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Today, I drove from Corning, NY to Ithaca, NY, and back to Corning. The average temperature, for the round-trip, was probably around 10 deg F. Given that the one-way distance is just under 45 miles, my battery never quite dropped below the 1/4 mark. (I was able to charge back up to full, while...

If your primary car is a Ford Focus Electric, here's the most sustainable option for making occasional, longer trips. An even better idea is for a few FFE owners to pool their $7500 tax credits and buy one of these gasoline-only Fiestas, to SHARE!! Or, even better yet, all Ford dealers could...

Here is the letter that the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) sent to Ford Motor Company, on September 16, 2013: http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jaxrs/download/doc/UCM444424/INIM-PE13031-57668.pdf? <-- If this link doesn't work, cut-and-paste this URL into Google...

I wanted to test several different things. So, I went around a 5.7-mile loop, with an elevation change of 760 feet. Starting near the top of this hill (at my house), I drove around the loop, until I was almost down to 10% (7 miles) remaining on my battery. The bottom of the loop was on level...

...my wife is selling ours on eBay. I replaced them with "all-weather plus" Nokian WRG2 tires that I can leave on all year. The Nokian tires are great for getting up my driveway in the winter. With these tires and the Focus Electric's heavy battery, we get great traction! Here's our ad on...