Ford Kuga/Escape PHEV car drives itself! 

Nice one. Very useful.

I have a Focus and used it recently to drive to the UK from Switzerland....twice! 6000km in a few weeks. I took my pillow from my bed and put it across my knees, and pushing slightly against the bottom of the steering wheel (also acts as a very comfortable elbow rest), the steering wheel feels the resistance, and never gives a warning, drove for up to an hour without touching a pedal or the wheel! Really like the car, I have owned many cars from various popular manufacturers (Mazda, VW, BMW, Skoda etc) and my focus has the best button layout of any. Easy cruise control buttons, lane assist on off right at your thumb, climate control has 3 handy auto levels so you can keep it quiet at all times. Nice big temperature knob, easy to disable start stop, and really nice to switch on the auto hold so you can let of the pedals at traffic lights. HUD is great, seats are comfy and supportive. My 120ps diesel has great cruising economy. From channel tunnel to Scotland with no traffic and cruise control at 65mph, I got 73mpg (around 3.6 ltr/100km). On the French autoroute, cruise at max speed without getting a ticket (roughly 136kmh indicated (86mph), I got 51 mpg...not bad for that speed!

Hi Thanks for the video.. I have a phev but cannot see all the assist pack you mentioned eg traffic light assit? Also in EV mode can you please help regarding the message that constantly keeps popping up "Press OK to enable engine"? for the life of me cannot see what this message is?

Useful video thanks! it's interesting to see others' experiences with the Kuga Hybrid. To answer one of your questions in the video: Your PHEV can drive in EV, Hybrid or fuel mode. I have read that the battery actually has a reserve capacity of 25% that the vehicle will use for hybrid driving. this reserve is constantly charged by regenerative braking or engine and quickly spent whenever possible (you can observe that on the energy flow screen when you drive). I have also found that I get better fuel economy on highway by cycling between CHARGE MODE and EV mode. Typically, at speeds of 120 -130KM/H, Charge mode seems to yield 1KM ev for every 4 KM which i can use on slower strips in ev mode. Overall, this appears to give better fuel economy than just using normal mode all through. Have you tried it?

Great Information,I love the new Kuga.What I not understand the blinker back is the old bulb type and. In front is led.The same with the foglights

Nice video, would have loved it if you had taken the same road back just to see how that would have gone. Driving assists are great and it looks like it works great on the Kuga.

Hello, thanks for taking the time to post info on the Kuga you own. I am interested in the PHEV Kuga but also in a 1.6 gasoline 5008, so your videos might be useful into learning more and making an ideea. In one of you rprevious videos, you mentioned you owned a Peugeot 5008. Was it the current or previous version? And why did you change to the new Kuga? How do they compare from your point of view ? Thanks and wish you safe driving.

Genuine thanks for the effort you are putting in on these reviews. I am really interested in these and I am looking to place an order once I can decide on specification and colour etc. Any idea what the range will be (approximately) on just petrol? I intend to tour next year (Eurotunnel) rather than fly, so a good range will help. Expecting above 300 miles on petrol hopefully! Edit: Just thought of another question - is it true you can ask the Kuga to warm-up before you get in (useful for winter) by using the ford app on your phone.

Hi. Did you ever fiind out where the car got the extra electric miles, even though you had run it dry on battery?

Did the driver assist pack have front and rear cameras included?

Have you done any mpg test in Ev auto? I have 43miles(70km) commute to work and thinking of buying One of these, i might not have charging at work at all Times.

Nice videos. Waiting for my similar spec'ed Kuga ST X delivery in mid July. Would it be possible for you to make a video of the adaptive lights in the dark? Don't you use the Ford app? You should be able to preheat the car, and i reckon the built in wifi-hotspot would be great for the kids. Cheers...

the extra 11 miles comes from the recharging when braking i belive.. its recharging quite a bit.

What the real world acceleration like? The 9.2sec 0-60 figure isn't great but sometimes that isn't the full picture. Is overtaking good?

Great video again 👏 👍 keep up the good work 👍

Be careful showing your on your phone while driving as it was in your hand during one of the film clips. But great video. Great detail

Does it have a heat pump ?

perhaps you could include in one of the videos the correct way of breaking to achieve maximum regenerative breaking %, because, as i understand it it takes a different breaking style to get this?, (pick mine up in the next week or so :) ).

would love this car but have no means of charging as i live in a flat with no charge points local to me. is it pisdible to recharge battery by just driving or am i better buying a diesel or petrol suv? i hear theres a petrol/hybrid version next year

Great video! I'll be getting mine in a couple of months :) The reason you're getting 11 miles of electric despite the battery being out, is probably because of regenerative breaking charging the battery while driving.

Any news on resolution of the issues that are preventing deliveries? My Kuga PHEV was supposed to be delivered on 6th September and 30 mins before it’s scheduled arrival with me, they cancelled the delivery. No worthwhile comms or updates since from Ford, the dealer or the lease company that my employer uses. Really poor customer service. They need to get their act together!

I was getting around 50 ev miles on my volt . I’m surprised this doesn’t get more ?

When the battery falls to 0 electric miles the car then runs as a mild hybrid, hence the 11 electric miles on the return journey. This is stated in the handbook and I can confirm from my own test drive in a Ford demonstrator, an oopsy resulted in 0 electric miles available when I picked it up! However every acceleration from stop was electric only. Also note that EV now and EV Later become disabled leaving Normal and charging as the only 2 options. I got 18 EV miles in a 35 mile run on a mix of A, B, town and a short dual carriage way running resulting in 58 mpg. My gut feeling is petrol consumption will wildly vary for all of us from probably as low as 45 mpg to possibly 120 to 160 mpg for those journeys where EV only is not possible. Roll on end of September when mine should arrive and the fun begins!

Today 46 miles on electric

We're getting ours in July :) Does the St-Line X come with ANC? Some documents says it does and others says that its only in the Vignale.

Great video. Would love a video showing the fordpassconnect app and Its functionality 👍

Great video, I prefer real world scenarios as opposed to motoring journalist

Such a shame that Cruise will not maintain legal speed limit.

Hi, at the end of EV mode the system reverts to hybrid mode, the battery does not deplete entirely, at a preset low limit the system changes to normal or hybrid mode. Therefore, depending on terrain, road conditions etc, some of the remaining journey will function in EV mode as the petrol engine cuts out and in as required, aided also by incidental regeneration. Economy is helped too due to eCVT transmission always defaulting to the highest gear ratio.

Amazing content. who Inspires you? #wow xd

You didn’t drive to Barnard Castle to check your eyesight then? 😉

24 is not hot

my focus does same thing after all its a focus on steroids nothing new

I have one on order but worried it’ll bore me to death 🤨

I pick up my Kuga on Friday 1st september 2023, and I will not be driving it like you do. Really not the best reveiw I have seen. 75 when looking for MPG??? Also using a mobile phone???? What's that all about? Hopefully you will get better at youtube videos.

I'm more worried about your speeding above all else.

Illegal to use your mobile phone while driving stop it !

80 MPH indicated at one point in the video and using your mobile phone whilst driving in another. As a blue light driver I am VERY disappointed. I hope I don't end up having to blue light to you at some point!

Anyone who needs lane assist to help them stay in a lane shouldn't be driving imo... sometimes technology goes too far, people are getting far to lazy