If you think about it one Ford Ranger PHEV And replacing the bath with a steel tray or work canopy, the blue oval has an advice: not.
The first plug-in hybrid ranger is only available in four Dual-Cab 4 × 4 pick-up variants of launch: XLT, Sport, Wildtrek and Stormtrak.
The new PHEV driving line option is not offered in the same fleet and trade-oriented single-cab, 4×2 and CAB/Chassis configurations such as the diesel-driven ranger, which leads to questions about whether workhorse adjustments such as a steel tray can be disadvantaged on the electrified Dual-Cab Ute.
During the local launch of Ranger PHEV, main program engineer Phil Millar said that owners should not match their own steel boxes after the purchase, with reference to incompatibility with PHEV-specific components and warranty problems.
‘We don’t recommend that at the moment. There are a number of critical characteristics under the vehicle that are protected by the bath, as well as the tank system, the integrated high -voltage system, a whole series of critical components on the back, “he said.
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“There are other integrated systems such as a … fuel dialing recovery system. [internal combustion engine]Build vapor in the system.
“So it has a locking fuel door, which, when it runs into the fuel door button, which is unique to PHEV, enables the system to air.”
That is despite the fact that Mr Millar explains that the 11.8kWh battery of the Ranger PHEV is mounted on specially designed chassis rails under the bath, instead of being integrated into the floor of the bath itself.
“It is mounted on the chassis. If you see under it, the battery has an aluminum housing with built -in cooling channels at the bottom of the housing, and that is mounted on and on the spare wheel,” he said.
Ford Australia marketing director Ambrose Henderson says that all the problems arising from owners who change the Ranger PHEV’s bath would not be covered by the warranty.
“From a warranty perspective … If the problem or the mistake is made because of something that the customer has not recommended, that warranty will not be paid,” he said.
“But if something has happened at the front and it is not related, then the warranty is still covered. So it is about whether it was immediately related or not.”
As it looks now, the Ranger PHEV is a pick-up with dual cabs only UTE from $ 71.990 for on-road for the XLT.
Nevertheless, the Ranger PHEV-Rivalling Byd Shark 6 and GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV are also offered exclusively as dual cabs.
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