"Pearl"

After (Sean) talking about this car for the past year or so, we are finally the proud owners of an all-electric Ford Focus.  (Sean sold his Jetta the first week it was listed on Craigslist!)  Since the car's color is pearl white, it seemed natural to name her "Pearl".  Clever, right?  And it sounds a lot more fun that calling it "the electric car".  The range is 75-100 miles on a single charge, so that means Pearl will only be used as our commuter car.  We will continue to use my car for trips and longer drives around town.  However, there do seem to be a good number of charging stations available around the metro area, it is just a matter of learning where they are and planning accordingly. 

So far, Sean loves the car.  He is happy to show/talk about it to anyone and everyone who will listen! ;-)  If you are thinking about getting your own electric car, you can read all about it here.  There are several reasons why he chose this car over the Nissan Leaf or the Prius plug-in Hybrid...if you are interested in all that, you'll have to ask him.  Frankly, I kind of started tuning it all out.  I just like the new car smell!

 The plug in spot lights up blue as it charges.  (I think it is funny that it looks like a tiny gas pump.) On a side note, Sean had the funny/dorky idea to cut the end off an extension cord and hang it from the back of the car, where the exhaust pipe would be in a gasoline car. :-)