Editing Ford C-Max (section)

==== EPA ratings ====
[[File:Ford C-Max Energi badge WAS 2012 0562.jpg|thumb|Ford C-Max Energi badge.]]

Ford designed the C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid to deliver better [[miles per gallon equivalent]] (MPG-e) in [[all-electric mode]] than the [[Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid]].<ref name=WP0712>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/cars/2013-ford-c-max-hybrid-47-mpg-city-better-than-prius-v/2012/07/05/gJQAZVJxPW_story.html|title=2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid: 47 MPG City, Better Than Prius V?|author=Suzanne Kane|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2012-07-21|date=2012-07-05}}</ref><ref name=GCC121411>{{cite web|url=http://www.greencarcongress.com/2011/12/focus-20111214.html|title=Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck|publisher=Green Car Congress|date=2011-12-14|access-date=2011-12-17}}</ref> Initially, the EPA rated the Energi combined city/highway fuel economy in [[all-electric mode]] at 100 MPG-e ({{convert|100|mpgus|abbr=on|1}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37343|title=Ford C-MAX Energi: Most Range, More Efficiency and Affordability Than Any Plug-in Hybrid|author=Ford Motor Company|publisher=Media Ford|date=2012-11-08|access-date=2012-12-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111105635/http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=37343|archive-date=2012-11-11}} ''EPA ratings in MPG-e for combine, city and highway cycles.''</ref><ref name=MPGe>{{cite web|url=http://green.autoblog.com/2012/10/11/ford-c-max-energi-plug-in-hybrid-rated-at-100-mpge/#continued|title=Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid rated at 100 MPGe, combined|author=Sebastian Blanco|publisher=Autoblog Greendate=2012-10-11|access-date=2012-10-11}} ''See details in Press Release''.</ref> Later, when owners complained of not achieving the sticker fuel economy, and following a technical review, the official EPA rating in EV mode was downgraded to 88 MPG-e ({{convert|88|mpgus|abbr=on|1}}).<ref name=Energi2013_14/> In a similar way, initially the EPA rating in [[charge-sustaining|hybrid-gasoline mode]] was {{convert|43|mpgUS|abbr=on}},<ref name=HC1012>{{cite web|url=http://www.hybridcars.com/news/108-city-mpge-rating-c-max-energi-53858.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015002318/http://www.hybridcars.com/news/108-city-mpge-rating-c-max-energi-53858.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-15|title=108 City MPGe Rating For C-MAX Energi|author=Philippe Crowe|publisher=HybridCars.com|date=2012-10-11|access-date=2012-10-11}}</ref> but it was later downgraded to {{convert|38|mpgUS|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Energi2013_14>{{cite web|url=http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=34662&id=34089&id=33398&id=33336&#tab1|title=Compare Side-by-Side - 2013/14 Ford C-Max Plug-in Hybrid and 2013/14 Ford Fusion Plug-in Hybrid|publisher=Fueleconomy.gov|author=[[U. S. Environmental Protection Agency]] and [[U.S. Department of Energy]]|date=2014-10-03|access-date=2014-10-06}}</ref> EPA's rating for combined EV/hybrid operation is 51&nbsp;MPG-e (4.6 L gasoline equivalent/100&nbsp;km), which allows the C-Max Energi to rank in sixth place, together with the Fusion Energi, among the top ten EPA-Rated Fuel Sippers since 1984.<ref name=EPAtopten>{{cite web|url=http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/topten.jsp|title=Fueleconomy.gov's Top Ten EPA-Rated Fuel Sippers (1984 to present) - All Years |publisher=fueleconomy.gov|author=[[U. S. Environmental Protection Agency]] and [[U.S. Department of Energy]]|date=2014-10-10|access-date=2014-10-11}} ''Excludes all-electric vehicles. Click on the tab "EPA Rated - All Years. The 2013-2014 Fusion/C-Max Energi has a combined electric/hybrid fuel economy of 51 MPG-e, 55 MPG-e in city and 46 MPG-e in highway.''</ref>

The C-Max Energi has an [[all-electric range]] of {{Convert|20|mi|abbr=out}}, for a total EPA certified range of {{convert|550|mi|abbr=out}},<ref name=Energi2013_14/> which in 2012 surpassed both the [[Chevrolet Volt#First generation .282010.E2.80.932015.29|first-generation Chevrolet Volt]] ({{convert|380|mi|abbr=out}}), and the Prius Plug-in Hybrid ({{convert|540|mi|abbr=out}}).<ref name=NYT1012>{{cite news|url=http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/ford-c-max-energi-plug-in-hybrid-is-certified-at-620-miles-of-range/?ref=automobiles|title=Ford C-Max Energi Plug-in Hybrid Is Certified at 620 Miles of Range|author=Jim Motavalli|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2012-10-11|access-date=2012-10-17}}</ref>