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Whit (whitgallman) from the Ford Focus Electric Forum, seems to be the first retail customer to have received the Ford Focus Electric. Here are some pictures that were sent to us to post up - enjoy, and congratulations Whit! We'll see what kind of press this stirs up - there is a...

Last week Panasonic announced that it signed a deal with Ford to provide lithium-ion cells for it's vehicles. Terms of the deal specify that Panasonic will supply battery cells for the Ford Fusion Hybrid and Ford Fusion Energi, as well as the Ford Cmax Hybrid and Ford Cmax Energi. Panasonic will...

Ford announced today that they have started production on the 2012 Ford Focus Electric. The Ford Focus Electric is the first all-electric car produced by Ford, and is expected to be certified to have an EPA fuel efficiency range of 100 MPGe. The Ford Focus Electric has a few features that...

As previously mentioned on the Ford Focus Electric Forum, the 2012 Ford Focus Electric is coming.... very soon. Because the release is just around the corner, Ford wants to educate customers on how eco-friendly Ford's new vehicles are. Ford has teamed up with SHFT.com to promote green and...

News has been spreading like wildfire about a Chevy Volt that caught fire at a National Highway Transportation and Safety Authority garage in Wisconsin. The Chevy Volt was in a garage since May when it was used in a side impact crash test. Alan Adler from GM reminds us that they have done...

Last week Ford announced that the Ford Focus Electric sedan will be available in North America next year - or did they really? They announced that a year or more ago, so why are people just now posting on their blogs saying Ford announced it last week? The Ford Focus Electric will be available...

On November 10th, at 1:00pm EST, Ford is hosting a live chat with Chad D'Arcy the marketing manager for the Ford Focus Electric. Chad will be taking questions from Ford Focus Electric vehicle fans with updates on rollout details, including how they can get in line with the upcoming reservation...

Ford and Zipcar announced a strategic alliance establishing Ford as the largest university car partner. The two year tie-up introduces a new generation of young drivers to Ford vehicles including the Ford Focus and the Ford Escape. Milleniums (ages 18 - 34) have a much different view than...

Toyota and Ford announced on Monday that they will be collaborating to develop light truck and SUV hybrids by 2020. Toyota Vice President stated the collaboration is a move to make hybrid technology more available on sport utility vehicles and trucks as these models are 'indispensable to...

2012 Ford Focus Electric consumers and forum members will likely feel both relief and anxiety at the prospect of AAA being able to provide road-side assistance to electric car drivers. As revealed in North Carolina, the proposed solution is to send a large diesel truck to provide fast-charge...

At the Plug In 2011 conference, Nissan was there with plenty of their executives, ready to answer questions. Nissan provided some interesting details about the Nissan Leaf and it's buyers: - So far 4000 Leafs have been sold in the United States and 10000 or so have been sold worldwide. - The...

Dana Holding Corporation is a world leader in supplying driveline products and service parts for vehicle manufacturers. Based in Maumee, Ohio, the company supplies parts for nearly every major vehicle manufacturer in the global automotive markets. Dana has now developed air and liquid battery...

People in California who are interested in purchasing electric cars, such as the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, might be thinking twice, as the state is running out of money and can no longer fulfill the promised $5,000 rebates the state was giving to people who purchased all-electric vehicles...

Ford is hosting a live chat sessions with 2 of their engineers: Chuck Gray, who is the Ford Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Cheif Engineer, and Bob Taenaka who is the Ford Battery Technical Lead. The chat is happening on Thursday, July 21 2011 at 1:00p.m. EST The topic of conversation for the...

Many people have said that the battery switching model of electric vehicles is a lost cause. The swapping stations would need to house too many different types of batteries, too many of each type, and it just doensn't make sense for an Electric Vehicle owner to have some used and possibly abused...

You've all heard of Better Place - the company out of Israel convinced that charging stations that swap batteries in and out of an electric vehicle are the key to the electric car industry. If you've been on any electric vehicle site, you'll have seen the discussions about why that does or...

Ford has yet to provide the 2012 Ford Focus Electric vehicle to the federal government and insurance agencies for crash tests. If we could compare the Ford Focus gasoline and the Ford Focus Electric, then we could tell you the Focus Electric has a 5 star frontal crash rating and a 3 start side...

The 2012 Ford Focus Electric will be available sometime late this year - so no one yet has test driven one. Unless of course you count the early prototype that Jay Leno had celebrities drive on his show, but that was an older Ford Focus retrofitted with electronic drivetrain. The 2012 Ford...

The Pikes Peak race is famous around the world for testing the limits of vehicles and their drivers. THe race start at over 9000 feet above sea level and ends at 14000 feet above sea level. At levels that high, the amount of oxygen in the air is a lot less. That's precisely why the Nissan Leaf...

As car companies step farther into the future, more and more technology is integrated right into the vehicle. What started as a box on wheels used purely for transportation has turned into a personal computer responsible for navigation, entertainment and getting it's cargo to the destination...