Ford_News
03-02-2012, 09:47 AM
Filed under: Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Electric (http://www.autoblog.com/category/electric/)
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Coming soon to select Ford (http://autoblog.com/ford) dealers, at least those on the coasts (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/02/16/ford-focus-electric-wont-be-available-outside-of-coasts-until-s/), is the most efficient five-passenger car in America, the 2012 Ford Focus (http://autoblog.com/ford/focus) Electric, which the EPA has certified gets 105 miles per gallon equivalent, combined. This is better than what the Blue Oval was estimating publicly in December, when it said the all-electric Focus should get 100 MPGe (http://www.green.autoblog.com/2011/12/14/ford-focus-electric-100-mpge-c-max-models/). The Focus EV is also rated for 110 MPGe in the city and 99 MPGe on the highway. As you can read in the press release below (http://www.mnfords.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/#continued), Ford is using the official numbers to go after the Nissan Leaf (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/leaf/) for the all-electric passenger car market. Ford says its new electric car:
... achieves a combined rating of 105 MPGe, topping Nissan Leaf by 6 MPGe while also offering more motor power, passenger room and standard features. Customers can make more use of this efficiency with Ford's faster charging technology that can recharge Focus Electric in about half the time of Nissan Leaf.
To compare with some other combined MPGe ratings for plug-in vehicles on the market or coming soon: the 2012 Chevrolet Volt (http://autoblog.com/chevrolet/volt) gets 94 MPGe (one better than the 2011 model (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/24/2011-chevy-volt-gets-93-mpge-and-37-mpg-rating-from-epa/)), the Toyota Prius (http://autoblog.com/toyota/prius) Plug-In Hybrid gets 95 MPGe (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/02/03/toyota-boosts-fuel-economy-rating-for-prius-plug-in-to-95-mpge/), the Nissan Leaf (http://autoblog.com/nissan/leaf) gets 99 MPGe (http://green.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/nissan-leaf-snags-99-mpg-rating-on-official-epa-sticker/), the Mitsubishi i (http://autoblog.com/mitsubishi/i) is rated at 112 MPGe (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/07/mitsubishi-i-rated-at-112-mpge-with-62-to-98-mile-range/), and the current champion, the Tesla Roadster (http://autoblog.com/tesla/roadster) 2.0, officially gets 119 MPGe (http://green.autoblog.com/2011/05/26/tesla-roadster-2-5-snags-official-119-mpge-rating/).
The EPA also says the Focus EV will have a range of 76 miles. As Ford is quick to point out, again, that's three miles more than the Leaf. Given the variances of EV ranges based on driving style and outside influences, those three miles won't make all that much real-world difference to most people, but it does give the engineering team one more thing to brag about.
For all the comparisons that Ford makes in today's announcement, it does leave one thing out: the Leaf's one big numerical advantage. The 2012 Leaf starts at just $35,200 (http://green.autoblog.com/2011/07/19/2012-nissan-leaf-higher-price-tag-standard-equipment/), while the Focus EV starts at $39,200 (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/02/2012-ford-focus-electric-priced-from-39-200/).Continue reading Ford Focus Electric officially rated at 105 MPGe with a 76-mile range (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/)
Ford Focus Electric officially rated at 105 MPGe with a 76-mile range (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Coming soon to select Ford (http://autoblog.com/ford) dealers, at least those on the coasts (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/02/16/ford-focus-electric-wont-be-available-outside-of-coasts-until-s/), is the most efficient five-passenger car in America, the 2012 Ford Focus (http://autoblog.com/ford/focus) Electric, which the EPA has certified gets 105 miles per gallon equivalent, combined. This is better than what the Blue Oval was estimating publicly in December, when it said the all-electric Focus should get 100 MPGe (http://www.green.autoblog.com/2011/12/14/ford-focus-electric-100-mpge-c-max-models/). The Focus EV is also rated for 110 MPGe in the city and 99 MPGe on the highway. As you can read in the press release below (http://www.mnfords.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/#continued), Ford is using the official numbers to go after the Nissan Leaf (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/leaf/) for the all-electric passenger car market. Ford says its new electric car:
... achieves a combined rating of 105 MPGe, topping Nissan Leaf by 6 MPGe while also offering more motor power, passenger room and standard features. Customers can make more use of this efficiency with Ford's faster charging technology that can recharge Focus Electric in about half the time of Nissan Leaf.
To compare with some other combined MPGe ratings for plug-in vehicles on the market or coming soon: the 2012 Chevrolet Volt (http://autoblog.com/chevrolet/volt) gets 94 MPGe (one better than the 2011 model (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/24/2011-chevy-volt-gets-93-mpge-and-37-mpg-rating-from-epa/)), the Toyota Prius (http://autoblog.com/toyota/prius) Plug-In Hybrid gets 95 MPGe (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/02/03/toyota-boosts-fuel-economy-rating-for-prius-plug-in-to-95-mpge/), the Nissan Leaf (http://autoblog.com/nissan/leaf) gets 99 MPGe (http://green.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/nissan-leaf-snags-99-mpg-rating-on-official-epa-sticker/), the Mitsubishi i (http://autoblog.com/mitsubishi/i) is rated at 112 MPGe (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/07/mitsubishi-i-rated-at-112-mpge-with-62-to-98-mile-range/), and the current champion, the Tesla Roadster (http://autoblog.com/tesla/roadster) 2.0, officially gets 119 MPGe (http://green.autoblog.com/2011/05/26/tesla-roadster-2-5-snags-official-119-mpge-rating/).
The EPA also says the Focus EV will have a range of 76 miles. As Ford is quick to point out, again, that's three miles more than the Leaf. Given the variances of EV ranges based on driving style and outside influences, those three miles won't make all that much real-world difference to most people, but it does give the engineering team one more thing to brag about.
For all the comparisons that Ford makes in today's announcement, it does leave one thing out: the Leaf's one big numerical advantage. The 2012 Leaf starts at just $35,200 (http://green.autoblog.com/2011/07/19/2012-nissan-leaf-higher-price-tag-standard-equipment/), while the Focus EV starts at $39,200 (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/02/2012-ford-focus-electric-priced-from-39-200/).Continue reading Ford Focus Electric officially rated at 105 MPGe with a 76-mile range (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/)
Ford Focus Electric officially rated at 105 MPGe with a 76-mile range (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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