Ford CEO: New plant in Tenn. to build 'another truck' that's not F-150 Lightning

AN_20220307P1-FARLEY5PMUG.JPG_i.jpg — Jim Farley: "This is not our only truck. We said very clearly we want to be the leader in electric pickup trucks." (Eric Perry Photography)

April 26, 2022 07:22 PM

DETROIT -- Ford CEO Jim Farley on Tuesday said the vehicle that the automaker intends to build at its upcoming Blue Oval City campus in Tennessee will be an additional electric pickup and not a next-generation F-150 Lightning.

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