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LA 2009: Ford Focus BEV update

The Ford Focus BEV is getting a lot of action. Versions of the all-electric sedan are spending time on the Jay Leno Show smashing into (cardboard cut outs) of Al Gore and Ed Begley, Jr. It's also making the rounds of auto shows and promotional events around the country. Starting next year, the car will also be available to a small number of drivers in the UK. We got our first drive in the BEV when it made it's important debut last January at the Detroit Auto Show, and caught up with it again out in LA last week. As a reminder, the Focus EV ... Read more →

Ford prepping for 20 home trials of the Focus BEV in London Sebastian Blanco

Electric vehicle fans, London is calling. Ford is looking for 20 volunteer households in the Hillingdon Borough to drive an all-electric Focus for three months next year. Starting early in 2010, ...

VIDEO: Drew Barrymore hits the Leno track in the Focus BEV Sam Abuelsamid

Jay Leno closed out the first week of his new show with the premier of the Green Car Challenge. The first celebrity to get behind the wheel was the marvelous Drew Barrymore who was on plugging her ...

VIDEO: Ford engineers show off the new Focus BEV for the Jay Leno Show Sam Abuelsamid

We already showed you the first images of the new battery electric Focus that Ford has built for the guests of the new Jay Leno show to use in his Green Car Challenge. Now Ford has also posted a ...

Pretty in Pics: Leno's electric Ford Focus gets a face, specs Chris Shunk

The new Jay Leno Show has been given as much push as any new program in recent memory, with a constant barrage on TV, the radio and all over the interwebs. One part of the show that has really ...

Drew Barrymore first to race Ford Focus EV on Leno's new show 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Apparently, electric cars are for girls. For his new prime-time TV show, Jay Leno is going to pit celebrities against one another in his new Green Car Challenge segment and the first one in the driver's seat will be Drew Barrymore. Barrymore will get behind the wheel of a prototype Ford Focus EV ...

Officially Official: Jay Leno to put stars in (un)reasonably priced car 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ford has confirmed rumors that the new Jay Leno show will use the an electric Ford Focus for its Green Car Challenge. From what we hear, the challenge is similar to Top Gear's "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment, where celebs take to the track and battle for top times. While guests on the ...

Ford to launch Focus BEV test fleet in the UK 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Focus-based electric car that Ford is developing with Magna for a 2011 introduction is not the only EV program in the company. Early next year, Ford will start testing a fleet of battery-powered Focuses in the UK with funding from a British government program. The Technology Strategy Board ...

Ford invests $550 million to retool Michigan plant for Focus, all-electric car 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fords storied Michigan Assembly Plant entered a new phase in its fifty-year history today, with the company's announcement that it is investing $550 million to turn the plant from an SUV farm into a facility that will build the new Ford Focus and all-electric Focus BEV. Production of the new Focus ...

Most important vehicle of 2009 Detroit show? I pick the Focus EV mule 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

There's been a lot of discussion in recent days about which debut was the most significant vehicle of this year's Detroit Auto Show. Most of the attention is, of course, paid to the new third-generation Toyota Prius or the Honda Insight. While both of these are important in their own way, I ...

ABG Quick Drive: Ford Focus EV mule [w/VIDEO] 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

As Ford was getting ready to make its big announcement this week in Detroit that it would build and sell a battery electric car beginning in 2011, I got a call asking if I'd like to come down and drive one of the development "mules." Being loathe to reject such opportunities, we immediately ...

NYT drives electric Ford Focus mule 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

While it took months for GM to let the media drive its Volt mule, Ford has wasted no time in giving Bill Vlasic of the New York Times a chance to try out its own all-electric Ford Focus-based prototype. The company just announced the existence of the vehicle a few days ago. Accompanied by Ford's ...

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