He currently has a diesel-powered pickup for farm-related tasks like moving tractors around. But he also lives on a working farm south of Barrie, Ontario, so he has a need for the type of work that a pickup truck can offer. Steimle is a fan of electric vehicles in general, and has driven one himself as his main source of transportation since 2012. "Up until now we really haven't had something to fill that that gap." "There's such a demand, and a need for this type of vehicle so that fills a really important gap," he said in an interview with CBC News on Thursday. Wilf Steimle, president of the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada says it's hard to understate the significance of Ford making an all-electric version of the F-150, a vehicle that has more versions on Canadian roads than any other pickup over the past 55 years, and more than any other vehicle overall since 2010. "It's your own personal power plant, automatically powering your house for three days during an outage," Ford's chief engineer, Linda Zhang, said at the event on Wednesday. What experts say Canada needs to do to become a leader in the electric vehicle industryįord claims a fully charged battery has enough juice to power a standard home for several days.While other electric and gasoline-powered vehicles have the capacity to act as electrical generators, Ford seems to have fully embraced the concept. The truck can serve as a de facto backup generator, generating 9.6 kilowatts of power from up to 11 power outlets throughout the vehicle. The truck is a major departure for the company, as it attempts to maintain its popularity among those who need and want a large working vehicle but also appeal to new buyers. The company didn't announce a firm release date, but the truck will be available for purchase starting in 2023, according to Sam Fiorani, head of global vehicle forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions. The F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in Canada for 11 years in a row, and while the existing model has an option for a gasoline-electric hybrid, the new version is Ford's first all-electric pickup truck. President Joe Biden was on hand to take it for a spin, quipping "this sucker's quick" to assembled press when he floored it on a test drive. Ford Motor Co. unveiled an all-electric version of the best-selling F-150 on Wednesday, one that's capable of driving from Edmonton to Calgary on a single charge, and with enough juice to act as a backup generator to power the typical Canadian house for up to three days.įord showed off a prototype of the F-150 Lightning at its headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., on Wednesday evening.
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