Last year, Ford sold about 900,000 F-series pickups, bringing it about $ 42 billion in revenue. The American automaker plans to bring the electric F-150 pickup to the market, but information about this is still very sparse. Earlier, Darren Palmer, head of Ford Team Edison, said the electric F-150 should hit the market “before 2022”. This would put the novelty on a par with a series of new electric pickups due in late 2021, such as the Tesla Cybertruck and GMC Hummer EV. However, then the company changed plans, and now we are talking about the start of production in 2022.

“ Next month, Ford will temporarily close the Michigan plant to set up production facilities for the redesigned F-150 pickup truck, which will go on sale next year. The automaker is also building a new facility next to its Dearborn, Michigan pickup plant to produce an electric version of the F-150, according to people familiar with the project. It is expected that production of the prototype will begin next year, said sources who wished to remain anonymous, “Bloomberg writes.

If production starts in 2022, the electric pickup Ford F-150 Electric will appear after the Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1T, Lordstown Endurance, and a number of other electric pickups will enter the market, the serial production of which will start in 2021.