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Here in NC, where the plug-in conference was a few weeks ago, we are very disappointed with Ford's decision to delay the Focus Electric. I wonder if this decision means that Ford is re-evaluating whether to release the Focus Electric at all. For sure Ford seems to be on tippy tippy toe and...

Thank you for posting these. I don't think anyone will be able to turn them off, so one hopes for the best choice, whatever that is.

Whichever one is chosen, pity the poor parking lot attendant who has to listen to it over, and over, and over ..... Same for the people at the drive-through window at McDonalds and similar. Maybe they can get insanity insurance :D

1. I live in Orange County, NC, USA. 2. I'm interested in the Ford Focus Electric because I want an electric car and like Ray Motor Co, my Ford dealer in Hillsborough, much better than dealers for Nissan. 3. One thing I want to know about the Ford Focus Electric is the price. Thanks!

rsmith1, Thanks for the great link. I see that where I live (Orange county NC) my electricity is only about half coal. That's a lot less than I would have guessed. Always more fun with the actual facts :D

Experience to date in the Volt and Leaf seems pretty discouraging as to cold weather. It's going to take some better batteries or a better design to get traction in the mainstream.

It's all so wonderful, but if they could spend a few minutes down in the nitty gritty telling us about things like schedule, price.....

A BME is a mistyping of a BMW. Use your decoder ring. Just one little letter difference. OK, a fairly big letter. (smile). The Ford website's sketch really is a good one.

Very nice figure; thank you. It's definitely not a Volt and not a Leaf, so it much be .... BME? no, then ....

Is there anything from any where more specific than "later this year"? Any straws in the wind, any guesses, any rumors? Things are awfully quiet.

The question is, worth it in relation to what? Is a ticket to a movie "worth it"? In relation to another movie? To cuddling up? To sitting in the park? In relation to ICEs then EVs are worth it in relation to fuel costs, not worth it in relation to overall costs, more of an adventure, less of a...

Sure resembles Union Station in Washington DC, especially facade and security barriers.

Perhaps batteries in cars should be viewed like batteries in everything else; that is, as an item that lasts a while but then is replaced. From that way of looking at it, if the old car has a run-down battery, it needs a new one, so the sale price has to reflect that. And at the same time, if...

Beautiful picture included in the link that you cite. Thanks. :D

How is this ATT connection related to SYNC? or is it? (I hope not.)