So much talk about electric cars and how we have to transition even though right now they're

more expensive, they're hard to get, rare earth is certainly a challenge in order to make

the batteries in order to actually make the cars.

Hi everyone, welcome back, Brian Kilmead here.

I had a chance on what made America great to do five more specials about things about our

pasts and misseparators and I did the history of the automobile and one thing was great as I

talked about about the history but the future.

Now I was able to do with Jim Farley, he is the Ford CEO and yes related to Chris Farley,

he talked about the Ford Lightning, the new pickup, creating these electric vehicles and dealing

with the government. Here's my interview with Jim Farley CEO.

So Jim Farley, where are we right now?

We are in the RevC center where we're building our new F-150 Lightning,

0-16-4 seconds, America's best selling vehicle for 40 years. We're electrifying it.

This is a brand new site in the middle of the Rouge plant. We built 1928, it's been operating

continuously in the middle of that. We tore down a bunch of buildings and built our most sustainable

zero emission plant. What made you want to launch this three years ago?

Well, we had a very small group of very maverick people in the company.

It's America's best selling vehicle and we thought what is more iconic than electrifying

the F-150 and what is more American than the biggest employer in our industry. This was the

perfect vehicle to electrify. If you could have done this this quick and produced a product that is

between $40 and $80,000, what took so long? Well, we had to redesign the frame, fit all the batteries,

do all the testing, design the front, do all the testing and power your home for three days.

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