- Ford’s 2025 Police Interceptor now has a typical hybrid powertrain
- Ford not sells Explorer hybrid to shoppers
- A non-hybrid V-6 and twin-turbo V-6 stay elective for police-spec Explorers
Ford has made a hybrid powertrain customary in its Explorer-derived police automobile for the 2025 mannequin 12 months.
The hybrid powertrain was beforehand elective within the police automobile, which is formally often known as the Ford Police Interceptor Utility, however is now the default alternative. Ford beforehand supplied a civilian Explorer Hybrid, however discontinued it after the 2024 mannequin 12 months. A return of the Explorer Hybrid stays “into account,” Ford spokesperson Dan Barbossa lately informed Inexperienced Automotive Stories.
Hybrids use a 3.3-liter V-6 and electrical motor built-in with a 10-speed computerized transmission, for a mixed 318 hp and 322 lb-ft of torque. A 1.5-kwh battery pack below the rear seat feeds the electrical motor. Ford continues to supply the three.3-liter V-6 with out the hybrid system, rated at 285 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque, and a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 producing 400 hp and 415 lb-ft of torque, as choices on the Interceptor Utility for 2025.
2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility
Ford famous that hybrid powertrains are a very good match for police vehicles, as they’ll proceed to run onboard gear even when the gasoline engine is switched off. Within the Police Interceptor Utility, this could save as much as 838 gallons of gasoline per 12 months, the automaker claims. Ford estimates that this interprets to $17,500 in financial savings over a six-year possession time period, with gasoline costs at $3.50 per gallon.
The Police Interceptor Utility receives different updates for 2025, together with a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and extra customary driver aids, however it didn’t get the identical styling refresh civilian Explorers obtain for the brand new mannequin 12 months. It additionally retains the portrait-oriented central touchscreen that the 2025 Explorer ditches in favor of a landscape-format display.
2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility
Ford launched the current-generation Police Interceptor Utility for the 2020 mannequin 12 months alongside the present technology of the civilian Explorer. Michigan State Police testing on the time confirmed the hybrid to be the quickest police SUV then on sale, however not the quickest general.
Ford was providing hybrid police vehicles for years earlier than that. It launched its first pursuit-rated hybrid cop automobile primarily based on the Fusion Hybrid sedan in 2017. In 2021 the automaker additionally unveiled a Mustang Mach-E police testbed, which the NYPD subsequently expressed curiosity in. The earlier technology of the Ford Escape Hybrid, though not supplied in an official police package deal, had additionally been a favourite with parking bureaus and personal safety patrols.