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This is good news for people in California - today the California Air Resources Board granted the Ford Focus Electric HOV access. I'm not sure why it was ever up for debate - how could a car be greener than an all electric vehicle? Plus the Ford Focus Electric has all of the green plastics and...

As the Ford Focus Electric and other electric vehicles become more common, emergency response personnel are at danger when they respond to crashes where hybrid and electric vehicles are involved. Here's an interesting article that talks about some of the risks, and some of the training that's...

This article talks about a professional hyper-miling crew from Australia that drove the Chevy Cruze Eco through all the 48 connected states, and averaged 64.42 MPG! The Chevy Cruze was completely unmodified, and a new one can be bought for a base sticker price of $19,999. The EPA puts an...

Came across this online and thought it was interesting: http://www.cargohopper.com/ Not quite the Ford Focus Electric, but nonetheless, it's an electric vehicle and is a good example of replacing a gasoline vehicle with an electric vehicle specifically built for a purpose. It's an electric...

The Obama administration will mandate cars have an average of 35.5 mpg by the year 2015. One problem – that’s 4 years away. Do any vehicles get that sort of mileage currently? The electric Leaf, Smart and Volt (and the 2012 Ford Focus Electric) and the hybrid Prius and Civic. Even the tiny Ford...

This is Nancy Gioia, Ford's director of Global Electrification, posing while plugging in a 2012 Ford Focus Electric car.

Why are people surprised about the Ford Focus Electric? Where have they been, under a rock? Here's a news article posted today titled Ford Unveils its first All Electric Car - yes, Ford unveiled the Focus EV months ago! Nonetheless, the article does have some interesting stuff about a tour of...

Did anyone else hear this? I was talking with somebody last night and they said they heard Tesla is dropping the roadster and moving towards a 4 door luxury sedan. He also said that Tesla has only sold 2000 of the roadsters! I mainly find this interesting because the Roadster is what many...

Titled 'How much money is your electric car really saving you', this article from Technorati Read the full article here http://technorati.com/lifestyle/autos/article/how-much-money-is-your-electric/

You know we're running out of interesting things to talk about: Ford has announced a perk of owning the Ford Focus Electric vehicle. The car will come with a convenience cord. It's a 25 foot charging cord for use in a standard 120v plug for owners to use while they are out and about at places...

The battery pack takes up a huge amount of space in the trunk of the Focus EV - luckily the trunk was big to begin with, and now it has a small trunk.

Came across this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08ogBYwo1s Looks pretty cool. It's a short course race set up by Leno where celebrities are going to race the Focus EV around the track. Does anyone know if the race has taken place yet?

This you tube video is from CES 2011 from the 'exclusive' preview of the Ford Focus Electric - I think all that means is that this guy got to see it a day before the official unveiling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntanUvtNV1w In the video he states that the drag co-efficient is about 0.28...