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There’s a trunk there for extra storage.

I understand they did not integrate the motors and batteries into a new frame built specifically to accommodate them like Tesla did but rather added them on top the existing frame. I really like that Tesla is a ground up design and something about this F150 annoys me for carrying on all of the institutional inertia of a 100 year old company.

Also, I read Ford is planning on 40k of these and their Transit van each year and marketing them toward fleets.

That puts it in perspective.

Ford sold 787,000 F-150’s in 2020 and about 1 million F-series trucks in total.

It's the "frunk".

Here's a picture: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/dTXcXTNslbGIJam0Wy9BRhk_I80=...

It's called a Frunk. Basically, storage space!