2012 Ford Focus Electric priced from $39,200*

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The 2012 Ford Focus Electric (http://green.autoblog.com/tag/ford%20focus%20electric/) showed up on the company website's configurator (http://bp3.ford.com/2012-Ford-Focus?lang=en&branding=1&referringsite=1&referrer=Ford.com#/ChooseYourPath/) this morning with a base price of $39,200 before state and federal incentives, plus an additional $795 for destination charges. That brings the total base starting price of the Focus Electric to $39,995. Factor in a maximum federal tax credit of $7,500 and the price falls to a more palatable $32,495.

For comparison's sake, the 2012 Nissan Leaf (http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/leaf) features a base starting price of $35,200 plus $850 for destination charges. Factoring in delivery fees, Ford's EV will cost $3,945 more than Nissan's before incentives.

Options that will inch up the Focus Electric's price are few, but include special Blue Candy ($395) and White Platinum ($495) paint options, as well as leather-trimmed seats ($995) to replace the car's standard Earth-friendlier cloth seats.

What you'll get for your money is Ford's fun-to-drive Focus with a permanent-magnet electric motor producing 123 horsepower and 181 pound-feet of torque. The motor is fed by a 23 kwh lithium-ion battery system and mated to a single-speed transmission. A full charge can be had in 18-20 hours by a typical 120v outlet or 3-4 hours by a special 240v charger. While no quick charge option is available, Ford has partnered with a company called SunPower to offer a home solar charging option (http://green.autoblog.com/2011/08/10/ford-focus-electric-will-offer-solar-home-option/) for an additional $10,000.

You can reserve your own 2012 Ford Focus Electric by clicking here (http://www.ford.com/electric/focuselectric/2012/reservations/).2012 Ford Focus Electric priced from $39,200* (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/02/2012-ford-focus-electric-priced-from-39-200/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Electric cars will not be practical until someone invents an incredibly efficient battery, and even then there are important questions to ask. Will it have the ability to be charged quickly? Will there be an infrastructure with electric "filling stations" that are able to quickly charge a battery in under 5-10 minutes? Do the batteries require expensive and rare metals that have to be mined and shipped from around the world?

The fact is nothing exists today that can compete with petroleum. Each barrel of oil contains over 5 million BTU's and it is relatively lightweight and can be easily and safely transported. On top of that, I can go out and buy a 15-20 year old sedan with a small V-6 or 4 cylinder for under $3-4,000 and get around 20 MPG's (15-20 cents/mile), that is cheap to maintain, and easy to obtain replacement parts.