Meet the person who made it all happen.
Electrifying America's favorite truck
To see the side of a pick-up truck load box with 'all-electric prototype' branding is highly unusual but inspiring. Especially when that prototype is part of America's most popular vehicle range, the Ford F-150.
There is no V8 or EcoBoost V6 under that hood
This is what it is all about. It might look like just another current F-150 but this Ford pick-up is special - and crucial to the brand's future. As rival battery-powered start-ups have revealed concept pick-up trucks running on only electricity, Ford realized it could not be left behind on the technology trend. The result is one very production-ready looking battery-powered F-150.
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A tow test like no other
To illustrate the capability of its battery-powered F-150, Ford decided to conduct a little towing test of its own. And when we say 'of its own', we really mean it: literally. Ford took the F-150 to an industrial depot, where it could be hooked up to some dual-deck carriages.
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Towing a lot of F-150s - with an F-150
To make this tow-test more challenging, Ford added 42 new F-150s to the weight of those trailers. The combines towing mass was absolutely massive, but one thing that electric vehicles possess are huge torque reserves at virtually no wheel speed. A battery-powered vehicle produces peak torque immediately and has a significant advantage over a traditional internal-combustion engine with regards to towing.
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Can we guess the specs?
Although Ford won't divulge any details on the electric F-150's powertrain, we can draw some conclusions. Earlier this year, Ford invested heavily in Rivian, a Californian based electric vehicle start-up specializing in pick-up trucks. The Rivian prototype motors produce 826ft-lb, which is plenty. If Ford is using an advanced version of that electric motor, the F-150 prototype would have sufficient power for immense towing capacity.
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Hauling a huge load with ease
With the 10 trains loaded with 42 F-150s, Ford started-up its electric prototype and towed the huge load. The battery-powered F-150 managed to successfully tow 453-tons. That a multiple greater than any customer could ever require and validates that this electric F-150 could be the most powerful pick-up Ford has ever built.
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Impressing the folks that matter
The skeptics that Ford will have to convince, are working-class Americans. Those drivers and workers who actually use pick-up trucks for their intended purpose. Ford had a sample group of workers on hand, to observe its towing demonstration and all were absolutely amazed at what the electric F-150 could accomplish, without any sense of mechanical drama or strain.
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The lady who built and drove the electric truck
And this is the lady who made it all happen, chief project engineer for the F-150, Linda Zhang. She has an awesome responsibility to bring the electric F-150 to market and is excellently qualified for that role, with degrees in both computer science and electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.
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