{"id":4073,"date":"2019-01-27T20:07:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T01:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willardpost.com\/?p=4073"},"modified":"2019-01-27T20:07:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T01:07:10","slug":"ford-edge-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/27\/ford-edge-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"FORD EDGE 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>New 2019 Ford Edge, including performance-enhanced Edge ST, introduces new all-wheel-drive disconnect, a first-for-Ford system that helps improve traction and reduce gas usage over the previous model<\/li>\n<li>All-wheel-drive disconnect switches automatically between two-wheel and all-wheel drive in a fraction of a second, using a form of artificial intelligence to sift through information like wheel slip, road conditions, vehicle speed, windshield wiper usage and outside temperature<\/li>\n<li>Other Edge and Edge ST tech features that help reduce fuel consumption include active transmission warm-up, deceleration fuel shutoff and exhaust gas recirculation<b>More tech to burn less fuel:\u00a0<\/b>All-wheel-drive disconnect is only one reason for the 2019 Ford Edge\u2019s improved EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings. All-wheel drive equipped vehicles have EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings of 21 mpg city\/28 mpg highway\/23 mpg combined. Front-wheel drive vehicles have EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings of 22 mpg city\/29 mpg highway\/25 mpg combined.<\/li>\n<li>With standard all-wheel drive and a 2.7-liter V6 EcoBoost<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> engine, Edge ST, the first SUV from the Ford Performance team, has EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings of 19 mpg city\/26 mpg highway\/21 mpg combined. Actual mileage may vary.\n<p>Those EPA-estimated ratings represent improvements over current Edge models \u2013 improvements that the addition of several new technologies as well as a handful of aerodynamic enhancements helped achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Fuel-saving tech features on the new Edge include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>New 8-speed automatic transmission <\/b>introduces two overdrive gears, which decrease engine rpm for improved fuel economy during highway cruising<\/li>\n<li><b>Active transmission warm-up<\/b> uses reclaimed heat energy to warm up the transmission faster. This, along with a durable, synthetic, ultra-low-viscosity fluid \u2013 engineered specifically for the new Edge \u2013 reduces component friction and helps save fuel<\/li>\n<li>Standard <b>Auto Start-Stop<\/b> helps save fuel by shutting off the engine when the vehicle comes to a stop and automatically restarts when the driver releases the brake pedal<\/li>\n<li><b>Deceleration fuel shut-off <\/b>stops fuel flow to the engine when the vehicle is reducing speed<\/li>\n<li><b>Exhaust gas recirculation <\/b>not only reduces harmful emissions, but increases efficiency by allowing a larger throttle position, thereby reducing pumping losses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New 2019 Ford Edge, including performance-enhanced Edge ST, introduces new all-wheel-drive disconnect, a first-for-Ford system that helps improve traction and reduce gas usage over the previous model All-wheel-drive disconnect switches automatically between two-wheel and all-wheel drive in a fraction of a second, using a form of artificial intelligence to sift through information like wheel slip, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-videonews","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinxpostnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}