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There are no shortage of rumours and conjecture about the current presidential limousine, colloquially known as The Beast. Does it really weigh 15,000 pounds? Is it actually based on a commercial truck chassis? Now we can add one more bit of conjecture to the conversation: batteries.
Following his visit to the Ford plant in Michigan where he spoke in front of (and drove) the new F-150 Lightning, journalists asked President Biden’s press secretary if there were any plans to electrify The Beast. According to those in the know, that very topic has actually been given at least a passing mention in official conversation.
President Joe Biden Is Looking To Electrify The Beast
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Electric Beast: Biden may electrify the presidential limo
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Whether or not it would be a hybrid or a full EV isn t clear yet.
President Joe Biden loves cars and has made no secret about the fact that he has embraced the future of fully electric vehicles. That explains why he recently got behind the wheel of the groundbreaking Ford F-150 Lightning, the first fully electric F-150, just before the official unveiling of the electric truck.
But Biden seems to want to practice what he preaches - hardly a bad move for a president - because he has expressed interest in electrifying none other than the presidential limo. Known as the Beast and generally powered by massive V8 powerplants, an electrified powertrain would be a big change for this reinforced barge.