Ford scraps fully-electric F-150 Lightning
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The move comes as a response to the Trump administration’s waning support for electrification and a weakening consumer market.
Four years after Ford bravely electrified its best-selling vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup, it seemed ready to drop the model owing to slowing demand. Now, it turns out the company's got other plans.
The operating reality has changed, and we are redeploying capital into higher-return growth opportunities,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said.
Interest in EVs has declined in the U.S. amid President Donald Trump’s assault on Biden-era clean energy programs, including the gutting of generous incentives to build and sell electric cars domestically. So Ford is focusing on using its battery development to power a Trump priority: artificial intelligence data centers.
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Ford scraps plans for electric pickup at BlueOval City, turns to gas-powered truck models
Ford Motor Company is scrapping plans to manufacture a next-generation electric pickup truck at BlueOval City in West Tennessee, looking instead to gas-powered pickup trucks with more stable paths to profit.
It’s official. The all-electric pickup is dead, but Ford is promising the F-150 Lightning EREV will be “every bit