This is the link for this review: http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...n-hybrid_N.htm

The article claims the Escape PHEV will go 30 miles on pure electric (up to 40 miles per hour) while the Toyota Prius PHEV will go only 7 miles! Reporter based his news on a 23 mile test drive he did in the Washington DC surburan area.

Battery difference PHEV= 10-kilowatt-hour battery vs. 2-kilowatt- for the normal hybrid.

2005 AWD Escape Hybrid
Best Interstate tank trip MPG 39.02 (scangauge II) for 402 miles on I-70, 10.3 gallons used over mostly flat terrain.

Best Interstate tank trip E30 MPG 34.6 for 271 miles along I-80 in Indiana and Ohio.

Best multiple road tank trip E30 MPG 36.2 for 202 miles in Southwestern Pa.