Quick-thinking tech can save fuel and help grip the road
Four-wheel drive systems can provide more grip for drivers by sending power to all four wheels – but usually at the price of higher fuel consumption.
That’s why some of our vehicles use all-wheel drive technology. 1It can detect which wheels have the best traction and send more power to just those wheels for extra grip but with less of a fuel penalty.
To help reduce CO2 emissions2 and the cost of driving even more, our new Kuga Hybrid has gone one step further. It uses artificial intelligence and “fuzzy logic” to switch off all-wheel drive and just use the front-wheels when the driving conditions are easy-going.
By monitoring a whole range of conditions around the car – like whether the windscreen wipers are switched on, whether a trailer is attached and the temperature outside – the intelligent tech can decide in one-tenth the time it takes to blink to reconnect all-wheel drive and be ready to provide more grip.
1 Driver-assist features are supplemental and do not replace the driver's attention, judgment and the need to control the vehicle.
2 Kuga Hybrid Intelligent All-Wheel drive fuel efficiency from 5.7 l/100 km, CO2 emissions from 132 g/km WLTP (from 5.3 l/100 km and 120 g/km NEDC)
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