Ford Motor Co. ( F ) absorbed a blow to its balance sheet on Dec. 15 with the massive restructuring charge of $19.5 billion, which coincided with the decision to scrap its slow-selling F-150 Lightning battery-electric pickup and substantially de-emphasize battery electricI am a journalist based in Detroit, having spent almost my entire career writing about business and economic subjects for The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Detroit Free Press and Bloomberg. I'm the author of two books and am an ackno ...