Ford Focus Electric Specifications and price

Up to 2.5 years after the launch, the Ford Focus Electric also available in our country. Whether you much in the streets will encounter him is a second, because the Dutch importer Ford praises him namely a spicy € 39,990, -.

The powertrain of the entire electric Ford Focus Electric is a electrical module which develops an output of 145 hp. Two lithium-ion battery packs with a total capacity of 23 kWh and a total weight of about 300 pounds feed the electric motor and partially recharged by regenerative braking. Best innovative is that the batteries, depending on the outside, with liquid cooled or heated. According to Ford, the temperature goes this way much faster and more accurately than with air cooling. This is an optimal operating temperature of the battery is guaranteed, resulting in the widest possible range. In normal driving style which is approximately 160 kilometers. If the opinions of the so-called Brake Coach, a technology that helps the driver to s
  
Performance
a battery pack of hundreds of pounds is obviously not conducive to steering a car. Badge weight of Ford Focus Electric is a heavy 1,700 kilograms, yet Ford claims the car almost as tight controls as a normal Focus and equally spacious for occupants. The boot is a bit smaller with 237 liters. Acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h takes place in 11.4 seconds, but at 80 km / h sprint will soon feel as striking as the torque of 250 Nm already 100% is used when the accelerator pedal is touched. The top speed is 137 km / h then very low.

Load
Re fully charge the batteries in three ways: via a cable to a fixed charging station installed at home (which the technicians of the ANWB will install). The charging time is through this way 6 to 7 hours. Option two is via a special cable with a higher amp which the load is reduced to 3 to 4 hours. Who do not use the special wall box or cables and the plug on the Ford Focus Electric simply plug in the socket, which should wait about 11 hours before the batteries are full again?

Two dealers
In North America, the Ford Focus Electric for about eighteen months available. In Europe, so beware of now, and in the Netherlands is that only two Ford dealers. These are currently only Ford Ardea in Amsterdam and Ford Tigchelaar in Breda. A conscious choice was made because Ford also knows very well that the demand for electric cars is still very low.

More in the vessel
The production of the European Ford Focus Electric, which recently began, will also be found on our continent place, namely in Saarlouis, Germany. And Ford seizes this opportunity to immediately to report the range of Ford with an alternative powertrain next year will be expanded with the Ford C-Max Energi Plug-in Hybrid. This is followed by the Mondeo Hybrid. This will come about the same time as the (delayed) new Mondeo. low down as evenly as possible closely monitors can probably get a bit further.