Ford Focus FCV Hybrid

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Focus FCV Hybrid
Production period:	2002-2005
Class :	Compact class
Body versions :	Station wagon
Engines:	Electric motor : 68 kW
Length:	4338 mm
Width:	1758 mm
Height:	1481 mm
Wheelbase :
Empty weight :	1500 kg

The Focus FCV Hybrid is a fuel cell vehicle the Ford Motor Company with a fuel cell from Ballard Power Systems and a nickel metal hydride battery . It is based on the Ford Focus of the first production series in the American version. The fuel cell is the same as in the Mercedes-Benz F-Cell . The electric motor has an output of 68 kW and the nickel-metal hydride battery is used for braking energy recovery and for power peaks. The hydrogen pressure tank with 178 l volume and 350 bar pressure allows a range of 320 km.

Several copies of this vehicle were leased to different test regions. In Germany, three vehicles are used by Hermes and BVG in the Clean Energy Partnership in Berlin . Other users are the Vancouver Fuel Cell Vehicle Program (VFCVP) ( Ballard , BC Transit, BC Hydro , City of Vancouver ) and various organizations in the USA as part of the California Fuel Cell Partnership as well as in Florida and Michigan .

The automaker Ford announced on June 24, 2009 that it would discontinue its work on fuel cells. Ford prefers batteries and electric motors.

Predecessor vehicles with fuel cells had no hybrid drive and were based on the P2000 and the Focus. One Focus also used methanol as fuel.

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