Electric vehicles will remain just a small portion of Ford's vehicle sales by the year 2020, but battery-powered cars should help the company's overall efficiency story. The Ford Focus EV is rated at 105mpg-e, which is good enough to claim the title of the nation's most efficient five-passenger vehicle.
Improvements to powertrains will just be part of the initiative, though, as the Dearborn-based automaker will also work to reduce vehicle weight, according to the Detroit Free Press. Ford says some models will lose up to 700 pounds, and its upcoming Transit commercial van will save 300 pounds compared to its current E-Series.
Ford predicted in 2010 that hybrid vehicles would make up 25 percent of its total sales by 2020.
