The Focus Electric, Ford’s answer to the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt, will hit some markets late than previously scheduled.

David Finnegan, a spokesperson for Ford, confirmed that only customers in New York and California would be able to have their hands on the Focus Electric in 2011.

The Ford Focus Electric was scheduled to hit a total of 19 markets later this year.

Speaking on the MyFocusElectric forum, Mr. Finnegan said, “For the first few months of production, we will be concentrating on California and New York We will be rolling out to the remainder of our initial markets starting in spring 2012.”

The remainder of our initial markets includes Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Houston, Orlando, Portland, Phoenix, Raleigh Durham, Richmond and Seattle.

Ford seems to be following footsteps of Japanese car maker Nissan, which also made a very slow start to delivering its Leaf electric car in the US market, leaving consumers waiting for months.