Report: F-150 Lightning connected to Amazon rainforest pollution

Report: Aluminum in F-150 Lightning connected to mine damaging Amazon rainforest

The bauxite mining process involves stripping the land of its trees and combing off the topsoil to unearth the “red clay-like rock” sitting just below the surface.

Report: F-150 Lightning connected to Amazon rainforest pollution

Materials on Ford Motor Co.’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup are damaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, according to a Bloomberg investigation.

Ford's Electric Pickup Is Built From Metal That's Damaging the Amazon

A Bloomberg investigation traced much of the aluminum in the F-150 to a refinery in Brazil accused of sickening thousands of people. Bloomberg's Sheridan Prasso reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Ford's electric 'Car of the Future' relies on refinery accused of poisoning the Amazon: Report

Ford Motor Company’s recently released electric F-150 truck allegedly sources a majority of the aluminum used in its light-weight frame from Brazilian mines charged with pollution, land appropriation and the endangerment of thousands of people, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Mining Aluminum for the Ford F-150 Lightning Is Allegedly Making Thousands in the Amazon Rainforest Sick

A class-action lawsuit against the owner of a refinery that produces aluminum ore used to make cars and EVs, including the Ford F-150 Lightning, argues that the refinery is polluting nearby rivers and streams, and endangering thousands of Brazilians in the process. The lawsuit represents 11,000 residents who live in…Read more...

Not So Clean After All: Biden's Favorite Electric Truck Gets Metal From Refinery That's Killing People, Report Says

Ford's electric F-150—a vehicle President Joe Biden gushed over during a test drive at a Ford factory last year—gets its metal from a refinery that locals say is killing them, according to a new report.