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The #F150 is tougher, safer, smarter, more capable, all while using sustainable biomaterials. #FordTrends pic.twitter.com/m2MLpkNWjO

— Ford Motor Company (@Ford) September 12, 2016

Need to handle some serious towing and hauling, but don't want to destroy the planet while you do it?

For years, pickup trucks were considered one of the least eco-friendly vehicles you could drive. Owners weigh the cost and benefit of poor fuel economy vs capability and utility. But what if you didn't have to compromise?

The 2017 Ford F-150 is back with a brand-new engine and transmission that make it more...

In biology, a mutualistic symbiotic relationship is defined as a close interaction between two species to the benefit of both -- a type of mutual altruism. At the Ford Rouge Complex in Dearborn, Michigan, where the Ford F-150 is made, there are layers upon layers of mutualism at play.

First, meet Mary Mason, a design engineer at Ford Motor Company. For the past three years, she has been Ford's unofficial beekeeper, tending to the 80,000 honeybees kept on site.

The bees, in turn, help pollinate the Sedum flowers growing on the Dearborn Truck Plant's living roof. Sedum is…

How far can a #Ford #FusionEnergi go on one tank and a charge? Farther than you might think… pic.twitter.com/NhD2VECIiS

— Ford Fusion (@FordFusion) May 31, 2016

In the big city of Indianapolis, it pays to drive a "city car." You know, a highly efficient, usually electric vehicle designed for optimal performance in dense stop-and-go traffic. Yet in the rural state of Indiana, it also pays to have a vehicle that performs well on long open stretches of highway, that won't balk if the next gas station isn't for 100 miles.

What is a driver to do…

Ford might be developing a long-range electric Tesla competitor after all https://t.co/zZx8atGwrW pic.twitter.com/jcEfphonlK

— Jalopnik (@Jalopnik) April 28, 2016

Earlier in April, Ford indicated that, despite a $4.5 billion investment into electrification technology, and a promise to introduce 13 new hybrid or electric vehicles by 2020, that the company had no immediate plans of developing a long-range EV.

Tesla and Chevy, meanwhile, are both introducing relatively affordable all-electric models with a 200-mile range by the end of next year.

Ford's director of electrific