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Started a new job that comes with a 41 mile one way commute. Have been using my other car, a VW TDI which gets mid 40s mpg. Drove the FFE Thursday after verifing I could top off at work. Was told about a shortcut with the added benny of by-passing a cogested area. Had 61 miles showing to take...

I have had my FFE for about six months now and I have 4,500 miles on it. I love the car and it fits the intended commute purpose well. I have an old 911 for when I need extra legs. Drove into town yesterday to do a bit of shopping. Finished and began the trip home. I stopped at a stop sign...

Have noted that my driver door handle stops working to lock and unlock the car by touch when it is raining. I have been using the passenger door handle. Has anyone else noted this?

I have about 2k miles on my FFE and have not had any car induced issues or problems. I have caused a few but the car has been trouble free. This one is almost not worth reporting. Yesterday the cruise control would not turn on. I stopped on my way home and turned the car off then back on and the...

I have been driving my FFE for almost two months and have just received my first electric bill covering all of the car charging for a month. I guess I am happy with the end result. I looked at myfordmobile and did the arithmetic to find out what my average wH/m was and then used that to estimate...

I purchased my FFE over the Memorial Day holiday and now have just over 1000 miles put on over the past month. All of my miles have been work commute and around home errands. To date I have had zero issues with the car. It has done everything that I expected and more. I had a longer learning...

Where do I look to find the software revision level for my car? thanks, Mark

Arrived home last night and plugged in my charger as is becoming my habit. The car normally takes 2-2.5 hours to charge after a 48 mile commute. The battery normally is in the 40-50 mile remaining range when the charge begins. I went out to the garage an hour or so later and heard a strange...

Is there a tech reference manual on many of the workings of our cars. I would like to be able to read about how some of the systems work and become more knowledgeable. Yes, many of my questions are addressed here but it would be nice to be able to read an applications manual. Mark

My FFE has to live outside. I have an old 911 and a small sailboat that take up all the room in my garage. There are no seals on the power plug or on the charge receptacle in the car. I have not seen any weather related notes on the charge station plugs, but intuitively these have to be weather...

I have been following electric vehicles for about ten years. The technology has steadily improved over that time. Motorcycles are now available that have ranges over 100 miles between charges, and cars with the same. And there are a few cars like the FFE that can manage a commute like my 43 mile...

I have had my new FFE for one week now and I turned over 300 miles on my way home this evening. I have had zero issues with the car so far. I still need to learn more about some of the electronic options, (and me an electrical engineer who does some programming at work). I like the car more...

I bought my new FFE Monday at an out of town dealer. The dealer delivered the car on a flatbed yesterday, Tuesday, as part of the deal. I ordered a charging station from Clipper Creek, their LCS-25 yesterday and it should be here M/T of next week. I drove the car around last night and liked it...

New FFE arrived at its new home about three hours ago. I got through the registration process, finally. The car set up does not have a Focus 2013 only a 2012, so I clicked on the 2012. I have watched several videos explaining what this can do. When I click the tab my car it shows a battery...

First post here, leased FFE yesterday, car due to be delivered today. Several nice features the car has involve a cell phone. I don't have a smart phone and still use a Blackberry. I was able to sync the BB with the car during the test drive yesterday. But, I am wondering if there is some way I...