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Turn off the gas: is America ready to embrace electric vehicles? – The Guardian
Ford unveiled its new F-150 Lightning pickup this week – but the success of EVs in this car-loving nation is far from certain
In Detroit, auto plants have for decades churned out trucks built with Motor City steel and fueled by gasoline. But this weeks rollout of the Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck offered a vision of the future in Americas automotive heartland: aluminum-clad pickups running off of electric powertrains with lithium batteries.
An electric model of the nations best-selling vehicle at an accessible $40,000 has the potential to shift the auto industrys course, and do more to advance the transportation…
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