Comments on: Ford Focus Electric Initial Impressions

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By: jayzz

jayzz — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:31:28 +0000

Generally speaking, I don't think the world is ready yet for pure electric cars yet - look at sales figures

Hybrids are still the best compromise and that too, I would be very cautious of buying generation "one" of any brand - especially those car companies with a "not so good" reputation in the reliability department

By: Bill C

Bill C — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:29:56 +0000

Ford is not serious about electric cars $39,000 focus really the Focus market is for entry level buyers, it even looks like the gas powered focus

If Ford was serious they would have made it the Lincoln electric with a cool body something like the Frisker

By: DebraRedhead

DebraRedhead — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:09:12 +0000

@modern marvel fan- your last point about the Volt still functioning is great point. I would assume resale value will hold much better because of this. Do you think the gas motor survive long if it is put into service full time rather than rarely?

By: modern marvel fan

modern marvel fan — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 05:59:56 +0000

I love my Volt. For the price, Focus EV will be a hard sell. Volt meets most people’s daily need and it drives very nicely. Sure, it only has 4 seat. But why buy a car for the 5% need (I would bet that most people don’t carry 5 people all the time)? I have multi cars in my family. Volt is my daily commute. The fact is that I just don’t have to watch the range in the Volt all that much. If it is out of electrons, then the gas will help me get to the destination. That alone is a nice feature. Also, all battery performance degrades over time. Volt (at its least) can still function as a great hybrid without a reliable battery. The same can’t be said for Fous EV/Leaf/Telsa…

By: Otto

Otto — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:47:19 +0000

For me, I like the EV. My round trip to work is 50 miles. With 5 years of roadside assitance, i will get the bugs worked out. The airport is 36 mile and you can park fpor free and charge up. Charging after midnight I should be at $0.03 per mile. compared to $0.13 with a prius.

By: CharlesF

CharlesF — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:43:17 +0000

@Lou, it is obvious that a pure EV does not fit your lifestyle. It does not fit mine as well. It does fit a friend of mine's very well. She has a Leaf, and is very happy with it. I see a few Leafs around the RTP area of NC. I assume that their EVs fit their lifestyles.

I am glad we finally can pick what fits our lifestyles. Just a 12 or so years ago, you could only buy a gas powered car. Then the hybrids came along. The first two hybrids were too small for a lot of people, and were really just commuter cars for many, much as people use the Leaf and Focus EVs are today. Then the hybrids got to be very practical (Prius Gen 2, Escape Hybrid, Camry Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid). Now we have a lot more hybrids, with more on the way, which will extend the range of car types high MPG hybrids can fill (Prius c, Prius v and the C-Max) (good thing I am not in ENG101). We are adding plug in hybrids (PIP, new Fusion and C-Max) as well as the extended range Volt. These new plug in hybrids will fill a big gap until battery technology can catch up to gasoline or lord forbid H2 dreams come true.

By: Lou C. Geusy

Lou C. Geusy — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:41:28 +0000

"Yet another 75 mile range EV. ... most of us will be looking at plug-in hybrids with a 20 mile or more range."

Absolutely. These all-electric vehicles are ridiculous and a complete waste of good lithium. They are giving the whole high-efficiency movement a bad name. I got a Prius-V this spring. It is fantastic -- right about 48 MPG in all kinds of driving (I have a light foot), and I don't have a bit of mileage anxiety.

Instead of wasting time on these absurd pure EVs that can't safely get you any farther than a neighborhood grocery store, the manufacturers ought to be working on vehicles people can actually use at a price people can afford. Toyota gets it. I wish the others did.