Monthly Archives: January 2011

Proposal to Change EV Tax Credit to Rebate Likely to Benefit Most EV Buyers

No one, except possibly some high-placed Ford executives, knows exactly how much the Ford Focus Electric is going to cost. But no matter what the Focus Electric’s final sticker price, the more consumers can take off that price via tax … Continue reading

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Focus Electric Beats Nissan LEAF in MotorTrend Review

While the Nissan LEAF is already being delivered in small numbers in select U.S. markets and Ford doesn’t plan to get any Focus Electrics into consumer hands until late 2011, the competition between the two vehicles is shaping up to … Continue reading

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Focus Electric: Zero Tailpipe Emissions Just Part of Green Story

The environmentally friendly reach of the Ford Focus Electric goes beyond its zero tailpipe emissions. Focus Electric combines recycled and renewable materials, green technologies and innovative manufacturing processes to make the car greener from bumper to bumper. “An electric vehicle … Continue reading

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Navigating Ford’s New Focus Electric Web Page

For awhile, Ford had been keeping the Focus Electric under the media radar. No longer. Ford’s now very actively promoting the Focus Electric and even taking competitive shots at the Nissan LEAF and the Chevy Volt. Ford’s also — finally, … Continue reading

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Ford Focuses on Ethics of Supply Chain for Focus Electric

Ford is paying close attention to the political conditions in the countries from which it draws rare earth minerals to build its Ford Focus Electric, according to a recent FoxNews.Com story. This is in keeping with a general orientation toward … Continue reading

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Ford Focus Electric Price

Through Ford has unveiled the production appearnace of the Ford Focus elecric car and has comitted to begin selling the vehile by the end of 2011, they have not yet announced what everyone wants to know, the price. Typically automakers … Continue reading

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Ford Turns Up the Heat on Nissan

Some folks have been insisting that the big EV competition is between the Nissan LEAF and the Chevy Volt. Given that the LEAF is a pure electric and the Volt a plug-in hybrid electric, or what GM prefers to call … Continue reading

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Ford Focus Electric Video

Ford has released new video footage of the Ford Focus Electric  in the real world. We can see the car being driven on public roads and being pulled over for a quick charge. Video allows one a better appreciation fo the technical sleekness of … Continue reading

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Ford to Sell its Home Electric Car Chargers at Best Buy

The Ford Focus Electric is finally out in the open, and it is a beauty. One of the better features of the car is that its 23 kwh lithium-ion battery can be recharged in 3 to 4 hours, half the … Continue reading

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Ford Focus Electric Revealed in Full!

Today at the Consumer Electronics Show, Ford CEO Alan Mullaly unveiled the car we have all been waiting for, the Ford Focus Electric. The car is a beautiful, electrified rendition of the gas-powered Focus with a specially designed aerodynamic front … Continue reading

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