Electric Ford Focus Car to be Launched Late Next year Details

Recent information from the Automobile world shows that a tie up between Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. on electric cars.The all-electric Ford Focus compact car, which will be in market by late in 2011. Called Microsoft Hohm, the system will allow utilities to vary electricity rates based on the time of day. A computer would determine the best time to recharge the car at the lowest cost.Car can be automated to charge late at night, when the electricity usage of house hold is minimum
The companies have time to work out details of how the system will work, figuring out electric rates and loads on generating systems, said Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s global product development chief. Microsoft already has computer nodes for home thermostats and appliances to manage electricity use, he said.
“We’re doing a lot to bring vehicles to market, but there has to be a lot of other work done from both a consumer and utility perspective to make this viable and affordable,’’ Kuzak said yesterday.
Eventually, the system will lead to homeowners being able to use their cars to power home appliances and cut costs at peak electricity use times, said Ford’s chief executive, Alan Mulally.
“As the batteries get more capable, we’ll be able to store the electricity and then actually start to move the electricity around to where you really need it,’’ he said.
Ford says the software to charge the cars will be included at no additional cost.
Many other automobile companies are working on similar technologies ..so a wide range of electric cars can be seen on roads soon

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