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Just a random guess, as I don't have my car yet, but wouldn't it just be compensating for the fact that the car starts using electricity when you open a door? Interior lighting, pre-energizing other electronics systems, etc?

Out of curiosity, why would you want this feature? Battery management systems do all the work of maintaining appropriate charge levels and battery life for you. For example, when the Focus says "0" it's never truly at 0 (probably about 20-30% left), and when it's full, it's probably near, but...

Wow - I don't really understand how some dealers can value these cars over MSRP. I am definitely excited about the car, but it's pretty essential to keep this car's price in context with the gas version of the Focus as well as the other competing (and substantially more available) electric cars...

Wow, so I guess my backup plan of buying one in SF then shipping it to Seattle may not be so feasible. I preordered on in Seattle 2 weeks ago and I was told "I want to set your expectations of having no expectations". The dealership gave me a guess of November, which is a super long time to...

For most of the city of Seattle, the first 10kWh of each day are $0.047/kWh, then each additional kWh beyond 10 are $0.0987/kWh. No peak/off-peak billing hours. In the winter, the first 16kWh of each day are billed at the lower rate before it switches to the higher rate. So the 10 cents/kWh...