Ford plans to begin selling its first electric car toward the end of 2011 in the U.S. and in
Europe, the first of five electric vehicles the company has committed to delivering by 2013.
CEO Alan Mulally introduced the new Ford Focus Electric in a keynote presentation at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), calling it a great step toward bring affordable fuel-efficiency technology to market. Ford claims the car will deliver a better mile-per-gallon equivalent (mpg-e) than the Chevrolet Volt, GM's gasoline-assisted electric car, and will be rechargeable in three to four hours, half the time required to recharge the electric Nissan Leaf. According to the EPA, the Volt gets an estimated 93 mpg-e on electricity, 37 mpg on gasoline, and 60 mpg average. The all-electric Leaf gets a 99 mpg-e rating from the EPA.
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