Ford F-150 Lightning reveal set for May 19 — everything we know so far

Ford F-150 Lightning reveal set for May nineteen — everything nosotros know so far

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Ford has begun teasing the upcoming 2023 F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup truck ahead of its official unveiling afterwards this calendar month (May 19). The issue, which volition take identify at the company'southward headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, will too be live-streamed.

The Ford F-150 is the best selling vehicle in America, and has been for more than 40 years. That makes introducing an EV variant a very big deal. Already, the visitor has released a teaser video to marker the occasion later this month.

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The Ford F-150 Lightning is actually a rebranding of sorts. The Lightning was a variant Ford sold equally part of its Special Vehicle Team (SVT) sub-brand in the 1990s.

At the moment, not a lot is known about the Ford F-150 Lightning. We do know that at that place volition be a dual-motor configuration, mobile ability generation, a "hands-gratis" driving mode thanks to BlueCruise, and, much like Tesla, over-the-air software updates.

The Mustang Mach-E and the F-150 Lightning are a office of Ford's new strategy that will encounter it spend $22 billion on multiple EVs and hybrids by 2025.

With that, here's everything we know then far about the 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning.

Ford F-150 Lightning release date

Right now the Ford F-150 Lightning is slated for the 2023 model twelvemonth, meaning that customers should commencement seeing delivery sometime in 2022. Apart from that, we actually can't say until Ford gives us more than details.

Ford F-150 Lightning price

While the Ford F-150 has ever been seen as an everyman's truck, it's definitely started to creep upwards in price over the past few years. At the moment, the cheapest F-150 trim, the Twoscore, can be found for $28,949. We're fairly certain that the Lightning will non be that cheap.

Whatever Ford decides to name its Lightning variants, we're sure it will range from a utilitarian base level, all the way to over-the-top luxury.

The current Ford Mustang Mach-Due east has a starting price of $42,895. Nosotros likewise don't remember the F-150 Lightning will be that low either. We expect it to start in the 60K range, after authorities rebates and incentives. But we also expect to to shoot up from there, hands going by the six-figure marking. This potential pricing strategy would arrive outpace the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck, which starts at $39,900 and goes all the fashion upwardly to $69,900.

Ford F-150 Lightning range

We know nothing of the F-150 Lightning's range, simply given its size, nosotros expect Ford to exist able to pack a significant battery pack inside. Considering that many truck owners live in rural areas, the F-150 Lightning volition need plenty juice to at least travel 200 miles with a loaded bed. Given that, we expect the F-150 Lightning to avowal a range of at to the lowest degree 300 miles. Anything less would turn off buyers.

Ford F-150 Lightning towing capacity

Ford has nevertheless to unveil official specs, but per a marketing stunt back in 2019, we know that information technology boasts a towing capacity of 1,000,000 pounds. Granted, it was towing a row of trains on train tracks. Train wheels are made of steel, then are the tracks. This makes for very low friction, which is why trains are incredibly efficient when moving massive quantities of stuff. It's also why trains accept great difficulty in moving uphill.

Either way, Ford posted a video on its YouTube channel of an all-electrical Ford F-150 pulling ane million pounds of train. While impressive on paper, it definitely would not exist able to pull that if the trains were on safety tires.

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