Police Video Reveals Dangers of F-150 Lightning Fire and EV Trucks.

The Dearborn Police Department has released footage of the Ford F-150 Lightning fire that caused the recent recall. The video shows smoke rising from three electric pickup trucks parked closely together at a Ford holding lot in Dearborn. The fire, which occurred on February 4, 2023, destroyed multiple vehicles and caused a production pause, stop shipment, and recall of Ford's relatively new and popular electric pickup. Ford shared that there was some sort of defect with the F-150 Lightning's battery, as the fire reportedly started while the electric truck was charging for a pre-delivery quality check. The automaker officially recalled just 18 F-150 Lightning pickups for a reported manufacturing defect related to their battery cells.