Recent content by fearless_fool

@Nal67: I've discovered that "free" ain't exactly free. Solar City's installers will charge for a minimum of 3 hours worth of work, with parts and labor, even if you already have 220V/40A service in your garage. And unless you take care of the permitting yourself, they charge for that. The...

Zenn bought exclusive rights to use supercaps made by EEStor for powering electric cars. That would be fine and good, except (despite promises since 2008) EEStor hasn't delivered anything. So Zenn hasn't been able to deliver anything. Read more gory details in...

If you click on that link, you get an error "Access to Ford Media Photo Database is restricted.", but offers a chance to click through to their media section. Once I did that, I was able to get to the pictures.

@mrpalerider: I'm not sure what part you see as "sneaky". The Ford Focus Electric with an EVSE will charge significantly faster than a Leaf with an EVSE. EVSEs for both cars cost about the same (especially after you include installation costs). Without an EVSE, the FFE and the Leaf both have...

Hi - if you look at the post in http://www.myfocuselectric.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=42&start=20 j79guy (Robin Sipe) indicates that there are cars available from an authorized dealer in Vancouver, BC who even has VIN numbers. I don't know the details of purchasing a car in Canada for export...

1: Infrastructure is still a weak link. Assuming there is widespread adoption of EVs, it's well understood the utility companies will have to beef up the distribution grid, especially at the final residential step-down transformers. How does Ford plan to assist with this and other...

This is really no different than @marta's post, but it cites the original Reuter's article: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-ford-focus-idUSBRE84H19N20120518

@ElectricEV: My approach was to use this map (derived from the latest data on the Ford site)... http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=211638138040322203577.0004bf9de3d4e7e9b6b3a&msa=0 ... and call the closest dealers until I found one that had already placed an order for the FFE in the color...

First, I've posted my spreadsheet to the web if you want to play with your own numbers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Am_wIfsXTC9DdERXRi1yZ1RHN0otSVdlYWhxUzR1UGc @EEjesse: Um, not quite, I'm afraid. If you drive 2500 miles per month (30K/mile), it will take 34 months to get...

@EcoDad: You said: "I could not find anywhere an estimated price for how much an installation costs for a Ford focus ev charging station from this company." I suspect that's because it's impossible to know what the wiring costs will be without a site visit. (Do you already have 220V in your...

My sales guy at South Bay Ford Lincoln just called to tell me that inventory has been delivered to the Ford distribution center in Miraloma, CA. The supposition is that the inventory will be released to the dealerships to coincide with a big PR event when Alan Mulally visits California later...

Comparing a Ford Focus Electric ("FFE") with a Ford Focus conventional ("FFC"), an analysis goes like this. (Caveat: only applicable for California. Your mileage -- literally and figuratively -- may vary.) Assume a conventional Ford Focus: has an MSRP of $20,000 gets 31 MPG (see...

(This may have been mentioned elsewhere in the forum, but I couldn't find it after several minutes of digging.) Even though you haven't seen your FFE yet ;), you can see its Window Sticker if you have the VIN number. Simply copy and paste your VIN number into the URL below...

The vigilant spouse sent me a link this AM that will help answer your question about total cost of ownership, as well as the CO2 footprint of the FFE vs a variety of other low-emission cars: http://iee.ucsb.edu/CleanCarCalculator/ This is a well thought out online calculator, developed by a...

According to the literature, the top speed of the FFEV is software limited to 85mph. (Maybe there will be a market for third-party "overclocking" firmware.)