Ford Focus EV order book opens in US

Ford have started taking orders for the Focus electric in the US. It is for sale priced at $39,995 before incentives, the same price as the Volt and will initially be available in California, New Jersey and New York and will be rolled out to a further 15 states next year: Atlanta, Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Orlando, Fla., Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va., Seattle, and Washington, D.C.

The Nissan Leaf is currently outselling the Chevy Volt in the US, with 8,000 sales compared to 5,000 sales respectively since launch at the start of 2011.