Posts Tagged ‘Ford Focus Electric’

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    Ford Focus Electric to Feature Seats Made From Plastic Bottles
    The all-new Ford Focus Electric will feature seat fabric made of recycled material that includes the equivalent of more than 20 plastic bottles per car. Ford, through the use of REPREVE, plans to divert about 2 million post-consumer plastic bottles for use in the new Focus Electric and other new vehicles for the next model year. The Focus Electric is the first Ford vehicle...
    by at January 6th, 2012 at 02:01 am
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    Ford Focus Electric to Get 100 MPGe
    Ford Motor Co. announced Wednesday that its upcoming 2012 Ford Focus Electric will be the first five-passenger electric vehicle to get 100 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent). The 2012 Focus Electric will be the first all-electric vehicle to feature faster charging technology, allowing it to fully recharge in three to four hours – half the time of Nissan Leaf. This technology...
    by at December 14th, 2011 at 11:12 am
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    2012 Ford Focus Electric Priced at $39,200
    Ford Motor Co. announced Wednesday its new all-electric 2012 Ford Focus Electric will start at $39,200, plus an additional $795 for destination charges. Including the $7,500 federal tax credit for which the Ford Focus Electric will be fully eligible, the consumer’s after-tax net value of the vehicle will be $32,495. Starting today, drivers that want to go completely...
    by at November 2nd, 2011 at 12:11 pm
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    Ford Names 20 Cool Places to Charge Your Electric Vehicle
    When Ford’s all-new Focus Electric and C-MAX Energi hit the streets, customers will have plenty of options on where to recharge their vehicle. Whether it’s stopping at the zoo, a museum or shopping in a downtown area, vehicle charging stations are popping up in a variety of locations across the country. So where are the cool places to charge? Ford may have found the...
    by at October 5th, 2011 at 09:10 pm
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    Ford Focus Electric to Come with Household Solar Panel Option
    Ford is teaming with solar panel maker SunPower to provide a high-efficiency rooftop solar system that will provide Ford Focus Electric owners enough renewable energy production to offset the energy used for charging. The 2.5 kilowatt rooftop solar system is comprised of the SunPower E18 Series solar panels that produce an average of 3,000 kilowatt hours of electricity...
    by at August 10th, 2011 at 09:08 am
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    2012 Ford Focus Electric Gets Advanced Radiator
    The 2012 Ford Focus Electric will get an unique liquid-cooled battery system that cools the lithium-ion battery and keeps it working at its prime, even in the hottest of conditions. The electric vehicle batteries can get quite hot and to overcome this, Ford has announced its Focus Electric will use an “an advanced active liquid-cooling and heating system” to regulate...
    by at June 16th, 2011 at 01:06 am
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    AT&T to Provide Wireless Connectivity to Ford Focus Electric
    Ford has chosen communications giant AT&T as the provider of wireless connectivity for its first all-electric passenger car -the Ford Focus Electric. Through the new MyFord Mobile smartphone app, using the embedded AT&T wireless connection, Ford Focus Electric vehicle owners will have the ability to send and receive data about their car providing command and control...
    by at March 23rd, 2011 at 04:03 am
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    Ford Focus Electric Wins Green Car Vision Award
    The Green Car Journal announced that the Ford Focus Electric won the annual Green Car Vision Award at the Washington Auto Show. This year, Green Car Vision Award finalists included the Ford Focus Electric, Honda Fit EV, Mitsubishi i, Toyota RAV4 Electric, and Volvo C30 DrivE electric. For the first time in the history of this award, all candidates featured electric drive. The...
    by at January 29th, 2011 at 07:01 am
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    Ford Developed Home Charging Station for the Focus Electric with Leviton
    The Ford Focus Electric will offer an innovative home charging station unit for customers that was jointly developed with Leviton, a leading North American producer of electrical devices. One of the main advantages of the charging station is the nonpermanent-style installation. The unit plugs into a 240-volt outlet instead of being hard-wired into the electrical breaker...
    by at January 15th, 2011 at 02:01 am
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    Best Buy to Charge Up Ford Electric Focus
    To help with the charging infrastructure, Ford has partnered with Best Buy to install home charging stations for its all-new Ford Focus Electric, costing about US$1,500 each. Focus Electric owners will be able to purchase the stations through 1,200 Best Buy stores across the U.S. or through the Best Buy website, then the retailer will offer complete consultation and installation...
    by at January 8th, 2011 at 06:01 am
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