--- title: "Joe Biden Takes All Electric Ford F-150 Lightning for a Joyride" description: "President Joe Biden raced a still unreleased and fully electric Ford F-150 Lightning through an empty parking lot near the company's headquarters Michigan." date: "2021-05-18" modified: "2021-05-18" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/joe-biden-ford-f150-lightning" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "electric cars" - "ford" - "joe biden" - "the digest" --- # Joe Biden Takes All Electric Ford F-150 Lightning for a Joyride ![President Joe Biden raced a still unreleased and fully electric Ford F-150 Lightning through an empty parking lot near the company's headquarters Michigan.]() *\Image: Gage Skidmore via Flickr / Futurism\* ## Joyride President Joe Biden raced a still unreleased, fully electric [Ford F-150 Lightning]() through an empty parking lot not far from the company's headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, according to pictures uploaded to Twitter by *CNN* White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins. https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1394731007329423364?s=20 According to Collins, a Secret Service agent was in the passenger seat during Biden's joyride. "This sucker's quick," Biden told reporters afterward. ## Investing in Electric The news comes after Biden announced back in March that his administration is planning to [invest $174 million]() in the domestic electric vehicle market. "His plan will enable automakers to spur domestic supply chains from raw materials to parts, retool factories to compete globally, and support American workers to make batteries and EVs," [read a brief]() posted to the White House’s website. And it looks like Biden is willing to personally jump on the bandwagon by taking the latest electric vehicle for a spin himself. ## Ride the Lightning The long-awaited Ford F-150 Lightning — arguably the automaker's answer to [Tesla's Cybertruck]() — will [be officially unveiled]() tomorrow evening, marking the start of a new era for the best selling series of trucks in the country. In fact, Ford's F-150 also happens to be the best selling vehicle in the country, as [*The Verge* points out](). The truck will be the most powerful F-series truck in its lineup, with a minimum of 430 horsepower. Thanks to its fully electric drivetrain, it is also bound to accelerate far quicker than its gas-guzzling counterparts — perhaps explaining Biden's comment to reporters. Ford has yet to announce a price for the truck. But given the hype, the series' track record, and Biden's endorsement, it's likely to sell like hot cakes in the US. **READ MORE:** [Ford F-150 Lightning: what to expect from the automaker’s first electric pickup truck]() \[*The Verge*\] **More on the truck:** *[Elon Musk Praises Tesla Nemesis, Ford, In Rare Reversal]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()