At the beginning of
the year, Ford confirmed plans to build an electric version of the F-150, and
six months later, they demonstrated the sheer force of a prototype that towed
over 1 million pounds. In spite the highly acclaimed achievement, the Blue Oval
chose to keep its cards close to its chest, so we didn’t even know when it
might premiere – until now.
A report published
by AutoNews, who spoke to the company’s global director for electrification,
Ted Cannis, has revealed that the zero-emission F-150 could arrive as early as
2021, around one year after the launch of the Mustang-inspired electric
crossover.
Paving the road for
the electric F-150 will be a hybrid version that will launch in 2020. Aimed at
the Middle East and North America, it will offer powerful towing and payload
capacities, according to the official announcement made by the automaker in
2017, and will also be able to operate as a mobile generator.
The electrified
F-150 range won’t be icing on the cake, as Ford has other battery-electric
vehicles in the pipeline and will launch six of them in North America by 2022,
and a total of 16 on the other side of the pond during the same time period.
