Report: Ford Focus Electric launch pushed back to Spring 2012

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Want to buy a 2012 Ford Focus Electric when it hits dealer lots in late 2011? You might be out of luck. Unless, that is, you reside in New York or California, as those are reportedly the only two states that are in line to receive retail deliveries of the electrified Focus before the end of 2011.

Spring 2012 is now the official arrival time for the rest of us who live in the initial 19 markets that will get the Focus Electric. Those markets includeAtlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh Durham, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Tucson and Washington, D.C.

David Finnegan, Ford's electrified vehicles marketing manager, is being reported saying:

For the first few months of production, we will be concentrating on California and New York. Our dealers in those areas will be the first to have their retail orders scheduled and receive the Focus Electric. We will be rolling out to the remainder of our initial markets starting in Spring 2012.

Heck, even Ford's "Go gas-free" Focus Electric promo ad reads "Coming spring 2012." It doesn't get much more official than that.Ford Focus Electric launch pushed back to Spring 2012 originally appeared on Autoblog 5.0 on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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