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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Ford Focus EV - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Ford has confirmed rumors that the new Jay Leno show will use the an electric Ford Focus for its Green Car Challenge. From what we hear, the challenge is similar to Top Gear's "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment, where celebs take to the track and battle for top times. While guests on the British show tackle the track in a Chevy Lacetti, Leno's buddies will use a prototype electric car Ford will launch in 2011.<br />
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The crew at Ford Racing has retuned the suspension of the prototype Focus BEV to make it a bit more amenable to track duty and the Focus BEV will be used throughout season one of Leno's new show. <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/01/14/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule-w-video/">Check out our own first drive of the Focus BEV here</a>. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/">ABG Quick Drive: Ford Focus EV mule</a></strong></p><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Ford Focus EV - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Ford has confirmed rumors that the new Jay Leno show will use the an electric Ford Focus for its Green Car Challenge. From what we hear, the challenge is similar to Top Gear's "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" segment, where celebs take to the track and battle for top times. While guests on the British show tackle the track in a Chevy Lacetti, Leno's buddies will use a prototype electric car Ford will launch in 2011.<br />
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The crew at Ford Racing has retuned the suspension of the prototype Focus BEV to make it a bit more amenable to track duty and the Focus BEV will be used throughout season one of Leno's new show. <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/2009/01/14/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule-w-video/">Check out our own first drive of the Focus BEV here</a>. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/">ABG Quick Drive: Ford Focus EV mule</a></strong></p><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://green.autoblog.com/photos/abg-quick-drive-ford-focus-ev-mule/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2009/01/focus-ev-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
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