Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/03/first-ford-focus-electric-rolls-off-the-production-line-into-goo/
The
future of transportation is here, folks. We've
spent some time with the Ford Focus Electric and have seen
all the bits that make it go, but we didn't know who'd be the first to receive one. Turns out Google got an early Christmas present, and received its Focus Electric, the first production unit, just before the holidays. That means that the gang at Big G is already enjoying the 84mph top speed and
fast charging secret sauce that lets the Ford fully charge on a 240-volt outlet in just over three hours -- or roughly half the time it takes a Leaf to top off its batteries. Wonder whether the EV from Dearborn is destined to join Google's Street View fleet, its cadre of
self-driving cars, or replace some of those multi-colored company bikes strewn about Mountain View?
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