Ford is hooking up the US market’s most important vehicle to the power grid, and says it will begin delivering the F-150 as an electric truck in the coming weeks at prices starting at $40,000. That puts the pick-up that has been at the top of registration statistics for 45 years at the forefront of the electric mobility transformation – no small feat for a country of cheap fuel prices and gas guzzlers. According to project manager Linda Zhang, the almost 6-metre-long five-seater F-150 Lightning runs on two motors for a combined 452 or 580 horsepower, depending on the version you choose. This e…