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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

Green Car Congress

Ford unveiled the F-150 Lightning battery-electric pickup. F-150 Lightning offers a standard-range battery targeting 230 miles of EPA-estimated range and an extended-range battery targeting 300 miles of EPA-estimated range. 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum, Lariat, XLT. America’s No.

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2023 Ford F-150 Lightning boosts range to 240 miles, price by $7,000

Green Car Reports

The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning extends its range for its second model year, and Ford juices its starting price by at least $7,000, the automaker revealed Tuesday.

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Ford Looks to Extended-Range EVs to Juice Demand

The Truth About Cars

Until then, the electric F-150 Lightning has sold well but failed to get anywhere near its gas counterparts meteoric sales numbers. Fords new EREV models are still at least two years out. Though they wont come until 2027, Fords move toward EREVs may help it reach profitability with its electric Model e division.

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Ford Teases Next F-150, Full Reveal Tomorrow

The Truth About Cars

Pickup trucks often get the former, which is exactly what was deployed for a brief teaser video for the next F-150 which popped up on Instagram just one day before the entire thing is revealed in Detroit. Beats having to reform yaffles of bodywork and stamp out new fenders, anyway.

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Ford is Offering Dealers Up To $1,500 To Take Delivery of F-150 Lightnings From Its Distribution Centers

The Truth About Cars

Ford is testing a new delivery program for the F-150 Lightning that could lead some to believe that the electric pickup isn’t selling all that well, but the automaker’s motivations appear to be driven by a need to improve efficiency. The F-150 Lightning is selling well, with sales climbing 86 percent this year through September.

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Ford Performance Introduces 700hp Kit for F-150

The Truth About Cars

V8 engine has been the F-150’s volume seller, but that hasn’t stopped some gearheads deep within the skunkworks of Ford Performance from coming up with a relatively affordable supercharger kit for the mill – one which cranks the wick to 700 horsepower. It’s been ages since the venerable 5.0L to 700 horsepower and 590 lb.-ft

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Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck Only Has A 50-kWh Battery. Here’s Why That’s Enough

InsideEVs

The standard electric Lightning can be specced with up to 131 kWh of juice. But this isn’t your average pickup.

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