FORD以Focus ST打造而成的BEV(Battery Electric Vehicle)電動車,參加美國NBC製播The Jay Leno Show節目中的Green Car Challenge環保車挑戰單元,以環保車款競賽結合節目的趣味性,達成推廣環保節能的效果。在The Jay Leno Show節目當中,來賓必須駕駛Focus ST BEV電動車挑戰最佳單圈時間。當然,FORD的目的絕對不只是參加節目,而是希望藉此打響將於2010年推出的Transit Connect電動車與2011年推出的Focus電動車的名號。
就在2009法蘭克福車展當中,FORD歐洲發表Focus BEV原型電動車,動力源自可輸出141hp/32.6kgm的電動馬達,電力由60Ah鋰電池組負責,最大行駛里程可達128km。
Focus ST BEV電動車擁有單一速度感應變速箱,前輪別採用麥花臣與後輪採用多連桿懸吊系統,操控上並無太大的難處。Ford Focus ST BEV technical specificationsPowertrain: permanent magnetic electric motor
Power: 141 hp / 105 kw
Torque: 236 lb.-ft. / 320 Nm
Redline: 7500 rpm
Batteries: 98, air-cooled, 60 A-h Lithium-ion batteries
Capacity: 23 kilowatt hours
Transmission: Single speed gearbox
Steering: Electric power-assisted rack-and-pinion
Front suspension: Macpherson-type struts
Rear suspension: Independent short-long arm (SLA), control blade multi-link system
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Front: 12.6 in / 320 mm ventilated discs |
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Rear: 11.0 in / 280 mm solid disc |
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Anti-lock system |
Wheelbase: 104 in / 2,640 mm
Overall length: 171.7 in / 4,362 mm
Overall height: 58.9 in / 1,497 mm
Overall width: 72.4 in / 1,840 mm
Curb weight: 3,421 lbs