Chicago Ford Electric

Ford Chicago Electric movement

Did you know that in 1914 one third of the cars on the road were electric (Ford)?

The City of Chicago , Com Ed and Ford got together recently to talk about electric cars in Chicago. The average Chicago driver commutes less than 40 miles per day (City of Chicago).
If you drive and electric car you will save $10 for every 100 miles you drive in an electric vehicle (ComEd).
Electric vehicles will save 6 tons of carbon dioxide per year (ComEd)
There is a problem with standardizing the plug-ins for electric vehicles. Not all EVs getting ready to launch in the US have a uniform plug, which makes public charging stations a challenge (ComEd).

Ford will be using a lithium ion battery in their EVs (Ford), and by 2020, Ford plans to have around 25 percent of their vehicles be EVs or plug-in hybrids (Ford). Ford says that the Focus EV when it launches is projected to get 100 miles per charge (Ford)

Read more: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/drive-she-said/2010/10/ford-goes-electric-will-chicago-support-it.html#ixzz1492LVjOt