The first fully electric F-150 will arrive sooner than expected.
What must be the most powerful model in the line was originally scheduled to hit showrooms in mid-2020, but will now arrive at the beginning of the year, confirmed a Ford executive.
The Detroit Bureau reports that Ford’s Director of Product and Operations Platform, Hau Thai-Tang, said at a JP Morgan conference this week that the truck would go on sale in the first quarter of 2022.
Production of the F-150 was briefly in jeopardy as the International Trade Commission considered an allegation of intellectual property theft charged against the vehicle’s battery supplier, SK Innovation, by rival LG Chem. The ITC has ruled in favor of LG Chem, but will allow SK Innovation to continue to manufacture F-150 cells for four years to reduce the short-term impact on the automaker.
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Ford CEO Jim Farley praised the decision, but asked the two battery companies to reach a long-term agreement that would allow SK Innovation to continue beyond the grace period.
The updated schedule means that the electric F-150 will hit the market a few months after GMC’s electric trucks, Rivian Tesla and Lordstown Motors. Ford did not offer details about the video, but released videos of prototypes being tested along with a teaser image of its front-end design.