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After one too many years with a woeful range of just 76 miles (122 km), the 2017 Ford Focus Electric is now able to travel up to 115 miles (185 km). In comparison to the 2017 Nissan Leaf, the Focus Electric finally has the upper hand, but only just.
The EPA-rated range comes courtesy of a Monroney sticker sent in by a reader to Electrek. Although the pricing isn’t featured in the adjacent pic, Ford’s U.S. website lists the 2017 Focus Electric from $29,120. That’s $50 less than what the Blue Oval wants for a 2016 model year Focus Electric.
Instead of yesteryear’s 23 kWh unit, 33.5 kWh battery is where the 2017 Ford Focus Electric stores its electric juice. To aid its cause against the Nissan Leaf and Volkswagen e-Golf, the Focus Electric also boasts CCS DC fast-charge capability as standard. Expected to start production this December, the 2017 model year of the Ford Focus Electric also adds 17-inch Sparkle Silver aluminum wheels and a new exterior paint: White Gold.
“It sure looks like the same car as ever before,” you might say. If you look closer, however, you’ll spot that the charge-port door isn't round anymore. For 2017, Ford went with an oblong-shaped door. What the manufacturer hasn’t managed to remedy, however, is the disappointing trunk capacity.
As General Motors rolls out the Chevrolet Bolt, Tesla prepares for the onslaught with the Model 3, and Nissan works on a 60 kWh battery for the next-generation Leaf, the Ford Focus Electric still qualifies as yesterday’s news. It might be hard to believe this sort of thing at the present moment, but Ford is fully committed to get better in this area.
In this regard, the Blue Oval is committed to launching no less than 13 electric vehicles by 2020, as part of $4.5 billion investment. On that note, more than 40 percent of the Ford Motor Company's lineup will offer some sort of electrification by 2020, be it hybrid, PHEV or all-electric solutions.
Instead of yesteryear’s 23 kWh unit, 33.5 kWh battery is where the 2017 Ford Focus Electric stores its electric juice. To aid its cause against the Nissan Leaf and Volkswagen e-Golf, the Focus Electric also boasts CCS DC fast-charge capability as standard. Expected to start production this December, the 2017 model year of the Ford Focus Electric also adds 17-inch Sparkle Silver aluminum wheels and a new exterior paint: White Gold.
“It sure looks like the same car as ever before,” you might say. If you look closer, however, you’ll spot that the charge-port door isn't round anymore. For 2017, Ford went with an oblong-shaped door. What the manufacturer hasn’t managed to remedy, however, is the disappointing trunk capacity.
As General Motors rolls out the Chevrolet Bolt, Tesla prepares for the onslaught with the Model 3, and Nissan works on a 60 kWh battery for the next-generation Leaf, the Ford Focus Electric still qualifies as yesterday’s news. It might be hard to believe this sort of thing at the present moment, but Ford is fully committed to get better in this area.
In this regard, the Blue Oval is committed to launching no less than 13 electric vehicles by 2020, as part of $4.5 billion investment. On that note, more than 40 percent of the Ford Motor Company's lineup will offer some sort of electrification by 2020, be it hybrid, PHEV or all-electric solutions.
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