% No L3 capability, but does have a 6kW on-board charger %
http://cars.chicagotribune.com/fuel-efficient/news/chi-car-stories-2013-ford-focus-electric-20131024 Car Stories: 2013 Ford Focus Electric By Robert Duffer Oct. 24, 2013 [image http://www.trbimg.com/img-5269510e/turbine/chi-car-stories-2013-ford-focus-electric-20131-001/620 Patrick Janisch gets about 95 to 105 miles per charge with his 2013 Ford Focus electric. Range anxiety is overblown, he says, especially if you take advantage of the infotainment system. (Patrick Janisch) ] Staying connected in the 2013 Ford Focus electric provides Patrick Janisch creature comforts like being able to program his electric vehicle to heat the interior before he leaves for work. Just like every house has its own smell, every car has its own story. In Car Stories, we want to hear from the people that matter most to the auto industry: The drivers. This week we hear from Patrick Janisch and his 2013 Ford Focus Electric. Name: Patrick Janisch Fuel-efficient car of choice (year/make/model): 2013 Ford Focus Electric. What do you do? Pharmaceutical scientist, Skokie. Where do you live? Clarendon Hills. When did you get it? May 2013. What did you drive before? 2008 Ford Focus. What's your mpg? On average, I am able to achieve 215 watt-hours/mile, which is the energy equivalent to about 120 miles/gallon of gasoline. My range is often 95 to 105 miles on a single charge. With my daily commute of 50 miles round trip and the ability to charge at work, I am never worried about running out of battery. How many miles/year? 13,000/year. How has your fuel-efficient car affected your business or lifestyle? We also own a 2013 Ford Escape which is pretty fuel efficient in itself. But having the option, we love taking the Focus Electric for the night out or to run errands. Even though the battery is in the trunk, there is still plenty of room for groceries or bags of soil. As a family, we used to spend upwards of $400/month on gasoline and now we are down around $125/month; that savings in gas pays for the lease payment on the Focus Electric. Since owning the electric car, my wife and I have looked for other opportunities to "green" our lives. We replaced our old thermostat with a smart-learning Nest thermostat and we have switched out our old light bulbs to CFLs. Any auto myths you can debunk or verify? I think the concept of "range anxiety" or the fear that the vehicle will have insufficient range to reach its destination is overblown. As long as you know where you are going and about how far it is, you should never have to worry about range. A nice feature on the Focus Electric's navigation screen is it will direct you to the closest charging station if you did need a quick charge. Another misconception is the acceleration and horsepower of an electric car. Everyone expects them to be slow and sluggish off the line, but in reality they are pretty quick, sometimes quicker than their gas counterparts. Since I owned a gas-powered Focus prior to my Electric Focus, I can say the electric one is hands-down quicker. What more would you want out of a vehicle in a.) a perfect world and b.) the real world? The range of a Tesla (265 miles) with the price tag of the Focus Electric ($28,000 after tax credits). Favorite feature? In this day and age of technology, I love how connected the Focus Electric is. It has a companion iOS or Android application that will allow you start the car from anywhere in the world, see the progress of charging and when it will be complete, a map of available charging stations, how much money and CO2 you have saved; the list goes on! Another helpful feature is the temperature scheduler. If you leave work every morning at 7 a.m. and you want your cabin to be 72 degrees, you can create a schedule so that your car is pre-warmed every day for work without even thinking about it. And since there are zero emissions, you can even do this in a garage that's connected to a house. [© chicagotribune.com] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Drivers found EVs were easy & sufficient for their daily needs EVLN: “People overcomplicate EVs. They are very simple” EVLN: KLD EV with Boron-Silicon-Steel oneDrive Motor Design EVLN: Porting Android or iOS apps to Tesla-S display isn’t hard EVLN: Volvo tests inductive EV charging + EVLN: No Retail Spark EV Sales In Canada, Europe {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Janisch-s-95-105mi-2013-Focus-EV-pre-warms-before-driving-tp4665993.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
