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Ford Taps Recycled Materials to Build Focus

Your Ford Focus Electric will be a greener vehicle not only in terms of reduced tailpipe emissions, but in terms of its component parts as well. Ford is among the auto manufacturers with an initiative to “reduce, reuse and recycle” … Continue reading

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Ford to Build 3 Electrified Ford Focus Versions at Same Plant

Ford Motor Company’s Michigan Assembly Plant, which once churned out large SUVs, has completed a $550 million transformation that will make it the world’s first factory to build not only fuel-efficient gas-powered cars, but also three production versions of electrified … Continue reading

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Ford Announces First Markets to Get Focus Electric

There has not been much news recently from Ford about their electric plans, but today breaks that trend as Ford announced the first U.S. markets slated to receive the all-new Focus Electric, which comes out late in 2011.  Unlike other auto … Continue reading

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Ford Confirms Focus Electric Production for 2011, But Stresses Real (and Increased) Volume in 2012

We have heard for some time now that the Ford Focus Electric will be coming late in 2011, and recently Sue Cischke, Ford’s VP for sustainability, environment and safety engineering, said that once the Focus EV production is up and running, Ford is … Continue reading

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Production Intent Focus Electric To Debut at NAIAS

Over the past year we have seen many Ford Focus Electric mules.  They are a fairly common site, Ford does not attempt to keep them under wraps or hide them.  Likewise, we have seen the stickered up, media friendly, Jay … Continue reading

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Ford Will Use Solar Power to Build Focus EV

Ford along with the state of Michigan, the Detroit Edison Co. and Texas-based Xtreme Power are teaming up to build one of the largest solar power generation system in the northern US. The 5.8 million dollar project will partially power … Continue reading

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Ford Focus Electric Production

A few years ago, the notion of Ford producing a full electric, 100 mile range EV was not something they envisioned coming to maket in late 2011. However, after meeing with Magna executives in the summer of 2008, and having been … Continue reading

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