The Ford Fusion Hybrid is a gasoline-electric hybrid powered version of the mid-size Ford Fusion sedan developed by the Ford Motor Company, and launched to the U.S. market in March 2009 as a 2010 model, together with its twin the Mercury Milan Hybrid. The second generation Ford Fusion Hybrid, released as a 2013 model year, went on sale in the U.S. in October 2012. A plug-in hybrid version, the Ford Fusion Energi, is scheduled to be released by early 2013.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rated the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid at 39 mpg (6.0 L/100 km; 47 mpg) combined city/highway. The second generation hybrid improved the fuel economy rating to 47 mpg (5.0 L/100 km; 56 mpg), with the same rating for combined city/highway cycles. In January 2010 the Fusion Hybrid won the 2010 North American Car of the Year Award at the North American International Auto Show inDetroit.
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