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I totally agree that although Ford is continuously releasing press statements and information on their upcoming Ford Focus Electric and other electric vehicles, Ford ahs yet to release any real information besides what one could've seen in the pictures of the Focus Electric.

Ford is hosting a live chat sessions with 2 of their engineers: Chuck Gray, who is the Ford Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Cheif Engineer, and Bob Taenaka who is the Ford Battery Technical Lead. The chat is happening on Thursday, July 21 2011 at 1:00p.m. EST The topic of conversation for the...

Many people have said that the battery switching model of electric vehicles is a lost cause. The swapping stations would need to house too many different types of batteries, too many of each type, and it just doensn't make sense for an Electric Vehicle owner to have some used and possibly abused...

You've all heard of Better Place - the company out of Israel convinced that charging stations that swap batteries in and out of an electric vehicle are the key to the electric car industry. If you've been on any electric vehicle site, you'll have seen the discussions about why that does or...

Ford has yet to provide the 2012 Ford Focus Electric vehicle to the federal government and insurance agencies for crash tests. If we could compare the Ford Focus gasoline and the Ford Focus Electric, then we could tell you the Focus Electric has a 5 star frontal crash rating and a 3 start side...

The 2012 Ford Focus Electric will be available sometime late this year - so no one yet has test driven one. Unless of course you count the early prototype that Jay Leno had celebrities drive on his show, but that was an older Ford Focus retrofitted with electronic drivetrain. The 2012 Ford...

The Pikes Peak race is famous around the world for testing the limits of vehicles and their drivers. THe race start at over 9000 feet above sea level and ends at 14000 feet above sea level. At levels that high, the amount of oxygen in the air is a lot less. That's precisely why the Nissan Leaf...

As car companies step farther into the future, more and more technology is integrated right into the vehicle. What started as a box on wheels used purely for transportation has turned into a personal computer responsible for navigation, entertainment and getting it's cargo to the destination...

Ford recently released it's annual sustainability report, and in it mentioned that Ford is taking an aggressive stance when it comes to water conservation and managing how it uses fresh water. John Viera, Ford’s global director for sustainability and vehicle environment matters, says “We have...

Jim Farley, Ford's vice president of Global Marketing, says "Customers have really changed in the last 120 days". With high gas prices and a slow economy, people are becoming more concerned about saving money, and fuel economy plays a big part in that. Ford plans to triple electric vehicle...

Originally Ford had planned to produce the Ford Cmax in 3 versions - gasoline, hybrid, and a full electric version called the Cmax Energi. Ford has since changed it's mind and will only be making the Cmax Hybrid and Cmax Energi vehicles in the US. The Cmax will be built on the global C platform...

Yes, I know this isn't the Ford Focus Electric, but it's just further motivation for those out there who think electric vehicles aren't real useful and are too limiting. http://green.autoblog.com/2011/06/02/video-dutch-duo-drives-nissan-leaf-779-2-miles-in-24-hours/

The new Ford Focus has received the highest possible crash rating - 5 stars. This continues the safety record of the previous generation of Ford's best selling family car. The 2012 Ford Focus has an impressive crash structure, as well as driver, passenger, front side, front and rear curtain...

Ford is currently searching for the best place to locate the charge ports on it's Ford Focus Electric and Ford C-Max Energi. A team of engineers at Ford conducted studies in pursuit of customer's expectations and preferences of charging a vehicle. However - Although the front and rear location...

Ford launched the Transit Connect Electric small commercial van in 2010, and in addition to the Ford Focus Electric in late 2011, will introduce C-MAX Hybrid, a second next-generation lithium-ion battery hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid in 2012. Along with new vehicles, Ford is also...

Ford has these sustainability facts listed on the Green Festival website: * Ford will be expanding it's vehicle line to include 5 electric vehicles by 2012 including next generation hybrids, a plug in hybrid and the full Electric Ford Focus. * The Ford EcoBoost engine technology delivers 20%...

The Seattle Green festival happened this weekend, and wraps up today. The show featured keynotes from experts in the Green community and all sorts of demonstrations and booths from making your house more green, to buying more green, and even some electric vehicle talk from Ford. Ford is a major...

Japan's automakers are pushing to have their recharging technology set as the global standard. Nissan and Toyota have teamed with Japan's larget electric company and the Japanese government to make it happen. Their aim is to corner the market on high-speed charging points that will act like...

Portland is one of the leading regions in the country when it comes to electric vehicle readiness and EV awareness. Oregon has received stimulus funds to install fast charging stations in public areas. They've also received money to install residential and commercial charging stations. As we...

Plans for Ford Focus Electric fleet, already more Than 1800 Electric Vehicle Chargers Installed around the Country U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that to date, more than 1,800 electric vehicle chargers have been installed under the Recovery Act. Companies including Coulomb...