This isn't Ford's first modern EV rodeo.
Don't forget that Ford had the RangerEV back in the late '90's. They only made a few but it was actually a very good vehicle - a little short on range though.
Back in the 200x's, when GM, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, et al were taking their EVs away from customers and ignominiously crushing them, Ford realized that the optics of taking a Rancher's Ford Pickup away from him really wasn't a good thing. They let them buy the car for some nominal cost.
The F-150 Lightning stands out as the greatest, baddest electrical truck Ford Motor Co. has ever produced. Nevertheless it is
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Ford Agrees to Sell Two Electric Trucks to Protesting Lease Holders Rather Than Surrender Them SACRAMENTO January 21, 2004; Jim Wasserman writing for the AP reported that the Ford Motor Co. said Friday it will sell two Ford Ranger electric pickup trucks to a pair of lease holders...
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Many are still on the road today.