Where would For get the car more range from? The battery already eats a ton of space in the trunk. Sure, it can have more range, but this doesn't happen by magic and you would have to give up a larger percentage of the trunk and the car would cost even more as well. To place the battery at a more advantageous position would take more money and R&D and most importantly time. Ford is doing the best they can with what they have. Sure, they are late to the party in some ways, but the Fusion is an amazingly sorted and engineered car for what it is. My 2nd car: a Leaf is an econobox pile of crap in comparison. (Nevermind the dismal Leaf resale value......)