The Ford All-Electric Pickup F-150 Lightning, officially commissioned at the Electric Vehicle Center at the prestigious Rouge pickup plant, is the only electric model that has been validated for reliability and capability to the BuiltFordTough standard.
It is reported that the market response to the F-150 Lightning is unprecedented, and the number of bookings has reached 200,000 so far. Ford is expanding its Ringier Electric Vehicle Center to increase annual production by 150,000 units by 2023. Ford has invested $950 million in this regard and created 750 new local jobs. To date, Ford has invested more than $1 billion in the F-150 Lightning in Michigan and added a total of 1,700 new jobs to the state, including the Ford Van Electric Vehicle Powertrain Center, which assembles electric motors and drive axles, and the Rawsonville plant, where batteries are assembled.
With an extended battery pack, the F-150 Lightning accelerates at around 4.5 seconds at 0-96 km/h. Ford officials said that three-quarters of the new car orders are held by non-Ford owners, and the F-150 Lightning has become the first pickup truck or the first electric car in the lives of many customers. According to the plan, Ford's annual production of electric vehicles will exceed 2 million by 2026, equivalent to one-third of global sales, and is expected to further increase to half of global sales by 2030. (Photo/Text/Photo: Liu Yunqing, Pacific Auto Network)