You can get a 7pin harness and Curt Echo bluetooth brake controller from etrailer for about $300 total and have it installed when they put on the hitch. I got my hitch, harness and BT brake controller from them, had the hitch installed but wiref it myself. The brake controller works with an app you download and control…
You need the 12VDC charge connection for both the Echo and Prodigy controllers, this is how they get powered. You can get by without brakes on the TaB320 if you are towing with a truck, but with the Escape you definitely need trailer brakes working, if nothing else to use to help control the trailer in case you get some…