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They do have that low end torque, which is nice. Ford and its Ecoboost has been plagued with issues for a number of years in the F150. Even the Ranger is experiencing gas dilution in the oil caused by the engine design.
I agree, thats why i think a plug in hybrid like the e jeep is the thing they are going for. Imagine 300 plus torque electric (a motor just twice or a liitle more than current etorque strap on motors) with a 50-75 mile range using only elec, plug in at night. Mall crawler, grocery getter, errand truck to Home Depot. Never use a pint of fuel. Now dig your foot in and With the engine and electric it would hit 4-500 HP and torque and give you 400 plus miles range. It's sort of what the etorque and 5.7 do today, with 4 cylinder shutting down on cruise or idle, battery on accel or hills.
I had a Chevy cruise with turbo. The lag was downright dangerous. Also that little 4 banger sucked gas like a V-8. I heard the Ford F-150 V-6 turbo sucks gas like a V-8 also.
Previous truck was a 13 Ecoboost. After 7.5 years of sh!tty gas mileage, I love the 5.7 e-torque.
You heard right.
Let me guess you presently use statistical tracking in your present job.
Hmmmm, 75mph isn't the peak speed for MPG in ANY vehicle, probably 3.92 axle, 4x4, bigger tires......
Yes. Any basic OBD tool that connects to your phone via WiFi combined with a decent app (I use CarScanner) will show you some of this information. When I watched stats on my 2020 5.7 w/ eTorque (prior to trading for an EcoD), I noticed the pack voltage hovered around 44V and typically stayed around 60% charged, going as low as about 50%, and as high as about 85%. Regen ONLY occurred on my truck when I actually applied some amount of force (even slight) to the brake pedal - coasting did NOT ever regen to the battery. Regen power is about 8.8 kW (44V times 200 amps at peak). After regen and upon resuming accleration, the electric motor would apply about 2.2 kW of assist power (44V * 50A~) until the battery hit its programmed idle capacity of around 60%. Charge and discharge does not take long since the pack is so small (430 wH), and the power input/output is substantial in comparison. You can also see that eTorque does indeed play a role in shift behavior based on current input/output during shifts - it will slow down the engine for upshifting (regen in the process) and speed up the engine for downshifting (uses stored power).
Great info…thanks for sharing!
Yeah, with the Ecoboost, you either have to choose eco, or boost, their is no "both" option. I had a 2016 F150 with the 2.7 ecoboost v6, it was a gas hog.
