Pickups are going electric and truck fans are buying in. Will it reduce carbon emissions?

The Sunday Magazine23:18Test driving the promise of EV pickup trucks

Switching from a gas-guzzling pickup truck to an electric model was easy for Steve Vivian, he says, thanks in part to the design. 

“It just looks like a pickup truck,” he told The Sunday Magazine’s Peter Mitton.

Vivian’s Ford F-150 Lightning, the all-electric version of the U.S.-automaker’s best-selling vehicle, was among the first in Canada. The Guelph, Ont., HVAC technician and firefighter bought it sight unseen last fall, putting down a deposit and waiting 18 months for delivery.

There are few signs that Vivian’s F-150 is different from its gas-powered kin. Only a closed-off front grill