News: Ford promising limited run battery EV in 2 years
 

I'm sure that by the time this year's Detroit Auto Show wraps up, the list of manufacturers that have NOT announced an EV program will be smaller than those that have. (Hello, Honda? :))

Ford has joined the fray, and has developed a mule based on a Focus sedan.

The NYT says Ford is aiming for a small initial sales target of 10k vehicles,

There's a short vid of a test drive (nothing earth shattering) on the NYT site:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/bu...1electric.html

Nice. And this only took Ford 6 months to whip up, not bad.

Learned a bit more: apparently the car was actually whipped up by their Canadian parts supplier/engineering house, Magna International:

Source: reportonbusiness.com: Magna, Ford partner on battery-powered car

Hello,

Here's a new car I had not heard of: the Ford "Project M" (based on a Focus chassis).

Ford Project M Electric Car Production Planned in 2011 | All Cars Electric

Looks like it may be the same vehicle. "Project M" ... I wonder if that could be M as in Magna, the parts supplier that took the initiative to build the car and present it to Ford?