Ford_News
03-12-2012, 03:53 PM
Filed under: Government/Legal (http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/), Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Electric (http://www.autoblog.com/category/electric/)
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Following in the footsteps of the Chevrolet Volt (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/02/24/gm-starts-deliveries-of-2012-hov-lane-eligible-chevy-volts-in-ca/) and the Honda Civic Natural Gas (http://green.autoblog.com/2011/07/15/natural-gas-honda-civic-gx-retains-cali-hov-lane-access/), the 105-MPGe (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/) 2012 Ford Focus (http://autoblog.com/ford/focus) Electric has been granted HOV lane access in California by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). CARB not only gave the upcoming all-electric vehicle the ability to let people drive alone in the High Occupancy Vehicle lane but also qualified it for an incentive that affords buyers an extra $2,500 off through the state's Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (CVRP).
With an official range of 76 miles (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/), the Focus EV is what Ford calls the "most fuel-efficient five-passenger car" in the States. As it has in other marketing material, today's press release announcing the HOV designation, Ford is touting ways its car beats the Nissan Leaf (http://autoblog.com/nissan/leaf) (hey, it "only" gets 73 official miles (http://green.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/nissan-leaf-snags-99-mpg-rating-on-official-epa-sticker/), remember?), as you can read after the jump (http://www.mnfords.com/2012/03/12/ford-focus-electric-qualifies-for-hov-lane-access-extra-2-500/#continued). For more on the controversial HOV lane situation in California, check out this article (http://green.autoblog.com/2010/09/28/chelsea-sexton-sb535-hov-access-for-plug-in-and-the-unintended/) from AutoblogGreen contributor Chelsea Sexton.Continue reading Ford Focus Electric qualifies for California HOV lane access, extra $2,500 off (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/12/ford-focus-electric-qualifies-for-hov-lane-access-extra-2-500/)
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Following in the footsteps of the Chevrolet Volt (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/02/24/gm-starts-deliveries-of-2012-hov-lane-eligible-chevy-volts-in-ca/) and the Honda Civic Natural Gas (http://green.autoblog.com/2011/07/15/natural-gas-honda-civic-gx-retains-cali-hov-lane-access/), the 105-MPGe (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/) 2012 Ford Focus (http://autoblog.com/ford/focus) Electric has been granted HOV lane access in California by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). CARB not only gave the upcoming all-electric vehicle the ability to let people drive alone in the High Occupancy Vehicle lane but also qualified it for an incentive that affords buyers an extra $2,500 off through the state's Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (CVRP).
With an official range of 76 miles (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/03/02/ford-focus-electric-officially-rated-at-105-mpge-with-a-76-mile/), the Focus EV is what Ford calls the "most fuel-efficient five-passenger car" in the States. As it has in other marketing material, today's press release announcing the HOV designation, Ford is touting ways its car beats the Nissan Leaf (http://autoblog.com/nissan/leaf) (hey, it "only" gets 73 official miles (http://green.autoblog.com/2010/11/22/nissan-leaf-snags-99-mpg-rating-on-official-epa-sticker/), remember?), as you can read after the jump (http://www.mnfords.com/2012/03/12/ford-focus-electric-qualifies-for-hov-lane-access-extra-2-500/#continued). For more on the controversial HOV lane situation in California, check out this article (http://green.autoblog.com/2010/09/28/chelsea-sexton-sb535-hov-access-for-plug-in-and-the-unintended/) from AutoblogGreen contributor Chelsea Sexton.Continue reading Ford Focus Electric qualifies for California HOV lane access, extra $2,500 off (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/12/ford-focus-electric-qualifies-for-hov-lane-access-extra-2-500/)
Ford Focus Electric qualifies for California HOV lane access, extra $2,500 off (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/12/ford-focus-electric-qualifies-for-hov-lane-access-extra-2-500/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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