Ford Rethinking it's Hybrid Effort According to CFOGood questions we probably won't ever know answers to, particularly what happened to ICE experts when future was seen as only electric.
EcoBoost reported fuel consumption per HP-hr or kWh is normally higher than Atkinson, so if fuel economy is priority, EB is probably not best choice IMO. The bigger problem, however, is that Ford doesn't have an Atkinson larger than the 2.5L used in Maverick and other light vehicles as far as I know. That engine is not powerful enough for a Ranger, so what would Ford use? You suggested a new NA 3.0L Nano V6, which could be made into an Atkinson cycle, but I think that if Ford was going to invest time and money on a larger new Atkinson, they might want to go even larger than 3.0L so it could be used in larger vehicles. I've suggested a 3.4L inline six developed from new Mustang 2.3L architecture, but for even larger vehicles maybe Ford could look at a V8 Atkinson based on Coyote design. For larger hybrid trucks, displacement could easily be up to +/- 5.8L by using taller deck on modular engines as before. Possibilities seem endless to me, and who knows what Ford will do.Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:11:21 +0000
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