Ford is currently taking pre-orders on the 2012 Ford Focus Electric vehicle, and most of the general public will have to wait well into the New Year to reserve a shot at getting one. There are many benefits to working for an internet search company/global powerhouse like Google, and now you can add access-to-not-yet-released cars … Google gets the first Ford Focus Electric
This morning Ford sent out a press release announcing they had begun production of the 2012 Ford Focus Electric at the Michigan Assembly plant. The Ford Focus Electric is the first of its kind to feature faster charging, charging twice as fast as the Nissan Leaf. Ford is also hoping to achieve an EPA rating … Production of the Ford Focus Electric begins!
Ford announced today that it expects the 2012 Ford Focus Electric hatchback to carry an EPA rating of 100MPGe. The ‘e’ in MPGe stands for equivalent and is used to measure the efficiency of battery powered cars in a method comparable to gasoline powered vehicles.
Ford has entered into an exclusive collaboration with SHFT.com, an award winning multimedia platform founded by actor and filmmaker Adrian Grenier and film producer Peter Glatzer. Part of Ford’s mission, which is fairly evident in the Ford Focus Electric and other upcoming vehicles, is to accelerate the development of more fuel-efficient autos. To help with … Ford announces collaboration with SHFT.com
October 2011 was the month the Intelligent Transportation Systems held their world conference in Orlando Florida. It was at this conference that Ford chairman Bill Ford said it was time for the automotive industry to take the ‘Information Superhighway’ phrase away from the IT industry. Bill Ford talked about Ford’s vision for the future, where … Ford looking at future of in car technology
There have been murmurs in the media for months about Ford’s Power of Choice tour. This is the same tour that showed the fake Ford Focus Electric in West Michigan: http://www.myfocuselectric.com/ford-takes-real-ford-focus-electric-to-west-michigan/
Ford launched their build and price tool today for the 2012 Ford Focus Electric: http://www.ford.com/electric/focuselectric/2012/ The base price for the Ford Focus Electric is $39,200 MSRP with a $795 destination charge. Ford still hasn’t provided details about the range, top speed, or production or delivery start dates for the Ford Focus Electric. Thoughts? Is this … Price out your Ford Focus Electric – starting at almost $40K
Back in September, we wrote about the Ford Power of Choice tour. At their stop in Michigan, students got in trouble for touching the Ford Focus Electric, and found out that it was an internal combustion Ford Focus with an electric charge port Velcro-ed on! A little over a month later, Ford returned Grand Valley … Ford takes real Ford Focus Electric to West Michigan
Every year the Green Car Journal chooses a green car of the year from among all of the new vehicles coming to market (new meaning brand new vehicle, not necessarily a new model being introduced this year). The awards honor environmental leadership in the auto industry. 2 of the past 3 years, it’s been a … Ford Focus Electric in finals for Green Car of the Year award
Thanks again to some persistent work by one of our forum members, the Ford Focus Electric Forum learned this morning that Ford has pushed back production of the Ford Focus Electric to early March 2012.