Ford Focus Electric
United States
### United States

Because initial production of the 2012 [model year](/wiki/Model_year "Model year") is limited, the Focus Electric was available initially only in 19 metropolitan areas including Atlanta, Houston and Austin, Texas, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, New York City, Orlando, Florida, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Portland, Oregon, Raleigh\-Durham, Richmond, Virginia, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Deliveries for fleet customers began in December 2011 and to retail customers in May 2012\. The first production vehicle was delivered to [Google](/wiki/Google "Google") in December 2011 and was incorporated in the company's [GFleet](/wiki/GFleet "GFleet") [carsharing](/wiki/Carsharing "Carsharing") corporate service. Initially sales were limited to California, New York and New Jersey. Ford has scheduled the launch in other selected markets in the third quarter of 2012\. A total of 685 units were sold in 2012, *See the section: December 2012 Plug\-in Electric Car Sales Numbers.* and 1,738 in 2013\. , cumulative sales in the American market reached 3,965 units. *8 units were delivered in December 2011\.*

Ford began taking online orders on November 2, 2011, with pricing starting at , including a  destination charge, but before the  [US federal tax credit](/wiki/Government_incentives_for_plug-in_electric_vehicles%23United_States "Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles#United States"), along with other [state and local incentives](/wiki/Government_incentives_for_plug-in_electric_vehicles%23Other_states "Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles#Other states") available for eligible buyers of [plug\-in electric vehicles](/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicle "Plug-in electric vehicle"). The 2012 Focus Electric is eligible in California to a US$2,500 rebate through the state's [Clean Vehicle Rebate Project](/wiki/Clean_Vehicle_Rebate_Project "Clean Vehicle Rebate Project") (CVRP), and also was granted free access to California's [high\-occupancy vehicle lanes](/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane "High-occupancy vehicle lane") (HOV) for solo drivers.

In 2012, the Focus Electric was priced significantly higher than a conventional gas\-powered Focus, which, as of December 2011 listed a base price of , rising to  when fully loaded with all available options. Thus, after accounting for all available government incentives, in some locations the Focus Electric may be net\-priced similar to a fully loaded gas version. When compared to other plug\-in electric vehicles available in the U.S., the Focus Electric had essentially the same price as the 2012 [Chevrolet Volt](/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt "Chevrolet Volt") [plug\-in hybrid](/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid "Plug-in hybrid"), and it costs  more than the base\-model 2012 [Nissan Leaf](/wiki/Nissan_Leaf "Nissan Leaf") SV. Available options in 2012 included leather\-trimmed seats and two special paint options, blue candy and white platinum. *See more details in Ford's Press Release*.

In 2013 it was announced that the 2014 Ford Focus Electric model would have a  price reduction in its MSRP, which brought the base price down to  MSRP. Due to decreasing pricing by competitors, as of February 2014 Ford offered an additional dealer incentive of  off the Focus Electric bringing down the base price down to  before tax incentives. In October 2014, Ford made the lower price more permanent by reducing the MSRP by $6,000 for both the remaining 2014 models as well as 2015 models bringing the starting price down to , and replacing the temporary $6,000 dealer incentives offered in February 2014\.

[thumb\|Ford Focus Electric at a car festival in Sweden with a claimed range of 160 km (99 miles).](/wiki/File:Ford_Focus_Electric_at_the_2012_Stockholm_Car_Festival.jpg "Ford Focus Electric at the 2012 Stockholm Car Festival.jpg")
In 2011, through an association with [SunPower](/wiki/SunPower "SunPower"), an optional [solar\-panel](/wiki/Solar_panel "Solar panel") system was to be offered by some Ford dealers to be installed on the homes of Focus Electric owners to generate enough renewable energy during the day to offset the electricity used to charge the vehicle at night. The SunPower's home solar charging option cost  before the then available local and federal tax credits. Ford also made an agreement with [Best Buy](/wiki/Best_Buy "Best Buy") in 2011 to offer a 240\-volt home charging station.

#### Annual sales

| Calendar year | US sales |
| --- | --- |
| 2011 | 8  |
| 2012 | 685 |
| 2013 | 1,738  |
| 2014 | 1,964  |
| 2015 | 1,582  |
| 2016 | 872  |
| 2017 | 1,817  |
| 2018 | 560  |
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