President Joe Biden’s planned visit May 18 to the Dearborn, Mich., Ford Motor Co. Rouge Electric Vehicle Center that will build an electric version of the F-150 pickup will showcase what experts say is a powerfully symbolic example of a zero-emission vehicle with mass market appeal, built in the U.S. by union workers.
F-150 Lightning, as the electric version has been dubbed, checks all of the Biden administration’s boxes: It will be built in the heart of the industrial Midwest by United Auto Workers members. And the vehicle itself represents a major step forward in the push toward electrification, adding a battery-electric option to America’s best-selling truck lineup.
