Ford unveils Focus Electric with MyFord Mobile smartphone integration

Ford just made industry history by being the first major auto manufacturer to unveil a new model at CES , the Focus Electric. But we already knew it would . What we didn’t know were the details of the thing, but now we have them. And a lot of pretty pictures. Ford is saying the car will manage a range of 100 miles and that it will offer an MPGe rating (a conceptual equivalency of miles per gallon for an electric or otherwise non-traditionally powered car) higher than the Volt and comparable to the Leaf, but crucially it’s saying that it can be recharged on a 240 volt outlet in four hours or less. The Leaf can take up to seven hours with the same amount of current — though of course CHAdeMO support there handily trumps that. More details below, along with details of some pretty blue butterflies. Gallery: Ford Focus Electric Continue reading Ford unveils Focus Electric with MyFord Mobile smartphone integration Ford unveils Focus Electric with MyFord Mobile smartphone integration originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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