Ford Motor Company will introduce its first all-electric passenger car the battery-powered Focus compact in 19 select cities in late 2011.
Electric Ford Focus from Jay Leno’s Green Car Challenge
Ford has decided to use the Focus sedan as the platform for the EV since it will easier to adapt production to meet demand and also cuts down on development time and expense.
Ford Focus Electric will use a 23 kilowatt-hour lithium ion battery with liquid heating and cooling which should give it a range of approximately 100 miles in between charges. Ford did not mention including a Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) such as those being used in the Chevy Volt and being developed by other EV manufacturers that reduce range anxiety.
Ford Focus EV will first appear in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Austin, Houston, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, Tucson, Portland, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, and Seattle.
Ford’s EV (the Ford Focus Electric) will reach consumers about a year after the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf.
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