Ford Effectively Kills the Biden-Era Dream of All-Electric Trucks

The end of the best-selling electric pickup truck is here: Ford is pulling the plug on the F-150 Lightning by the end of the year. It’s not dead dead, but the next version of the Lightning will be an extended range electric vehicle, known as an EREV. Ford is positioning it as the “next-generation.”

In a news release Monday, Ford announced the end of current Lightning production and called the EREV “a significant expansion of the F-150 Lightning’s capability.” With the EREV…