Reservations for the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck have now surpassed 100,000 since the truck was first shown in May.
Sales of electrified vehicles grew notably in Q1, and analysts at Cox Automotive have said we are entering the EV Decade.
The "Lightning" version of the biggest selling pickup accelerates the push toward fleet electrification.
Ford’s BlueCruise system is an SAE Level 2 driver-assist technology similar to Tesla Autopilot. Yet unlike AutoPilot, Ford’s Hands-Free Mode does not require a driver’s hands to stay in contact with the steering wheel, unless prompted by vehicle alerts.
A new commercial vehicle (CV) strategy is being implemented by Ford to make commercial vehicles a larger part of its business. Executing this new strategy is Ted Cannis, general manager, Commercial Vehicles for the U.S. and Canada.
With first-year sales of 100,000 expected, Ford will make the technology standard or as an option on certain 2021 model year F-150 pickups and Mustang Mach-E all-electric SUVs.
Ford celebrated the production start of the all-new F-150 at the Ford Rouge Center and confirmed construction of the new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center where it will build the all-electric F-150 by mid-2022.
Ford vehicles equipped with the SYNC 4 connected vehicle system will have an added solution that gives drivers the latest available traffic, incident, parking, charging and fuel information.
The announcement comes amidst a surge of electric pickup model releases.
To advance its fleet electrification and emissions reduction goals, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) has deployed six new XL plug-in hybrid electric Ford F-150 pickup trucks to its fleet.
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