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For the Ford Focus Electric, Ford is suggesting/pushing/marketing a 220-volt home charging station developed jointly by Leviton for $1499

Thanks for posting the links! It seems to me like most reviews are impressed with the Ford Focus Electric, but when comparing it to the Nissan Leaf they don't think the Focus EV has enough positive features. Interesting comment from Inside Line's review: "The 2012 Ford Focus Electric may have...

That's interesting that Ford won't allow the discount pricing on the Focus Electric - has it taken them this long to realize how much an electric vehicle can cost? I feel like when you put a deposit down for a Ford Focus Electric, it was at a quoted price, and you putting money down is your...

Wow, great info - thanks RedEV! Do you have a red ev?

From what I understand, most, if not all, of the sustainable materials used in the Ford Focus Electric are in the interior. The interior hopefully won't be subject to lots of moisture for extended periods of time, so I don't think rot and decay will be an issue. On the outside/underside of the...

Renault is leasing the battery in it's Zoe in Europe, so far they seem to be having success, but I guess it's too early to tell.

It's great that the Ford Focus Electric received such great numbers, but I don't think it's anything worth really bragging about. The Nissan Leaf is using 2 year old technology, and the not even available yet Ford Focus Electric can just barely beat it?

This is good news for people in California - today the California Air Resources Board granted the Ford Focus Electric HOV access. I'm not sure why it was ever up for debate - how could a car be greener than an all electric vehicle? Plus the Ford Focus Electric has all of the green plastics and...

As the Ford Focus Electric and other electric vehicles become more common, emergency response personnel are at danger when they respond to crashes where hybrid and electric vehicles are involved. Here's an interesting article that talks about some of the risks, and some of the training that's...

This article talks about a professional hyper-miling crew from Australia that drove the Chevy Cruze Eco through all the 48 connected states, and averaged 64.42 MPG! The Chevy Cruze was completely unmodified, and a new one can be bought for a base sticker price of $19,999. The EPA puts an...

Came across this online and thought it was interesting: http://www.cargohopper.com/ Not quite the Ford Focus Electric, but nonetheless, it's an electric vehicle and is a good example of replacing a gasoline vehicle with an electric vehicle specifically built for a purpose. It's an electric...

This press release at Ford has some details about the new Ford Focus, which is the same shape the Ford Focus Electric will have, or actually the shape the Ford Focus Electric does have... http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=33939 The article says that Ford spent over 1000...

Only 67 MPG US? :lol: I don't know of any vehicle that gets that sort of mileage here that isn't an electric or a plug-in hybrid of some sort. Even the Smart ForTwo doesn't make that much!

Word has it that the Evos is just a concept, with no plan or even possibility of becoming a production car. It's merely for Ford to display the styling and ideas that their production cars will move toward. If they built an electric car like this and kept the price reasonable, it would easy...

The Obama administration will mandate cars have an average of 35.5 mpg by the year 2015. One problem – that’s 4 years away. Do any vehicles get that sort of mileage currently? The electric Leaf, Smart and Volt (and the 2012 Ford Focus Electric) and the hybrid Prius and Civic. Even the tiny Ford...