The mayor says he wants New York City to be a "national leader" in electric vehicles.
The 900 dealerships represent about a third of the company's total sales outlets in the United States, Ford said.
The Carmel system has the potential to eliminate the need for a larger and costlier utility transformer, said Paul Mitchell, president and chief executive of Energy Systems Network.
Nissan Motor Company has joined an existing fuel-cell alliance between Ford and Daimler.
David Metcalf said in an interview that he averaged 25 or 26 miles an hour, with a top speed around 37 m.p.h.
"We truly feel a local presence will create demand," said Smith's chief executive, Bryan Hansel.
Wireless chargers use a transmitter located in a parking space or garage floor that connects to a receiver mounted under the car.
The rating gives the vehicle another selling point against the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid, which is rated at a range of 540 miles.
Many drivers, while still preferring electricity over gasoline, want to see improvements in battery capacity and car design.
More powerful and appealing than its lease-only predecessor, the purely electric Fortwo ED is also something of a price chopper.