A whopping 131-kilowatt-hour battery will be standard on the Platinum and a $13,380 option on the lesser trims, which otherwise get a 98-kilowatt-hour unit, good for 370 kilometres of range. Other trims are Lariat ($80,000) and Platinum ($110,000), all crew cabs with a five-foot six-inch box.
The auto maker has already doubled its previously planned annual production to 150,000 vehicles in 2023.Īnd yet, is Ford missing an opportunity to maximize the planet-saving potential of electrifying a gas-guzzler that is also Canada’s top-selling vehicle (56 years and counting)? How about offering a single-motor, front-wheel-drive Lightning for those who never tow or tote anything more than a couple hundred pounds of topsoil once a year? Beyond the money saved by omitting the rear motor, Ford could cut more cost by reverting to the simple leaf-spring suspension of ICE-engined F-150s (the actual Lightning has independent rear suspension).Įvery Lightning has eight 120-volt power outlets, four of them in the frunk.
So much so that Ford has temporarily closed the order book while it works to fulfill the 200,000 reservations it has received. In short, the F-150 Lightning is a slam dunk. And pricing starts below $70,000 (far less for fleet customers).
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of torque, plus it can tow up to 10,000 pounds. It has a claimed range of up to 515 kilometres, delivers up to 580 horsepower and a monumental 775 lb.-ft. Log In Create Free Accountįord’s new electric F-150 has a motor at each end providing all-wheel drive.
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