Ford announces electric car plans at the Detroit auto show

Not to be left out of the electric car party, Ford announced Sunday at the Detroit Auto Show that it was developing a line of electric powered vehicles.

In addition to its already announced hybrids and plug-in hybrids, Ford is working with Magna International to bring fully electric cars to market with lithium-ion battery packs. In the works is a Focus and Fusion-based vehicles that will be available in with all three powertrains.

By 2011, a small battery electric vehicle (BEV) based on the new global Focus platform with the sales target of 5,000 to 10,000 units at the offset.

Following in 2012 will be the debut of Ford's next-generation hybrids with lithium-ion batteries and plug-in hybrids will roll into showrooms.

For the commercial segment, a BEV van will come to market in 2010.

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By Jonathan Wong