President Biden Visiting Ford Rouge Ahead of F-150 Lighting Reveal
President Joe Biden will get a peek at the all-new Ford F-150 Lightning prior to its May 19 reveal
You’ve only got about eight days and some hours to wait before you can feast your eyes on the all-new, all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning. But we now know that one somewhat important person will probably get a sneak peek a whole day early: President Joe Biden.
Ford announced on Tuesday that President Biden will pay a visit to its Rouge site on May 18, getting a preview of the F-150 Lightning before the general public. Wow, Ford. Play favorites much? Guy gets a new job and all of a sudden, he gets special privileges.
Report: Ford F-150 Electric Adopting Lightning Name
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With production set to spark up in mid-2022, we should be getting our first glimpses of the all-electric Ford F-150 any ol’ time now. When that day comes, it may very well be introduced under a familiar name: the Ford F-150 Lightning.
C&D “we’re excited to introduce the all-electric F-150 very soon.”
F-150 Lightning would (kind of) revive a fan favorite
Ford fans will recall that the Lightning name originally belonged to the 1993 Ford SVT F-150 Lightning, a performance-focused street truck from the Special Vehicle Team. The OG SVT F-150 Lightning got a 240-horsepower 5.8-liter Windsor V8, Monroe Formula GP shock absorbers, and a mid-seven-second 0-60 mph. Safe to say, it was pretty wild.
Sky Adds 151 Ford Transit Custom PHEVs to Fleet
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Sky, Europe’s entertainment and media powerhouse, is aiming to be net zero carbon by 2030. To help with that goal, Sky is turning to another titan: Ford Motor Company. With a fleet of 151 Ford Transit Custom PHEVs at its disposal, Sky aims to cut fleet emissions to nil within the next decade.
Sky made the choice to link up with Ford after the automaker’s successful trial in London. Over 12 months, a fleet of Transit Plug-in Hybrid test vehicles covered 150,000 miles 70 percent of that using battery power only. The Sky vehicles include a geofencing module that automatically senses when the van is entering a low-emission or zero-emission zone. This allows the vehicle to comply with regulations and cut fuel costs.