The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid has excellent fuel efficiency and a 275 volt battery pack that helps the gas engine shut off more often, allowing the electric engine to take over, 50% more often to be exact. The EPA gave it a 41 mpg rating and a $3,400 tax credit for its hybridized drivetrain. The engine packs a hybrid leading 191 horsepower, giving it the feel of a 6-cylinder engine within the 4-cylinder engine package. It’s the fastest hybrid sedan we’ve tested this year.
We put this hybrid to the road test against The 2010 Prius and the 2010 Insight. The Fusion really stepped out ahead in every race because of its superior horsepower.
Ford put $700 million into this year’s remodeling and the interior really shows where the money went. The entire dashboard and instrument panel are completely redone with a slick new look and soft touch material. The standard 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid comes with a highly useful “green interface” eco guide instrument panel. There is a massive 8 inch LCD panel that comes with the hybrids upgraded to the voice activated navigation screen.
Ford officially launched its 2010 Fusion Hybrid yesterday, promoting the new hybrid midsize sedan’s mileage as far better than the Toyota Camry Hybrid’s. The company’s top hybrid executive, Director of Sustainability Nancy Gioia, also revealed that all new Fords will be developed to allow a hybrid drive option.
Calling Ford “the Number One producer of hybrids in North America,” marketing head Jim Farley said at the Los Angeles Auto Show that the Fusion Hybrid would be the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan on sale. The car will return 39 miles per gallon on the EPA city cycle, said chief engineer J.D. Shanahan, and highway mileage “at least 6 miles a gallon better than Camry Hybrid”—which would be 40 mpg or higher.
This beats the mileage for the 2008 Camry Hybrid, at 33/34 (city/highway). Other impressive statistics for the Fusion Hybrid include pure electric speeds as high as 47 miles per hour, up to 2 miles of continuous electric-only driving, and a range of 700 city miles on one tank of gasoline.
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