The very first American made hybrid car was the Ford Escape. It was supposed to have its launch in 2003 but it really didn’t officially debut until 2004. It was then, and is even now, a completely hybrid electric vehicle, and it can run using an electric motor, or with gasoline, or with both. It was actually intended to have a balance between strong car performance and excellent gas mileage. Even though vehicles on average produce 67 pounds of pollutants for every 15,000 miles and trucks average 105 pounds, the Escape produces less than one pound of pollutants for every 15,000 miles.