I've been joining these various forums on myelectriccarforums.com and am in the market for a car and so one of my goals is to educate myself about some buying points for myself.
My initial questions about the ford focus electric:
- For warm climates (I am in Arizona) are there any indications yet of the liquid cooling doing (or not doing) a good job of keeping the battery within certain thermal parameters and helping it stave off an early death? I have read through some of the Phoenix Nissan Leaf owners' comments, and that car seems worth avoiding for now, for me, based on battery life concerns, but I don't know if it's worth my while to consider the Ford because of its liquid cooling.
- Is there some sort of national phone number we can call? The dealers tend to not know that much.
- Battery warranty terms - it seems like it's not covered as to normal decay? Has Ford assigned any numbers (% of range decrease in what time period?) that they will honor?
- Battery pack replacement cost.... is Ford or anyone else being up-front about this?
Ok, those are my initial questions.
My initial questions about the ford focus electric:
- For warm climates (I am in Arizona) are there any indications yet of the liquid cooling doing (or not doing) a good job of keeping the battery within certain thermal parameters and helping it stave off an early death? I have read through some of the Phoenix Nissan Leaf owners' comments, and that car seems worth avoiding for now, for me, based on battery life concerns, but I don't know if it's worth my while to consider the Ford because of its liquid cooling.
- Is there some sort of national phone number we can call? The dealers tend to not know that much.
- Battery warranty terms - it seems like it's not covered as to normal decay? Has Ford assigned any numbers (% of range decrease in what time period?) that they will honor?
- Battery pack replacement cost.... is Ford or anyone else being up-front about this?
Ok, those are my initial questions.