Under the bark of the Ford Focus Array Electric Agent (BEV) prototypes is a advanced lithium-ion array backpack with the accommodation of 23kWh and a chassis-mounted 100kW permanent-magnet electric absorption motor. The Ford Focus BEV abstraction will accept a ambit of up to 75 afar and a top acceleration of up to 85mph. Charging the batteries will booty amid six to eight hours application a accepted 230 volt grid.
The Ford Focus BEV ancestor is based on the accepted European Ford Focus and will use a new all-electric powertrain, provided by the cardinal supplier Magna. This technology is based on that actuality developed for Ford’s new-generation C-sized all-around agent architectonics and which will be launched in North America in 2011.