By Michael Elkins
Today Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) announced the launching of their 2023 Ford F-150® Lightning Pro Special Service Vehicle. America’s first electric pickup truck purpose-built for law enforcement.
Ford has been providing police departments with the vehicles for more than 70 years. Currently, Ford customers include more than 12,000 police departments across the country.
“We're proud to offer America’s first electric police pickup truck to local government customers who can use the truck’s game-changing technology to help improve their productivity,” said Nate Oscarson, Ford Pro national government sales manager. “Pro Power Onboard can serve as a mobile power source2 to light up evening accident scenes on the highway, the electric powertrain helps to potentially reduce costs associated with fuel and scheduled maintenance needs3 and the Mega Power Frunk provides extra lockable storage on top of purpose-built police additions our customers have come to expect from the leader in police vehicles.”
The trucks purpose-built features include police-grade heavy-duty cloth seats, Built-in steel intrusion plates in the front seatbacks, roof-mounted LED warning beacons, a reinforced instrument panel and easy-to-clean vinyl rear seats and vinyl flooring.