![]() ![]() Thankfully the rear seatbacks retain their 60/40 split-folding feature.Īnother consideration is price. If you’re looking to do some shopping, your purchases will be going home in parcels less than eight inches high or you’ll be using the back seat. The conventionally powered Focus Hatch offers up a large, spacious cargo area that’s easily accessed via the liftgate, while the electric version’s trunk is mostly filled with the batteries used to power it. So, it’s reasonable to say that living with an electric vehicle has its limitations.Īlso another noteworthy disadvantage when choosing the Focus Electric over the gasoline-powered version, its cargo capacity is dramatically reduced. Recharging via standard 120-volt home power will take in excess of 18 hours. You’re going to need at least four hours to complete a full charge from a completely depleted battery, and that’s at a high-power charging station. Not only will you be forced to stop for fuel (electricity) four to five times more often in a Focus BEV, but you won’t be able to find charging stations on every corner either.Īnother consideration is the fact that recharging takes a significant amount of time. In comparison, a gasoline-powered Focus should be capable of traveling from 400 to 500 kilometers before refueling. ![]() The EPA gives the Focus Electric an expected average range of 68 miles, the metric equivalent of 110 kilometers. This brings us back to the question, why would someone purchase a Focus Electric? What benefits do you gain, and possibly more importantly what do you lose when choosing the blue-oval BEV, at least when compared to its gasoline powered siblings?įirst off, let’s get this out of the way: purchasing a BEV is going to limit your driving Therefore, the Focus Electric went on sale in 2012 and has since found more than 50,000 buyers. Such a high level of retail success, as well as extensive use in fuel cell development, it only made sense for the Focus to underpin Ford’s first major foray into BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) production. This doesn’t take into account Europe, Canada or any of the other global markets it’s sold in. Since 1999 over 3.4 million units have been sold in the US alone. To say the Focus is a successful car line would be an understatement. The current version is the third-generation, launched in 20 model year. It was originally introduced in Europe during 1998, and arrived here in late 1999 as a 2000 model. The Focus is a world car, built in assembly plants across the globe. So when a person chooses to purchase a Ford Focus, they might be driven (no pun intended) by a desire to own or lease an economical, well-built, fun to drive, reliable compact car. Sure somewhere a marketing guru has said those exact words. “When someone purchases a product, any product, there will always be something that motivates and drives the action.” ![]()
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