He's the first buyer of the electric F-150. Why he's the future of the car industry
Legacy auto makers such as Ford and GM are racing to catch up to Tesla by investing billions of dollars to develop electric cars.
Nick Schmidt was at home when he got the call he had been waiting on for months.
Schmidt had ordered the electric version of Ford's F-150 as soon as it was announced in May of last year. And more than a year later, his F-150 Lightning was finally ready to be picked up.
"When the dealership called me, they were just as excited as I was," Schmidt says. "I remember coming up to the parking lot, and they were all, like, gathered around. Everybody came outside."
It was a big moment for Schmidt, but maybe
