DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford Motor previewed its new electrical F-150 Lightning pickup sooner than deliberate throughout a visit Tuesday by President Joe Biden to the Michigan plant that is producing the automobile.

The extremely anticipated automobile resembles the automaker’s present F-150 however has distinctive exterior styling similar to a closed-off grille and lightweight bar throughout the entrance of the automobile that connects its headlights. Sitting subsequent to a conventional 2021 Ford F-150, it seemed to be about the identical.

Ford declined to launch extra particulars concerning the automobile forward of its official public reveal at 9:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday. The corporate unexpectedly unveiled the pickup for Biden’s tour of Ford’s Rouge Electrical Automobile Middle in Dearborn, the place the automobile begins manufacturing this spring.

Ford executives have mentioned the F-150 Lightning shall be a true pickup truck designed for industrial work, in contrast to anticipated way of life pickups such because the GMC Hummer EV or Tesla Cybertruck. It’s anticipated to go on sale by mid-next yr.

“It’s simply the most effective of Ford,” Jim Farley, Ford’s CEO, mentioned final week throughout the firm’s annual shareholders assembly.

Farley has mentioned the F-150 Lightning shall be in a position “to energy your property throughout an outage, it is even faster than the unique F-150 Lightning efficiency truck; and it’ll continuously enhance by way of over-the-air updates.”

When asserting the automobile’s identify, Farley in contrast its significance to the Ford Mannequin T and Ford Mustang.

Biden toured the ability to advertise his agenda for American-made electrical autos and $2 trillion infrastructure package deal that features $174 billion to spur the event and adoption of electrical autos.

Pickups are seen as an vital method to improve client adoption of EVs as a result of they’re the bestselling autos within the nation. They’re additionally extraordinarily vital to fleet and industrial prospects, anticipated to be among the many largest purchasers of EVs.