PHEV Transit?

"Transit" (gear-chip) 09/10/2018 at 15:19 • Filed to: None

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31 mile all-electric; 310 mile with 1.0L assist.  Not available in the US.  =(

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Ash78, voting early and often > Transit 09/10/2018 at 15:32

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I know this goes against your nickname, but how about the Pacifica hybrid? 33 miles all-electric, then something like 500 miles with a 3.6L assist. Definitely available in the US. Not a work van, though.

wafflesnfalafel > Transit 09/10/2018 at 15:40

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that’d make a good taxi too

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Transit 09/10/2018 at 15:43

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welp... im over in europeland... and i want one of these instead

i think i’d have to steal one tho as ive never seen one not owned by dhl

For Sweden > Transit 09/10/2018 at 15:43

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Keeping PHEV vans out is making America great again, apparently

Cé hé sin > For Sweden 09/10/2018 at 15:47

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Never mind. In this case it’ll be making Turkey great again. MTGA and so on.

bhtooefr > Ash78, voting early and often 10/19/2018 at 10:33

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This thing is a fair bit taller than a Pacifica , mind you - the Transit Custom is basically the replacement for the short-wheelbase low-roof (L1H1) FWD previous-gen Transit (because the Transit got bigger for Murrica). (We actually do get the “L1H1" full-size Transit that no longer exists in Europe , because we don’t get the Custom, though, as a replacement for the low-roof Econolines.)

Its closest competitors would be the Volkswagen Transporter (which we last got as the Eurovan) or the Mercedes Vito (which we get as the Metris) /V-Class.

(That said, I’m not convinced by using a 1.0 turbo motor in a serial hybrid setup - I’d have thought something like the 2.0 Atkinson motor used in the current Ford hybrids would make more sense for that. And, that’s 31 miles on some sort of European cycle , which means the Pacifica blows it out of the water on real-world range.)