Ford Focus BEV 15 car fleet to undergo testing

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Ford Focus BEV

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.

Ford Focus BEV

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.

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  • Neo on Sep 17, 2009 at 5:42 am

    As much torque as some turbo diesel trucks!

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  • scanzew on Sep 17, 2009 at 5:46 am

    sebijik mcm kuga….anyway same platform

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  • mystvearn on Sep 17, 2009 at 6:22 am

    They need to bring the charging time down to minutes for it to work

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  • Man on Sep 17, 2009 at 8:49 am

    Is the battery expensice?

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  • Abdul Qayyum on Sep 17, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    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…

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  • MycarMylife on Sep 17, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    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.

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  • klguy on Sep 17, 2009 at 9:38 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

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  • tires on Sep 18, 2009 at 9:08 am

    Great!! but, is the battery expensice? How is the performance when the battery is about to get flat?

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  • Omanjedi on Sep 18, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    hope the future improvement can bring the electric to a range of 250km per charge. Well suited for a marketer.

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  • Clifford Mccarthy@ne on Jan 08, 2010 at 6:53 am

    The car itself is a perfect car for the environment plus it looks and seems to performe quite well for an electric car. But for the same reason i cannot order one of these or any other electric powered cars i simply cannot afford it. When the prices come down i am sure they will fly out onto the roads until then they are just a good idea.

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