Hybrid Bronco Sport... where is it!!!??? :(

[tropical2022]

I just spent $100 dollars to fill up my tank... this is DISGUSTING!!!!! I am genuinely repulsed.

I just googled "hybrid bronco sport" in desperation LOL... I was dreaming of being able to buy a Bronco Badlands or Bronco Sport Badlands that is hybrid sooner rather than later.

I guess I can keep dreaming because it's not happening anytime soon? ? I don't understand why!?

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[Osco]

It’s hard to sell electric cars or hybrids as long as gasoline is cheap right !
Well give it time and you may be begging for $5 to $6 per gallon.

 

[MJE]

https://fordauthority.com/2022/05/ford-bronco-sport-hybrid-prototype-potentially-spotted-testing/
https://fordauthority.com/2022/06/ford-maverick-hybrid-awd-prototype-potentially-spotted/

Everything I’ve read says 2024. I’m assuming the holdup is getting an acceptable AWD system. They must not be able to just swap over the one on the Escape since the Maverick hybrid is front wheel drive only.

 

[Legacy40k]

I expect within 2 years we'll have. hybrid bronco sport to compete with the hybrid Rav4, and a Hybrid big Bronco to compete with the Wrangler Hybrid, but there's no point launching them until they get their supply chain under control. The Maverick, and F-150's are enough strain on it.

 

[13MikeH]

Hopefully we see some relief at the pump come November.

 

[thekingprawn]

Hopefully we see some relief at the pump come November.

Doubtful. 535 jackasses in one city have very little bearing on global markets.

 

[13MikeH]

Doubtful. 535 jackasses in one city have very little bearing on global markets.

You'd be surprised.

 

[Barry S.]

Hopefully we see some relief at the pump come November.

VOTE

 

[13MikeH]

Oh zero doubt. I will be there with bells on.

 

[SportWest]

Doubtful. 535 jackasses in one city have very little bearing on global markets.

Not to get too off-topic, but this article is informative. "If you are the owner of an oil refinery, then crude is trading happily just a little above $110 a barrel — expensive, but not extortionate. If you aren’t an oil baron [purchasing refined products], I have bad news: it's as if oil is trading somewhere between $150 and $275 a barrel."

I think a Bronco Sport hybrid is a no-brainer, hopefully with AWD. I wonder how the trims will shakeout once the hybrid is introduced. Keep the 1.5L? Drop the 2.0L? Or will there be 1.5L, 2.0L, and hybrid?

 

[thekingprawn]

First 250ish miles on my Badlands reads 27.5 mpg. I'm satisfied so far.

 

[13MikeH]

Not to get too off-topic, but this article is informative. "If you are the owner of an oil refinery, then crude is trading happily just a little above $110 a barrel — expensive, but not extortionate. If you aren’t an oil baron [purchasing refined products], I have bad news: it's as if oil is trading somewhere between $150 and $275 a barrel."

I think a Bronco Sport hybrid is a no-brainer, hopefully with AWD. I wonder how the trims will shakeout once the hybrid is introduced. Keep the 1.5L? Drop the 2.0L? Or will there be 1.5L, 2.0L, and hybrid?

I'd guess it would be more inline with the 1.5/Big Bend trim. That seems to be the most common version on dealer lots, just a guess but seems to be an ideal direction. Anyone looking for a hybrid LIKELY isn't looking for a rugged off-road beast.
I know there is a collection of cake eaters who want lux interior with every bell and whistle Ford has ever created, auto lift gates, 360+, 47 different color pallette options, premium max sound audio, hybrid engine that can also scale a vertical cliff face...while managing 80 miles per gallon for just under $20,000...unrealistic.

 

[Megakatx]

A couple of weeks I saw an non official picture of a bronco sport hybrid, not certain because the source was not official and the car was identical to the actual BS but was something different on the exhaust pipes and the article was actually naming that pipes as a possible hybrid. Here is the link
https://fordauthority.com/2022/05/ford-bronco-sport-hybrid-prototype-potentially-spotted-testing/

 

[Glamdring70]

I guess I can keep dreaming because it's not happening anytime soon? ? I don't understand why!?

It's called a Maverick and they're harder to get than Bronco Sports which are nearly impossible. If they had to put a lithium powerplant in on top of everything else, then no Broncos would get built.

Hopefully we see some relief at the pump come November.

It's an election year so, yes, in October most likely. Just in time to switch to winter blend and get the shittier gas mileage from it. The prices are a farce and will never drop back down where they should be or were though. Consumers just aren't truly fed up yet. If they were, they'd quit travelling, quit doing extraneous errands and generally quit spending. I went to Walmart a few weeks ago on our first "hot" (it's relative) day of the year. There were dozens of cars idling with the a/c on so someone could sit and scroll the phone screen while someone else shopped. A lot of gas complaints are met with "well, we're still paying less than Europe". People just aren't properly fed up with the legalized gouging that's going on. The media is already bored with the war, the pandemic, the inflation, the virus and the baby formula. Must be time for one of the Kartrashians to date someone new and become the new lead story.

 

[Mark S.]

It's an election year so, yes, in October most likely. Just in time to switch to winter blend and get the shittier gas mileage from it. The prices are a farce and will never drop back down where they should be or were though. Consumers just aren't truly fed up yet. If they were, they'd quit travelling, quit doing extraneous errands and generally quit spending. I went to Walmart a few weeks ago on our first "hot" (it's relative) day of the year. There were dozens of cars idling with the a/c on so someone could sit and scroll the phone screen while someone else shopped. A lot of gas complaints are met with "well, we're still paying less than Europe". People just aren't properly fed up with the legalized gouging that's going on. The media is already bored with the war, the pandemic, the inflation, the virus and the baby formula. Must be time for one of the Kartrashians to date someone new and become the new lead story.

Let it all out, Brother; bottling all that up isn't good for you!

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