Ford Maverick Wins Another Accolade as the Most Desirable Hybrid

In the last few weeks, it seems as if the Ford Maverick – Ford’s entry into the compact hybrid market – just keeps gaining more accolades.

Most Desirable:  As you might expect Toyota is popular

I won’t go into each one it has won, but suffice it to say that you can see it is a top model with two wins in the highly competitive Consumer Reports (CR) marketplace.

Maverick Gets More Desirable

Thanks to the wins, the Maverick keeps becoming more desirable. Thanks to its vast popularity, says the Ford Authority, one of the leading sources of independent information, the Maverick is now one of the “fastest-selling models on the market.”

At the same time, FA notes that the Maverick is also one of the “most satisfying choices overall.” Indeed, if you look at the marketplace overall, the Maverick is the best-selling hybrid pickup.”

Yields The Lowest Operating Costs

Just look at the Maverick; owners report that the compact pickup yields the lowest operating costs. Indeed, the Maverick is a “fuel-sipper.” Its fuel-sipper gas rep helped the pickup land a coveted spot on the 2024 Greener Choices list from the American Council for an Energy-Effieicne Economy (ACEEE) non-profit organization.

Most desirable:  While Toyota is the most popular, the Maverick is the most desirable

Every year, the ACEEE releases “its GreenerCars report.” It is an assessment of the greenhouse gas and other pollutant emissions from the production, use, and disposal of every new vehicle on the market, combined with fuel economy data.

This data is “calculated from when a vehicle is produced to when it reaches its end of life.”

This gives you a snapshot of the “vehicle’s impact not only on our wallets but also the environment. FA notes that ”for all-electric vehicles, this includes the upstream emissions from not only the electricity used by an EV but also the emissions produced when mining and processing minerals for these batteries, as well as the emissions stemming from manufacturing those vehicles and their components, including the battery-mining process.”

How ACEEE Scores Hybrids In that regard,

ACEEE “assigns each vehicle a ‘green score,’ then ranks the best and worst categories, including the ‘greenest, ‘greener’ (which doesn’t include EVs), and the ‘meanest’. In its evaluation, the Ford Maverick Hybrid ranked sixth out of 14 models on the “greener” list with a score of 55.

Ford Turns It Around: While sales were off last quarter, they were quick out of the gate in Q4.

The hybrid Maverick earned this particular ranking thanks to its low annual estimated fuel cost of $1,297, which was better than five other models – the Honda Accord Hybrid, Kia Niro FE, Mitsubishi Mirage, Lexus ES 300h, and Lexus NX 350h – making it an economical choice for pickup shoppers and pretty much anyone else, to boot.”

By the way, tomorrow, we will look at EVs' unusual side and their weight. We first explored it last winter after a garage in NYC reportedly fell due to EV weight.

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Marc Stern has been an automotive writer since 1971. His automotive articles have appeared in venues including Popular Mechanics, Mechanix Illustrated, AutoWeek, SuperStock, Trailer Life, Old Cars Weekly, Special Interest Autos, and others. You can follow Marc on Twitter or Facebook.