Ford, GM ramp up plans for electric pickups

Linda Zhang, chief engineer of the Ford F-150, shows the capability of a prototype all-electric F-150 by towing 10 double-decker rail cars and 42 2019-model year F-150s, weighing more than 1 million pounds. — Linda Zhang, chief engineer of the Ford F-150, recently demonstrated the capability of a prototype all-electric F-150 by towing 10 double-decker rail cars and 42 2019-model year F-150s, weighing more than 1 million pounds.

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BEN KLAYMAN

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Reuters

September 13, 2019 10:50 AM

DETROIT -- Large pickup trucks that tow most of the profits in to Ford Motor Co. and General Motors are holdovers from another century -- with heavy ladder frames and big internal combustion engines in the front driving the wheels in the back.

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