The Detroit automaker, which has poured billions of dollars into electrification along with most of its industry peers, said it will no longer make the F-150 Lightning.

Four years after Ford bravely electrified its best-selling vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup, it seemed ready to drop the model owing to slowing demand. Now, it turns out the company's got other plans.

Ford is completely changing its electrification strategy, with the next Lightning featuring a plug-in hybrid setup where a gas engine adds juice to the battery.

The current-generation Ford F-150 Lightning is dead, Ford officials confirmed on Monday. Couched in a bunch of EV news and an announcement that the next-gen Lightning would be an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV), Ford slipped in the announcement that the existing F-150 Lightning will not survive 2025.

Three topics are guaranteed to cause rowdy debate at most Christmas dinners in Canada: politics, religion, and electric pickup trucks. The latter will be an even hotter topic this year, following news today that Ford is cancelling its all-electric F-150 Lightning after less than five years on the market.

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Ford expanded its Power Promise program to Canada. It includes a complimentary home charger and standard installation. An eight-year or 100,000-mile warranty is also part of the campaign. Ford is offering a free home charger and covering standard ...