Ford CEO Jim Farley embarked on a field trip recently, driving the F-150 Lightning for 1,100 miles between California and Nevada, connecting with people along the way, and testing charging facilities. Farley made a pit stop at Laguna Seca during the Monterey Car Week, where Ryan Levenson of The Kilowatts engaged in a candid dialogue with him.
Levenson asked Farley about his learnings from the F-150 Lightning road trip, to which the CEO responded that he wouldn’t use the term range anxiety anymore. He experienced “charging anxiety” instead. Here’s what he observed during a charging stop in Coalinga, a city in central California:
