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I need to sell my 2012 For Focus Electric because I just bought a Tesla P85 and I need to clear parking space. Excellent Car Great Value FREE Fuel!!! 2012 Focus Electric (white exterior, 36k miles, fully loaded incl. GPS, hands free phone, back up camera and leather seats) 76 mile EPA range...

Did you read my update?

I got home yesterday at 5 PM and plugged in the eFord. Fully charged, I unplugged it at 7 PM to get the Jeep out for my neighbor. The eFord stayed off the charger overnight. This morning about 5:30 AM, it was dead. No power at all. No lights. Had to jump start the electric car from the pickup...

"OUTOFGAS", my '12 EV Focus with 10,908 miles tossed me a new one this past Saturday. I had trouble with the Electric Focus Saturday. I was wondering if any of you had seen it or could help explain it? Saturday I made the trip to Dad’s house and back (76 miles one way, had 14 bonus miles left...

Brad, What did you make to use 208V? Is it 3 phase? The street lamps in our work parking lot are 208V. Seems like the most expensive part of putting in the charging station is running the power line to the car. There are lots of street lights in the parking lot, right next to the cars. The...

Would you consider drafting an 18 wheeler on the interstate at 60 mph? I got down to 200 W-hr/mile that way.

"OUTOFGAS" (subtitle: 'and loving it'. North Carolina)

I have had that TSB 12-08 done. Full charge came back to 78 miles. Now drifting downward again, but I attributed it to the cold weather. I had a couple of 200 W-hr miles when going to my Dad's a 78 mile run. At his house it would recharge in about 1-1/2 to less than 2 hours. I would take back...

Wood, I think it was just a math problem and NOT actual diminishing battery capacity. I had made a couple of 78 mile trips with only 72 miles of range showing, but had 9 to 14 bonus miles when I got there. it shows 80 to 83 miles range now. Whit PS Do you run your Focus EV in California? North...

TSB is Technical Service Bulletin (a knotch below a recall) Automakers keep records of the warranty repairs they have to make and if they're redundant, they issue this Bulletin to dealers with the standard fix for the common problem. The automakers don't make them public. Not all cars subject...

I had a problem with the range diminishing a little each day, down to only 58 miles after charging all night. It was fixed by reflashing the computers (BECM, PCM and ABS) per TSB 12-8-20. OUTOFGAS charges to 80 miles range when full now. Tsb 12-08-20 - reduced driving range, intermittent no...

I put 2 240V level 2 charging stations in myself. One at my house and one at my dad's 78 miles away. Cost me about $1100 each. They charge my car 78 miles in about 2 hours. Got my Focus EV May 28, 2012.

Yes, mine does it too!

See the post "I installed my own charging station last week" ALSO http://insideevs.com/early-ford-focus-electric-owner-is-out-of-gas-and-loving-it/

Message: I studied NEC2008, did a load analysis got a building permit and had inspector come when I put in a 240v, 30a electric vehicle charging station last year. I've had the breaker trip when I had a lot of load on it but not over 70 amps worth. ( house A/C, clothes dryer, electric car...