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President Biden to visit Dearborn electric vehicle center before Ford reveals F-150 Lightning

By Amber Ainsworth
Updated  May 11, 2021 8:59pm EDT
Cars and Trucks
FOX 2 Detroit

Auto insider talks about electric F-150 Lightning

Auto Line TV and WWJ's auto Analyst, John McElroy, says most American auto companies are already gearing up to go electric and the president can give them a push by spotlighting Ford's popular truck.

DEARBORN, Mich (FOX 2) - President Joe Biden is planning to visit the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn next week before Ford reveals its new electric pickup truck, the F-150 Lightning.

Biden will tour the electric truck line May 18, the day before Ford will reveal the truck at its World Headquarters in Dearborn. 

Related: Ford to develop, produce its own electric vehicle batteries at Metro Detroit plant

Production of the electric F-150 will begin next spring at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.