Yahoo Movies President Joe Biden test drives the new electric Ford truck and Twitter could not ignore his speed
In a visit to Ford Motor Co.'s electric vehicle plant in Dearborn, Michigan, President Joe Biden pushed the future of electric vehicles ahead of the car company releasing their all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck on Wednesday.
The new cars were behind Biden as he spoke about electric vehicles as the “future of the auto industry.”
Following his speech, he not only got a first look at the new pickup truck but made an unscheduled stop as he was allowed to test drive one around a nearby track. The president seemed to have the need for speed, as he drove up to a pool of reporters and told them, "this sucker's quick."
People on social media noticed how fast Biden was going, with some finding it humorous that other people were trying to catch up. Meanwhile, other Twitter users thought he should maybe take it easy.
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President Biden test drives F-150 Lightning: "This sucker's quick!" pic.twitter.com/BoVG04Ro9M
— CSPAN (@cspan) May 18, 2021
President Biden test drives Ford’s new electric F-150 on a track pic.twitter.com/ICAlHtpLrW
— Mario Parker (@MarioDParker) May 18, 2021
Biden says the Ford is seriously fast. Then to prove it he asks press to get out the way and floors the accelerator for another burst around the Dearborn testing site pic.twitter.com/dU1sX1JQBA
— Sebastian Smith (@SebastianAFP) May 18, 2021
My favorite part is secret service trying to keep up. Love it.
— 🇹🇹 J 🇹🇹 (@Synapse_J) May 18, 2021
😂 he better slow down before he make Harris president
— ♌️ (@UcanWen_) May 18, 2021
— Rebecca Lynn (@Bex_Lyn) May 18, 2021
Via pooler @AlexThomp, President Biden living his best life pic.twitter.com/vF0nXK8a40
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 18, 2021
You gotta think the Ford PR and Marketing team is poppin’ a few bottles tonight. https://t.co/J2pZlUZaBu
— Kristy Morrison (Bolsinger) (@kristy) May 18, 2021
Actual footage of Joe testing out the suspension in monster mode .. pic.twitter.com/bkGxQ1A5G6
— Matt Murphy (@TheMurphstar) May 18, 2021
Biden drives off into the sunset in an electric truck https://t.co/24RV7FBJCR
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) May 18, 2021
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: President Biden goes fast as he test drives new electric Ford truck
