Except it technically doesn’t because it has a new version of the hybrid transmission that was designed to be built in house for the base engine, instead of the one in the Escape Hybrid, nor does it offer the PHEV version of the Escape 2.5L HEV. Because of the new transmission there currently isn’t an AWD version for…

Too much liability, on top of it being easier to have one centralized depot or assembly plant to repair the vehicles already built but not yet shipped.

The simplier reason even excluding the anti union sentiment of Tesla and Musk would be that as an all EV manufacturer they have zero ICE powered vehicles to pivot away from. It's hard to go from 100% to 50% without adding ICE powered vehicles back into their mix but they never made one.

I can think of several reasons, from having the spare income to afford buying a new car and wanting one, to no longer trusting public transit in the cities and wanting to control their environment through the purchase of a new automobile rather than ride around with people they don’t know and don’t know if they are…

Nope, only a few of the Japanese manufacturers have done that, and I don’t think any of them regularly sell that system here, though maybe they do. Even the Escape hybrid AWD just uses a power take off to send power from the engine/ hybrid system to the rear of the vehicle.

It’s not a traditional belt or chain drive CVT like a Nissan, Subaru, or Honda use, it’s a single planetary gear set using the sun and planetary gears to mesh power from the engine and electric motor on demand, so in that way it is more mechanically like a single speed planetary automatic transmission in terms of…

The Escape Hybrid is available with AWD for $1500 over the FWD on the base SE Hybrid, possibly less on higher equipped trims. Only the PHEV is not available with AWD on the Escape.

They have already had a strong legacy of making competent hybrid powertrains going back to the first Escape hybrid since 2004. The core hybrid engine/ power train for the Maverick is already in the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, with a new in house designed electric motor, and the same 2.5L iVCT Atkinson-Cycle engine from…

The base stereo on the Maverick comes with Sync3 and apple carplay/android auto as standard. Not sure why you think you need the top trim level just to get that, even the XL gets the same 8" touch screen. The higher trims have an optional B&O stereo upgrade, and for some mistaken reason claim to be the only ones with…

The pictured broncos in blue are Velocity Blue or Lightning Blue if they are a First Edition, Antimatter is much darker. Looks to be both of the lighter blue shades actually, especially in the shot with the hard top vs soft top.

I don’t know what your zip code is, but I think there’s a configuration selection error, since I just tried several random zip codes, from Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City, besides my home location, and they all allow for an XL 2.0L EcoBoost AWD

It’s not really the same CVT we all hate, the hybrid CVT uses a planetary gear set and the electric motor and gas engine to create a continuously variable transmission, but it’s not that slipping chain or belt driven nonsense that feels like a rubber band, lol.

You don’t have to get a Lariat to get AWD. It’s listed as an option on the XL and up for $3305 at least according to the build and price tool, or $1085 for the 2.0L alone

It will take demand and a small amount of reengineering and testing/validation, as they have announced that they used a unique and in house designed electric motor for the Maverick, so the electric powertrain is different. They will need to integrate an AWD version of the PowerSplit CVT with this motor set up first.

I think that’s in their code for when they don’t have any rental cars available the quote system sends out -$ quotes, if you actually try to change the dates around that time it says something to the effect of no cars are available. If you picked a time in the future, like say in September when they had cars it quotes…

The base model comes with sync 3 with the 8" touch screen and can run carplay or android auto as standard

It’s small but it’s not that small, overall length is still 199.7" long and 83.5" wide from mirror to mirror with a body width of 72.4".

They don’t share the same electric motor, the Maverick uses the first inhouse designed electric motor for the hybrid system so the eCVT integration is currently different than that of the Escape HEV so they prioritized fwd first on Maverick Hybrid.

Power seats are optional on the XLT Luxury package:

The difference is the name of the shipping company on the side vs the name of the ship on the back.