2020 Ford Escape Hybrid Test Results; CR Autos Spotlight | Talking Cars with Consumer Reports
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- We’ve completed testing the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid. Find out how this version of the small SUV tops the traditionally powered Escape in our tests. We also break down how we rate the best and worst vehicles and brands for CR’s 2020 Autos Spotlight, clear up some confusion about EV ownership and answer your questions.
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0:57 - CR Autos Spotlight
6:37 - Common questions about EV ownership
11:37 - 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid test results
14:34 - Send us your questions at TalkingCars@icloud.com
14:40 - Question #1: Are CR’s testing methods biased when it comes to
non-conventional gear selectors?
19:06 - Question #2: How will trademarks affect CR’s push to standardize the naming conventions of standard advanced safety equipment?
20:38 - Question #3: How much should passenger side impact test results affect a decision to buy a vehicle?
22:44 - We’re hiring an Automotive Engineer at our Test Track! Apply here: jobs-consumers...
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Jen has a gift for moderating discussions. This video is remarkably clean and useful, with all participants saying useful things and not talking over each other.
she’s like their mom.
Thats bc the bearded guy’s not there
That’s because that annoying bald guy isn’t here.
Jen is a great moderator. Well done team!
When I think of Reliability, I'm most concerned about the likely hood of X vehicle having me or my family stuck on the side of the road. Buttons and switches and doors and clunks and rattles are minor issues that seem to be more considered in "reliability" tests now days. Because a Bluetooth connection drops from time to time should not count against actual reliability. IMO. However listing those details are still appreciated.
I thought they had said a while ago that they were taking those things out of reliability and adding a category called Usability just so as to focus on what you and I consider reliability.
There's virtually nothing sold today that leaves you "stranded by the roadside" anymore. But, if an issue causes me to have to leave my car at the dealer, again-and-again, with what should be fixed under warranty - but repeatedly doesn't get fixed (in my experience) - calling it a "reliability" issue seems like a useful warning to me.
Perhaps they should include buttons and software since that is now 80% of a car's functionality, especially the first couple years of ownership. Tech is the new trim level and for me reliability is not having to drop the car off for one or more days for repair of any kind. Obviously a turbo failure at 15K miles is bad and should count but even some small things effect daily livability with the vehicle.
To bill with the Acura!
I drive the 2 liter Accord with the button shifter and after over a year I can tell you that I hate it and never got used to it, and to imagine that this is a high end feature !
dror707 its a CHEAP feature And allows them to use the same part in damn near 15 vehicles
I think "innovative" shifters falls into my category of things I never felt needed "improving". A traditional shifter at least gives you tactile feedback as to what you are doing with it, opposed to hitting a button. I didn't have to look at my shifter to know I had put it in reverse, or drive.
Saves interior space. I agree, they should do better indicating reverse so a beep isn't necessary.
@@joa8593 Many of these don't actually save much space. The buttons have nearly as big a footprint as a stalk shifter, they just don't stick up into the air.
@@davidm5707 That's true, but the joystick or dial shifter do save a lot of space (think BMW or the Prius joystick).
@@davidm5707 The dial really does save a lot of space though there's no getting used to looking down to check what you're doing. Steering and stick shifter movements have been so ingrained in my muscle memory.
@@davidm5707 That's only because the manufacturers have been doing it that way for 50 years and a big lever and huge console to mount it on is all they know. It's the "we've always done it that way" mentality and inability to think about the future and make the car adapt and function to assist the human, rather than forcing the human to adjust to the mechanical beast.
Wife and I went to look at Ford Escape and Hyundai Tucson last Sunday since the dealerships were located next to each other.The fit and finish of the body panels on the Escape eliminated that vehicle quickly.If it's that bad on the outside,we didn't want to be stuck with something falling apart 3 years from now.
Terry L I hope you weren't expecting more from Ford...They can barely paint correctly in the first two generations of the escape were terrible with the electrical issues, terrible road noise
Why don’t you add a link to the survey in the description of the video?
Interesting, but long round table general discussion with no 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid tests or results. Misnomer. Disappointing.
Love when Jen is in the video!
I’d actually rather use column shifters than push button ones
If CR did a little research, they would find out that 3 cylinder engines are more fuel efficient, have less friction, is lighter in weight, is smaller in size, and less expensive to make.
To the transmission question...in our Optimas (20012 & 2017) pull straight back to drive and if you want to shift for yourself slight nudge to the left and up or down to change gears.
Or in the 17 pull the levers on the wheel. So simple!!
If you buy a car strictly on the prestige of the badge then you are fool. Yeah, I said it.
Yeah, nobody cares what you think except your mother.
@@mrsj1417 You sound like the exact kind of fool that I was talking about.
I’d like to see electric vehicles that are large and wouldn’t mind if they traded acceleration in the seven second range if it meant that it would deliver six or seven hundred miles of range between charges. We went small due to gas mileage and emissions and without those as concerns we can go back to what we’ve always done best and also be comfortable. Shifters on the steering column would be nice too. You don’t need to move your hand as far when you park your car when you get home. I realized this after driving a pickup for six years with a column shifter and bought an SUV with a floor shifter, got home and thought “Oh now I have to move my hand now!”
I never thought I’d think like an old guy after years of driving a standard shift.
i HATE shifters on the steering column.
2012 Toyota Rav4 EV EXISTS and the Rav4 Prime HYBRID coming soon
I appreciate that you're pushing AEB since NHTSA won't mandate it.
Given AAA's research that lane centering/dynamic cruise control may actually reduce driver vigilance and the NTSB report on Tesla autopilot contributing to fatal accidents, I wish you would also consider how well vehicles with partial autonomy keep driver attention.
For example, Subaru/Cadillac have driver monitoring cameras. Toyota forces you to use your mirrors even with blind spot monitoring. If there's not a design feature like this, partial autonomy systems should result in negative points.
Also, there's research that large screens like Volvo and Subaru are using result in unintended steering and may be a hazard. As a subscriber, I wish you would look into this possibility with original research instead of subjective opinions about a car's interior.
How about driver's just drive the car?!
@consumer reports- what's your feeling on the prius shifter?
Drove a Tesla model 3 the other day. This car is worth the hype! Very awesome car!
Ford Mustang Mach E is better.
Too bad Ford's management sucks and the brand has tons of quality issues.
Love the Escape but the check engine light came on at 450 miles and the dealers had no one idea how to fix it. They found the issue and 2 days later they literally said "it's brand new to you and brand new to us, we gonna have to wait it out." They reset the light and told me to come back. Love how it drives but I don't anticipate a good future for me.
This episode was too short
After having lived with a Honda and an Acura for significant time - the transmission shifters - you will get used to them. Agree with CR on that - originally it was a bit of a curve.
Question for users of cars - do you look at your shiftier when shifting between Park and Drive, or Reverse and Drive, or do it by feel as CR says? I don't know how you can even with a traditional shiftier forward and backward to know what gear you are in besides Neutral and Reverse? Looking and using buttons does not seem any more difficult to me, or am I missing something?
Escape - the new Focus
You didnt link the survey below the video..
12 mins in before you even start talking about the escape!
I'd reckon the S80 or Xc90 last Gen may do decently in passenger small overlap
Just noticed the new Shure microphones - I’m curious why you changed ?
When US Manufacturers up the numbers/brands of Electric Trucks with way more power/torque than petrol/diesel ....then that’s the real game changer
Great informative show...Thanks
My biggest gripe with CR and pretty much all other reviewers is their inability to function in a car without having a huge mechanical lever to change gears like they're in a steam locomotive. Y'all need to get over it. I'm older than these hosts and all the other staffers I've seen to date and I am able to push a button to select reverse. You make it sound like you drive along the highway and need to suddenly put the car in park or reverse without looking. Nobody does that! The only thing you really do in a car without even a glance is using muscle memory to change the volume on the radio. You should film yourself in a 1980 minivan and tell us it is the pinnacle of automotive engineering. I love the shifter in my Bolt EV (which this episode showed) and it takes no extra brainpower to select the mode I need, and I'm already stopped and looking around so I don't hit another car or human. I won't miss the huge center console that hides all the linkage when the space can be given to me. But I'm sure your predecessors complained about the Model A not having a leather harness to hold onto and stirrups for your feet.
Safety or speed - choose one
Nope, both. Plenty of people get run down at 20mph.
I'm interested in those cars that have electric range close to 40miles using plug in
Wouldn't touch a ford with a 10 feet pole. I'm a mechanic and Ford manufacturers junk vehicles.
scaldon2 lol ouch
20 foot pole
@@rightlanehog3151 Ford along with other american automakers use cheap parts in their vehicles . They do this cause they want a quick profit to alleviate their shareholders. But this is done and the customers have to buy a subpar vehicle . Also American autoworkers arent motivated . So it shows in their work. Anyone who sees this comment run from Ford run .
@@scaldon2 Ford , GM and FCA are mediocre corporations living on a combination of the pickup/SUV craze and past glories. My car was manufactured by American autoworkers who were given top class parts to assemble in a well organized environment . The inevitable result is a highly reliable car. Please don't blame the workers for the sins of the fraudsters in the boardroom.
@@rightlanehog3151 In other words, you drive an American-built Toyota, right?
But no link to the viewer survey?
I think some of this naming thing is really about lawyers. Honda's have CMBS (collision mitigation braking system) as opposed to AEBS (automatic emergency braking system.) One "mitigates" a crash and the other sounds like it's going to stop the car in an emergency. From testing we know AEBS will not prevent all rear end crashes.
Where do I find your show notes? Moused around your site, Help!
Thanks,
Bob
Under the episode description, there is a "show more" button. RUclips doesn't make it really obvious
Escape 11:38 which doesn't have "test results".
Toyota's doing a 3-cylinder in the new Yaris too. I think it also improves fuel economy
The tlx shifter is really horrible to use. Takes up so much space too.
Downvotes on an automotive video? The hosts must be talking about Tesla and offering even the slightest criticism. 😬😂
Prior to the opportunities on RUclips there were only automotive magazines. I think that it was the late David E Davis who said that you stood a better chance at the time of landing a seat on the Supreme Court than finding an opening as a journalist with an automobile magazine.
great episode!
Cr lost all credibility when they lied about suzuki jimny
I lke Jen but seriously need to consider a shock mount for the mic or tell her to stop hitting the desk :\
Electronic shifting is necessary for all of the automated features where the vehicle needs to move itself in and out of gear... so I understand the need to move away from mechanical shifting. But maybe that's not a license to remove the shifter itself? Are there vehicles with shift by wire or are they all still mechanical?
Also kudos on pulling away from luxury and size categories - this has been getting more and more true over time and it hurts some of the most innovative vehicles and companies when they're ignored as comparisons to fancier rivals.
The automatic transmission in a new car is controlled by a computer. When you move the shifter you are signaling the computer what you want. The computer activates the components inside the transmission needed to give you the appropriate gear. So we are now free to use buttons, if we want.
I know. And now that I think about it I've driven cars with electronic "shifters", like a Prius, a Bolt, and an A4. But they still don't mimic a mechanical shifter. Seems like nobody asked for buttons, and that's what the CR folks are trying to say, diplomatically.
Michael Lopour I am not sure that’s true. Time will tell. I personally don’t have a problem with touch screens and new ways of doing things.
I didn't mention touch screens. Just shifters. The only alternative for a touch screen is a small screen with a ton of menus or hard buttons. Some touch screens are good, and some are bad, but they're all better than a ton of single function buttons. Some push button shifters are good, and some are bad, but are any really better than a mechanical shifter? That's my point, not some abject fear of the new or unknown.
@@michaellopour7409 But that's the thing, it IS NOT a mechanical shifter. It is now only a short stick with a knob on top that selects a software setting. Once the legacy engineers figure that out and that doing something different really free's up space for great new interior designs. Let's stop doing the same old thing that someone built 70 years ago.
WHY, OMG, WHY DOESN'T IT HAVE A WIRELESS PHONE CHARGER!!??!!
Yes jake fisher is here yeeee hawwww
13:16 obvious answer: cheap to build
Refreshing to see, not only white testosterone at the table.
Feminazis like you are the biggest sexists and you are racist on top. Imagine a discussion with one white male and saying "Refreshing to see, not only black estrogen at the table". But you don't get the ponint, do you, you are too stupid.
Ok crybaby .
You keep pushing electric cars but I listen and I am less likely after listening to you. They are not ready for America.
lol, with 42,000mi already on my Model 3, I think I'd disagree. Traded my BMW for it and wouldn't go back for anything. It's faster, same range as M3, similar handling, and no maintenance. I would agree with you though that there is a big diference between "EV's" and Teslas right now. The advancements of the Teslas just have them in a different league at the moment.
If I lived in the Southern U.S., or similar warm climate, I would love an electric car. As I live in Canada (12F tonight), and my car is outside, my enthusiasm is strongly reduced.
55,000 miles on the over engineered 2017 Volt, and still very reliable. Operating over 80% on electricity alone with the engine hitching a ride as dead weight. We saw a 25-35 % winter range drop in Minnesota over the EPA range. We only saw a 40% drop once, and that was during the polar vortex with -25F temps. They make for incredible winter cars....they always start, the heat is immediate, and the traction is great.
We're now living with the Kia e-Niro in the mild Pacific Northwest, range drop is hardly noticeable as we're still beating the EPA range figures with temps between 25-45F. The Heat pump heating system most definitely helps with heating energy efficiency. We regularly seeing estimated ranges between 250-270 miles, above the EPA figure, during the winters here. My commute is 140 miles round trip at times, I can comfortably leave the E-Niro unplugged for weeks and still come home with enough range to complete my drive home with over 80 miles of range left, after driving 140 miles, and that's with charging up to only 90% before the start of the commute. We only charge up to 100% for longer weekend outings for battery care.
We have yet to use the equipped DC fast charging capability, there are plenty along interstate 5 and around the populated areas. There are few, none, on the Coast. Tesla has that area covered well, nothing yet for the other manufacturers. We haven't had a need to use fast charging with the range capability with the vehicle, but will most likely give it a go with trips into the Cascades.
Performance is superior to the gasoline variants, the Niro is a mid 6 second 0-60 car. I can literally be brisk with all accelerations and still beat the EPA range figures. Driving over 65 MPH continuously will drop the range a bit, one RUclipsr managed 190 miles at 75 MPH continuous.
@@garthhowe297
We lived with a Volt in Minnesota. The car still managed 35-45 miles with those temps, EPA is 53 miles or similar. The trick is the leave it plugged in and remote start on demand with the phone or scheduling departure times on the phone for auto schedule pre-heating. Heating up a cold soaked interior is going to require an incredible amount of energy, best use grid power for the task instead of using the stored energy in the car. Doesn't matter if it's a house or plane, the energy require to heat a cold soaked surface and volume will be intensive. We never noticed this in cars previously as 80% of each gallon of gasoline is wasted as heat anyway, engineers simply tapped into the wasted heat... assuming the engine finally warms up after idling for 15 minutes, or longer.
@@garthhowe297
Kind of off subject, but I'm sitting in the e-Niro while commenting. The car is sitting "idle" no heat or A/C on. Idle in this vehicle is 250 watt hours. Or 250 watts continuous. I found some figures for the idle fuel consumption of a 2L 4 cylinder car. 0.3 of a gallon per hour while idling, just turning the engine and running the basics electronics, over 10,000 watt hours worth of gasoline energy. Even on the low end figure of 0.1 gallon per hour manages 3,500 watt hours.
Off subject a bit, but impressive nonetheless.