Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator full-size hybrid SUVs coming in 2019, report says
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The F-150 Hybrid won’t be Ford’s first electrified truck.
Sources tell Automotive News that a year before the fuel efficient pickup arrives in 2020, Ford and Lincoln will launch hybrid versions of the Expedition and Navigator full-size SUVs in 2019.
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Since they’re both based on the F-150, the news doesn’t seem like much of a stretch, and the addition of these models could have a significant impact on Ford’s fleet fuel economy. The move comes as millennials with growing families have started to upsize to larger SUVs.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}General Motors sold various hybrid versions of the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade SUVs between 2007-2013.
Details of the hybrid powertrain to be used by Ford have not yet been revealed, but the automaker’s then-vice president of product development, Raj Nair, told Fox News at the 2017 North American International Auto Show that it would not be of the plug-in variety.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ford and Lincoln will be getting plug-in versions of the next generation Escape and MKC SUVs, however, with both set to arrive alongside the Expedition and Navigator in 2019, according to the report.