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I'm not sure what the amperage was, but it took about 6 hours to charge on a 240v I used one time. The full TMS was working and blowing fans and all. It was about 90F out.

You guys are terribly spoiled when it comes to electric rates. Here are the Time of Use rates for Southern California Edison: Peak (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays) $0.50/kWh Off Peak (6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to midnight and all weekend days) $.32/kWh Super Off Peak (Midnight to 6 am...

What is the front sticker on your bumper? Is it for the carpool lane?

In fact, on one of the mainstream websites, Green Car Reports, a comment was made that Nissan was supposedly using the same formulation of batteries that LG already uses in the Volt and FFE. This change doesn't appear to be Earth-shattering until Nissan comes forward with real world testing and...

Correct. And I might add that Ford has no particular interest in redesigning the current FFE in any way until there is a need to do it. This is best demonstrated by failing to update the FFE grill/bumper assembly and hood to match the 2015 Focus. The FFE redesign would cost very little since the...

I assume your son hasn't heard about public charging stations?

I absolutely would NOT trust on Nissan's word alone that the new battery chemistry will withstand excessive heat. Until Nissan provides more information on the "Heat Tolerant Battery", I would remain skeptical. After all Nissan did sell a "Not So Heat Tolerant Battery" for quite some time.

I think it is a pretty strong guess that the 2nd generation FFE will have a CCS DC fast charge port. There is really no way to add it to the current FFE without redesigning the fender and charge port door.

There are plenty of Focus service manuals available on eBay. (They appear to be copies of the online manual put to DVD.) But there isn't enough interest to even sell these sketchy copies for the Electric.

You will note that the regen circle on the FFE "spins" whenever you take your foot off the accelerator and the car is "coasting." You can eliminate this spin by holding the accelerator down a bit and actually coasting. But comparing a gas hybrid to an electric car's regen is a somewhat dicey. If...

I suppose if you don't charge your battery, you will get longer battery life. But unlike an ICE, where you can just drive your car and use gas, that's not an alternative for the FFE. You have to charge your battery sometime. Whether that is when you apply the brakes, or when you put it in the...

Maybe so. But why go to the trouble of shifting into neutral when you can just use your right foot to cancel the regen in those instances when you want to coast? For instance, the Model S has very heavy regen you can dial into the car. (The regen is actually selectable.) Most owners use one...

And, as I mentioned in another post, you might be surprised when the thermal management does come on. I drove about 60 miles on the freeway here in SoCal from around 92 F degrees back to home which was 82 degrees. I parked the FFE in the garage and plugged it in, even though the charge wasn't...

Nope. No reserve. It pretty much just says, "Battery Depleted". Then the computer lady comes on and says, "You idiot, we told you it was going to stop!" Okay, maybe not the last part. But there really is no reserve that I've experienced. I have run it down to 3 or 4 miles remaining many times...

That's what I thought, too. But it is mentioned specifically that the green car on the dash is lit. I find this very odd since everything I have seen posted about the FFE indicates that there is always some type of notification when the car dies.

Odd that the little green car comes on and you still don't have power. I've never seen anyone suggest that the car "stalls" without any indication of a fault. Even the OP refers to the stop safely now message. Maybe you should take a photo of the exact dash display when the car stalls. It might...

Frankly, Elroy appears to have drifted into hyperbole because he is confronted with facts at every turn. He just keeps digging deeper and deeper. The next thing he will state is that the FFE is a hazard to humanity and should be removed from the roadways of America. His initial claim that the...

Finally. The old refrain, "The Leaf sells better, so it must be better." This might come as a surprise to you, but the world's ugliest car, the Pontiac Aztek sold 27,354 units in 2003. Gee, that's more than the 22,610 units sold by the Leaf in 2013. There must be a reason. I guess its the...

I stopped engaging in street drag racing when I was around 18. On the other hand, I do appreciate a car that can thread the needle in traffic and respond instantly between 20 and 60 mph. THAT is the acceleration that really counts. In that same C&D comparo, the Leaf was a second slower from 50 -...

While I appreciate your understanding of oversteer and understeer, I will once again point out that your conclusion about the dangerous handling of the Focus Electric is not shared by ANY within the automobile media. Your conclusions are not based on reality, nor upon any reading of the...