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Atlanta got a jump on National Drive Electric Week with an event at Atlantic Station today. My wife and I took our FFElectric and FFEnergi to display along with other owners. It was great fun talking with curious passersby about our cars and about driving electric. I think that we had 15...

We bought a Fusion Energi in November to replace my wife’s car. I became so enamored with driving on electricity that in January, I leased a Focus Electric and parked my gas guzzling F-150. Now, my wife is driving the Electric for her 54 mile commute and I am driving the Energi for my 26 mile...

Wow! What a difference mild (40-70 degree) temperatures make. In the last week, we averaged 229 Wh/mile for 282 miles driven in the Focus Electric. For 100% EV trips in our Fusion Energi over the same time, the average was 225 Wh/mile for 117 miles. Yesterday morning before leaving for work...

On my way to work this morning, at one traffic light, I saw two Leafs go by and I thought, "What a good job Nissan is doing selling Leafs in the Atlanta market. This place is practically crawling with these froggy-looking things. If only people here knew about the Focus Electric." Next, I...

Is there any advantage to charging the FFE battery at a slower rate than the onboard charger can handle? When I bought a Fusion Energi, I installed a Leviton 3.8kW 16 Amp EVSE. It matched the wiring and circuit breaker I already had available and was sufficient to charge the Energi. Now that...

Up until now, the longest trip we have taken in "Effie" has been 40 miles. In winter temperatures and needing to use the heater, I have been hesitant to turn the car over to my wife for her 54 mile round trip commute. I don't want her to worry about range and I would like her to be able to use...

I’d like to put in a good word or two about the Ford Fusion Energi. We bought a Ford Fusion Energi SE in November 2013 and a Ford Focus Electric in January 2014. I love the FFEnergi. The ride is incredibly quiet, even when the ICE is running due to active noise cancellation and good...

I am very pleased with how well "Effie" drove on my way home yesterday on snow and ice in the Atlanta Snow Jam. Driving in L was a great help to maintain control slowing and stopping. I wasn't able to make it all the way home on account of cars jammed up behind rear wheel drive vehicles that...

I was surprised to see my FFE consuming nearly 500 Watts per mile for the first few miles I drove today. The heat was off. It was a balmy 55 degrees outside. By the time I had driven a mile and a half, my budget was -4 miles. What gives? What is the car doing or not doing to consume so much...

When I'm on this forum and someone refers to an FFE, I assume that means a Ford Focus Electric. Besides being an FFE owner, I also have one of the other FFEs, Ford Fusion Energi, that is. It's probably too late for this, but I wish we had two different abbreviations that distinguished between...

I live in a state where front license tags are not required. My FFE came from a state that does. The dealer who installed the license plate bracket did a lousy job, installing it a good inch off center. In buying my FFE, I told my dealer that as far as I was concerned, the vehicle had been...

I’m trying to decide between buying either a Focus EV or a C-Max Energi. What is attractive to me about the Focus EV is the lease price, the possibility of fewer repairs due to no ICE, the gas savings of going all electric, the sleek styling, the handling, and performance. The things that are...

I bought my wife a Fusion Energi last month and I like it so much that I've started thinking about buying a Focus Electric for myself so that I can park my 14.3 mpg F150. I took a test drive and I like the car. I was particularly pleased with the acceleration, handling, and overall feel of the...