Ford Confirms Electric Focus for 2011

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In an announcement Tuesday about Ford selecting a supplier for the vital lithium-ion battery pack that will be used in the Focus Electric, the automaker confirmed that the car will go on sale in 2011.
 
The redesigned Focus sedan and hatchback were shown at this year’s Detroit auto show, but the electric powertrain was only mocked up in the previous-generation Focus on sale today. The redesigned Focus with a gasoline engine goes on sale early in 2011 as a 2012 model.
 
Ford says the Focus Electric, as it’s being called, will go on sale sometime in 2011, but we don’t expect it in the first quarter. It is expected to have a range of 100 miles per full charge.

The lithium-ion battery will be built by LG Chem in Korea first, then at a new plant in Michigan. Ford says it will build two new hybrids with the same lithium-battery pack in 2012 on the company’s new C-car platform, the same platform as the Focus.