The US Forest Service on Friday kicked off a 12-month test of the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, part of its bid to green its entire fleet.
Part of the test will include employee surveys to measure how well the truck functions as a land management tool, including user perceptions about maintenance and safety, Sonia Sachdeva, a Forest Service research social scientist, speaking at an event in Dearborn, Mich.
Most of the electric vehicle social science so far has focused on their role in the consumer sphere, not the working world.
“I think there’s a lot of curiosity,” Gina ...
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