Watch How Ford Builds the F-150 Lightning in an 18-Minute Video

The Ford F-150 Lightning rolls off the production line at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The Rouge facility measures 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) wide by 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) long. It includes 93 buildings, while the factory floor space covers nearly 16 million square feet (1.5 square kilometers).

And that is where the first electric truck wearing the Blue Oval badge, the F-150 Lightning, sees the light of day. It is the first model that entered production in the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.

A video uploaded on YouTube shows all the stages that a vehicle goes through before it is ready to get into the hands of a potential buyer.

Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) transport the body in white subassembly along the shop floor to various workstations. Experts route the wiring through the designated pathways inside the cabin structure, using harnesses, clips, or adhesive tape.

Headlights and rear lights are up next, and workers make sure that all connections are made so that the lights can be controlled from inside. Then, the front end receives the closed grille and decorative trim pieces.

With the help of robots, workers put the dashboard in the right position and align it so that it perfectly fits the design of the cabin. The center console is up next.  The vehicle gets all the windows, with pressure being applied to the glass so that it gets proper contact and adhesion.

It is an EV, so it needs a charging port, mounted on the driver’s side. Meanwhile, the badges are glued to the body using a special adhesive.

Then, the moment of joining the cabin and truck bed together comes, during the frame assembly stage. It is the stage in which the structural components of the vehicle are integrated.

If there are any imperfections or deviations from the required specifications, it is the coordinate measuring machines (CMM) that will detect them.

The battery pack is positioned, mounted, and fixed onto the chassis. Then, the pre-assembled motor and transmission are installed into the vehicle. Prior to the installation, they go through quality inspections and testing procedures.

The F-150 Lightning also gets a frunk fitted into the cavity at the front, where a combustion engine would normally be in an ICE-powered vehicle. Before it is good to go, the electric pickup truck gets inspected by inspectors who check paint quality, panel alignment, and overall appearance. The Lightnings are fully charged before they go through functional tests.

Ford's electric pickup truck is powered by two electric motors in an all-wheel drive setup, which generate together either 452 horsepower (458 PS) or 580 horsepower (589 PS).