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Ford Beats Tesla to the Punch With First Electric F-150 Delivery

A rural Michigan resident who also had a Cybertruck on order ends up with Lightning No. 1.

A tail light of a Ford F-150 Lightning pickup.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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In the rural Michigan community Nicholas Schmidt lives, pickup trucks are a way of life.

On Thursday, Schmidt and the city he calls home — Standish, Michigan, population less than 1,500 — made history with the handover of a key fob. He became owner No. 1 of Ford Motor Co.’s first electric pickup, the F-150 Lightning.