Ford Motor is keeping the F-150 Lightning, but changing its technology. It plans to add thousands of jobs and enter this new business.

Using electric vehicles as home batteries through vehicle-to-home (V2H) systems can cut household energy costs by thousands of dollars.

Ford is ending production of the F-150 Lightning truck and pivoting to focus on manufacturing hybrid vehicles and smaller electric vehicles.

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Enter 2025 and Nikola Corp., a pioneer in the development of battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric semi-trucks, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Feb. 19, seeking a sale of its assets. Then, commercial electric truck manufacturer Bollinger Motors shut down operations on Nov. 21, 2025, six months after emerging from receivership.

The auto manufacturer will begin producing gas-powered Built Ford Tough truck models at its renamed Tennessee Truck Plant in 2029.