Women Engineers Like Lisa Drake Are Leading the Electric Vehicle Revolution

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MotorTrend. “This truck has to convince construction workers, farmers, ranchers, surveyors, and everyday truck fans that electric pickups aren’t just viable but desirable.” Car and Driver the model Ford’s “most ambitious innovation since the Model T.” Reviews have been .

The F-150 Lightnings are already so popular that demand has outstripped supply. Drake promises that this is just the beginning. “They’ve been waiting to showcase what they can do,” Drake tells Glamour of the engineers working on electric cars at Ford. “I’m most excited to let them shine.”The story of electric vehicles tends to center men—the CEOs of Ford, Tesla, and Rivian are men.

But endless headlines about and umpteen quotes from businessmen grabbing for a piece of the lucrative industry don’t tell the whole story.

The electric vehicle revolution is being powered by plenty of women. They’re visioning, engineering, building, selling, and driving the cars of the future. “But there’s not enough,” says Drake. “There’s just still not enough.”Drake joined Ford 28 years ago.