Ford Plans To Reveal F-150 Electric Pickup Truck

The automaker says the Lightning will disrupt the status quo and change the game for electric vehicles.

May 10, 2021

Ford Plans To Reveal F-150 Electric Pickup Truck — The F-150 Lightning will bring innovation, technologies and capabilities to the F-Series, America’s best-selling vehicle, combined with the power, payload and towing capability that is the hallmark of all Built Ford Tough trucks, Ford says.
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Ford announced May 10 the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, which it plans to formally reveal nine days later at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., during a livestreamed event, according to a company press release.

The F-150 Lightning brings new innovation, technologies and capabilities to the F-Series, America’s best-selling vehicle, combined with the power, payload and towing capability that is the hallmark of all Built Ford Tough trucks. The reveal takes place at 9:30 p.m. EDT, May 19, from Ford World Headquarters and will be broadcast live with 30+ ways to watch across physical and digital destinations. Those include the Ford Facebook and YouTube channels, Twitter, key national publications as well as 18 out-of-home locations such as Times Square in New York City and Las Vegas Boulevard.

“Every so often, a new vehicle comes along that disrupts the status quo and changes the game … Model T, Mustang, Prius, Model 3. Now comes the F-150 Lightning,” said Ford President and CEO Jim Farley in the press release. “America’s favorite vehicle for nearly half a century is going digital and fully electric. F-150 Lightning can power your home during an outage; it’s even quicker than the original F-150 Lightning performance truck; and it will constantly improve through over-the-air updates.”

Added Farley: “The truck of the future will be built with quality and a commitment to sustainability by Ford-UAW workers at the Ford Rouge Complex -- the cathedral of American manufacturing and our most advanced plant.”

Production of the F-150 Lightning begins next spring at the all-new Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.

Topics:Ford Electric Vehicles Ford F-150 Lightning Pickup Trucks Green Fleet Fleet Forward Global Fleet

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