Ford Focus BEV 15 car fleet to undergo testing
The Ford Focus BEV is a prototype zero emissions full electric vehicle, using the Focus as the base. The electric drive systems were supplied by Magna, and previews a future production car based on the next generation global C-segment Focus platform.
For now, a total of 15 Focus BEVs will be built and evaluated day to day in Europe to see if it is suitable for European road and driving conditions.The electric drive system uses a lithium ion battery with a capacity of 23kWh powering a chassis-mounted 100kW electric motor with 320Nm of torque.
This will give the Focus BEV a range of about 120km, which should be enough to get you to work and back in time for you to charge up again at night. Charging is expected to take between 6 to 8 hours using a regular 230V wall socket – no quick-charge figures were provided.
September 16, 2009 @ 9:42 pm
As much torque as some turbo diesel trucks!
September 16, 2009 @ 9:46 pm
sebijik mcm kuga….anyway same platform
September 16, 2009 @ 10:22 pm
They need to bring the charging time down to minutes for it to work
September 17, 2009 @ 12:49 am
Is the battery expensice?
September 17, 2009 @ 6:28 am
not worth using this kind of technology… I think we need to wait for 5 years and above before we can use user friendly electric car…
September 17, 2009 @ 8:18 am
Good one Ford ,
please come out with some really reasonably prices for this BEV and I will get one but its better to have a fast charge feature for the batt.
September 17, 2009 @ 1:38 pm
just wandering, when the battery is about to get flat (lets say the last 30 mins), will the perfomance will also degrade (getting slow etc)? Just like the other battery operated remote cars
September 18, 2009 @ 1:08 am
Great!! but, is the battery expensice? How is the performance when the battery is about to get flat?
September 18, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
hope the future improvement can bring the electric to a range of 250km per charge. Well suited for a marketer.