Saturday, January 8, 2011

Ford Focus

Ford Focus
Ford chose the CES 2011, the place to introduce its all-electric approach. The car was on the Focus-based model in 2012 introduced this year, is actually the second electric vehicles from Ford, when he began to distribute the electric versions of its Ford Transit Connect commercial vehicles.
Ford was not ready, another large number of Focus Power, because it is still being tested by the EPA, but a spokesman said, we should be up to 100 miles. The car is a 23 kilowatt-hours of cooling fluid provides lithium-ion battery and has a top speed of 84 miles per hour.
What sets them apart from other electric cars coming on the market, or is it time to charge from empty to full should take 3 to 4 hours at a power of 240 volts, half the time associated list Nissan store. Ford has reached this number by the inclusion of a robust onboard charger.
Ford also offers a charging station with 240 volts, with the installation of Best Buy. This station has two components, a heavy support cable and charger, plug the set designed in the cradle. This provision allows some flexibility so that the owner of the charger to a garage back approach, just need a new vehicle to buy.
With an overlay Ford MYFORD touch interface designed specifically for electric vehicles, there is a mobile application called MYFORD allows owners set up load times and the doors opened, next to other functions. The dashboard contains a screen, a growing number of butterflies that will drive the car better, as the curtain shows the trees on the road Nissan.
The Ford Focus is the available power in November 2011, when the road will compete with Nissan and Mitsubishi iMiEV.

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