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Ford confirms construction of Rouge EV center to be home of electric F-150; production by mid-2022

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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. Rendering of the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center. Overall, Ford supports 1 million US jobs.

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Ford to reveal all-electric F-150 Lightning on 19 May

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Ford announced that it will reveal the new battery-electric F-150 Lightning pickup—a revival of the name of the old Ford SVT Lightning performance truck—in 19 May in a livestreamed event at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn. Now comes the F-150 Lightning. The reveal takes place at 9:30 p.m.

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Base Ford F-150 Lightning price hiked again, now above $60,000

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On Thursday, Ford once again hiked prices on its base F-150 Lightning Pro. The latest adjustment, adding onto markups made in December, adds $4,000 to the base version of the fully electric F-150—meaning it now adds up to $61,869 including the mandatory $1,895 destination charge.

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Ford F-150 Lightning Pro SSV electric police truck could save departments money

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Ford this morning announced a police-duty version of its F-150 Lightning Pro. The Lightning Pro SSV, which Ford calls America’s first electric police truck, essentially adds a fully electric alternative to the truck Ford already sells to police fleets as the F-150 Police Responder.

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Ford F-150 Lightning: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2023

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Ford has revolutionized the pickup truck—by making a fully electric version of its top-selling vehicle, the F-150. While doing that, and seemingly changing as little as possible about all that already makes the F-150 so desirable, it’s created a better vehicle.

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Ford reviving F-150 Lightning for electric F-Series pickup

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Ford has confirmed that it's using the F-150 Lightning name for its upcoming fully electric F-Series models due starting in 2022.

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Ford F-150 Lightning: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2023 finalist

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With the F-150 Lightning, Ford has revolutionized the pickup truck—by making a fully electric version of its top-selling vehicle. While doing that, and seemingly changing as little as possible about all that already makes the F-150 so desirable, it’s created a more desirable vehicle.

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