Ford Motor Company has announced their plans for releasing battery electric vehicles. The first battery electric Ford Transit Connect will be available next year. Ford Focus will also be available as a plug-in electric car by 2011. Ford has confirmed that the Ford Fusion hybrid will be available as a plug-in vehicle by 2012.

Ford has 15 prototypes of the Ford Focus currently in testing. The BEV (battery electric vehicle) is also part of a new charging infrastructure in Britain. The infrastructure will be available to the public in 2010. The Focus BEV prototype is based on the gasoline version of the Ford Focus. It comes equipped with a new all-electric powertrain.