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With Ford's electric F-150 pickup, the EV transition shifts into high gear

  • Written by Brian C. Black, Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Penn State
With Ford's electric F-150 pickup, the EV transition shifts into high gearFord calls its all-electric F-150 Lightning "the truck of the future."Ford, CC BY-ND

When President Joe Biden took Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning pickup for a test drive in Dearborn, Michigan, in May 2021, the event was more than a White House photo op. It marked a new phase in an accelerating shift from gas-powered cars and trucks to...

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