![]() ![]() Notably, these reflect a recent large increase in the Lightning’s starting prices, with the automaker saying in a press release that “due to significant material cost increases and other factors, Ford has adjusted MSRP starting with the opening of the next wave of F-150 Lightning orders.” We have a Lightning on order and awaiting its arrival for a full test. The top Platinum, which comes with an extended-range battery, starts at $96,874. The extended-range battery tacks on an extra $21,500 to the XLT, and $11,500 onto the Lariat (the extended-range battery isn’t available on the base Pro). Pricing starts at $46,974 for the Pro trim, $59,474 for the XLT, and $74,474 for the Lariat. The real telltale for higher trims is the horizontal LED front lighting that stretches across the top of the grille. The body is more aerodynamic than the regular F-150, giving it a smoother, more futuristic look. The Lightning comes only as a four-door crew-cab with a 5.5-foot bed-the most common configuration for full-sized trucks today. Models with the extended-range battery have 580 hp, the same torque figure, and a longer 320-mile driving range. of torque, and a targeted EPA-estimated 240-mile driving range, according to Ford. The standard-range version is good for 452 horsepower, 775 lb.-ft. Yet it’s utterly quiet inside and out, and the majority of the cabin feels very much like that of a “regular” pickup.Īll Lightning models use a dual-electric-motor setup that gives it standard four-wheel drive. It accelerates with serious force and rides better than any F-150 before it. With the Lightning, the age of credible EV trucks and their quiet power has officially arrived.Īfter a few days spent in an F-150 Lightning Lariat, rented from Ford, we came away impressed. With its prodigious power, swift acceleration, and strong towing capacity, and the added benefit of sipping electrons rather than gasoline, the F-150 Lightning is a truck for a new, greener era. I left Erik and his “oil-burner” behind in the dust as I rocketed away. of torque from the Lightning’s dual electric motors unleashed all at once. So I raised my window back up, stomped hard on the throttle pedal, and felt the thrilling rush of the 775 lb.-ft. We rolled down our windows to talk, but I couldn’t hear a word he was saying over the clatter from his truck’s big diesel engine. ![]() I pulled the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning up next to my CR colleague Erik, who was idling in his heavy-duty pickup. It was like a meeting of the old and the new, of yesterday and tomorrow. Read the complete Ford F-150 Lightning road test. Starting in 2023, the company aims to produce 150,000 units per year at a plant in Dearborn, Michigan.Update: Since this first drive was originally published in August, 2022, we finished testing the Ford F-150 Lightning. Ford began making the F-150 Lightning in April and it started deliveries the following month. The automaker temporarily capped reservations at 200,000 last December, after receiving enough to fill three years of production capacity. Those will not be available on models it builds as of this fall. Avalanche Gray and Azure Gray metallic tri-coat options will replace Atlas Blue, Ice Blue Silver and Smoked Quartz Metallic. It's available as part of the Tow Technology Package on Pro, XLT and Lariat trims and as standard on some Lariat trims and the Platinum trim.įord is changing up the color options too. Ford is also adding Pro Trailer Hitch Assist tech, which it says will make it easier for drivers to hitch trailers thanks to automatic steering, throttle and brake controls. ![]() That battery is available for the Pro, XLT and Lariat trims. Those prices don't include the delivery fee.Īs somewhat of a makegood for the price increase, models with the standard-range battery will have a target EPA-estimated range of 240 miles, an increase of 10 miles per charge. The biggest increase, per The Verge, is for the Lariat Extended Range, which has jumped up by $8,900 to $85,974. At the higher end of the scale, Ford bumped up the price of the Platinum Extended Range by just over $4,000 to $96,874. The base F-150 Lightning now costs $46,974 (up by $7,000) and the standard mid-range XLT is $59,474, which marks an increase of $6,500. ![]()
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