The heart of the hybrid
by Christine & Scott Gable
for About.com
The Escape and its Mercury Mariner cousin share the exact same hybrid drive-train- -lock, stock and barrel. It's a 2.3L Atkinson cycle engine, 70kW electric motor and sundry electronic control and management systems.
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