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Ford picks a name for its electric pickup truck: The F-150 Lightning

Enlarge / If you thought Ford would find it hard to resist reviving the Lightning brand for its electric F-150 pickup, you’d be right. (credit: Ford Motor Company) As many have predicted, Ford will revive the “Lightning” nameplate for the battery-electric version of its F-150 pickup truck. The formal reveal of the electric F-150 is […]

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Ford is setting up a new EV battery center in southeast Michigan

Ford will spend $185 million on a new 200,000-square-foot “battery center of excellence” called Ion Park in Michigan. It will join Ford’s new Battery Benchmarking and Test Laboratory in Allen Park, Michigan, seen here. [credit: Ford ] The Ford Motor Company announced on Tuesday that it is creating a new “global battery center of excellence,” […]