Electric Ford Focus To Get Star Treatment On “The Jay Leno Show”
Filed under: cars-houses, film-tv, television — Michael d'Estries @ 2:59 pm
September 9th 2009
Thought it won’t be be available until 2011, the all-electric Ford Focus will be making its prime-time debut on The Jay Leno Show next week as part of the new “Green Car Challenge“. The segment has Leno taking celebrities and throwing them into electric vehicles to race around a track outside the studio. We’re not sure if the idea will have any legs with viewers, but Ford isn’t passing up the opportunity to give consumers a preview of its all-electric lineup. “Having our Focus battery electric vehicle on the show is a great way to demonstrate how fun to drive these cars really can be,” said Lisa Drake, chief engineer, Ford Hybrid and Battery Electric Vehicle Programs. “Beyond the immediate excitement of driving, it demonstrates that Ford is investing in this technology and that we’re committed to electric vehicles.”
Besides the Focus EV, Ford will also give celebs an opportunity to drive a battery electric Transit Connect (coming in 2010) and a battery electric Focus sedan (in 2011).
The vehicle-to-grid communication technology is helping the battery serve as a storage to prevent the costly blackout. That means utilities are shedding cost for additional storage facilities and ratepayers are selling electricity for peak hours so that EVs can make more economic sense, as we know.
I liked this the first time I saw it… on Top Gear.
It was great on top gear but it was only so funny because you wouldn’t see them dead in a car like the one they had to drive but I’d say a lot celebs would be all over a car like this when it comes out.