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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 to Showcase Focus Electric at Consumer Electronics Show

While Nissan and GM have worked the media to get as much coverage as possible of the LEAF and Volt, so far Ford has been fairly coy about the Ford Focus Electric. That could be changing as we move into … Continue reading

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Ford Works to Promote Safe Driving

Who knows, by the end of 2011, you might be driving a brand new Ford Focus Electric. But no matter what you’re driving, safety ought to be your number one priority. It’s in the spirit of promoting auto safety that … Continue reading

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Ford Launches Website Dedicated to Education About Electric Vehicles, Like the Focus EV

Ford has just launched an informational web site that describes in detail the differences between its offerings of hybrid vehicles and upcoming electric vehicles like the Focus Electric, and Transit Connect. The site has both detailed explanations of plug-in vehicles and … Continue reading

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Ford Announces Electric Rollout Plan For Europe

Hanover, Germany – While at the 2010 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show, Ford announced its entry plans into Europe with its lineup of electric vehicles. By 2013, Ford will have five full electric, hybrid, or plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road … Continue reading

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Solar Parking for Your Ford Focus Electric

The concept of electric cars powered by the sun is not new, in fact the two are almost always linked together as a natural progression of where the technology is heated. For the residents of Pulaski, TN the day they … Continue reading

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Wireless Monitoring in Use on Ford Focus Electric for Testing and Future Upgrades

According to Ford, they are “using two proprietary wireless monitoring methods to improve lithium-ion battery capability and durability by collecting real-time performance data and making software updates on its battery systems in the lab and on vehicles in the field.” … Continue reading

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We eagerly await the arrival of the Ford Focus Electric car.

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