybrid combo. Our local driving is all electric which equates to about a buck for each 40 miles. For the longer trips the gas hybrid kicks in with a range of 500 miles.

[@razorback7874]

For the first 35-40 miles you're not burning fuel. Most trips for most people are less than that. Your mileage may vary

[@MS-ie1gs]

40 miles covers 90% of Americans daily driving. Sorry to hear the closest grocery store to you is more than 20 miles away.

[@sharonbraselton3135]

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[@ecoRfan]

My daily commute is about 12 miles driving total. Grocery store is a 5 mile round trip. And these can go 37 miles on electric only. Under most conditions I can do two round trips, I’d be lucky to pull three on electric only, but there’s still a gas engine in there. For suburban commutes it’s not bad. Unlike a fully electric car it can also do a 500 mile road trip in one shot. For me PHEV is a good option.