Freedom Ford

After much anticipation, the new Ford Focus EV is hitting the road for a test drive, so those in the greater Nofolk area can learn more about the Ford electric vehicle before it comes to our showroom here at Freedom Ford. Of the many auto reviewers and publications looking to take the Focus EV out for a spin, Motor Trend had the honor of being first, and handed out a glowing report.

Pickuptrucks.com and USA Today reports Ford is working along side The Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power and Folsom Technologies. What will this team create? A "hydraulic hybrid" F-150 pickup, capable of hitting 40 miles per gallon city.

Ford has won countless awards in recent years for their amazing green cars, like the upcoming electric Ford Focus and hybrid Ford F-150 pickup. But even the non-hybrid variant of F-150 is attracting attention from green truck shoppers.

The hydraulic hybrid's brakes capture energy typically lost as heat and uses it to pressurize hydraulic fluid in a container, called…