The pickup also has two modes of providing external power. The Lightning boasts a “frunk” up front, with the hood opening up to reveal 400 liters of room (enough to accommodate two carry-on bags or two sets of golf clubs, as Ford says), addressing an issue people have with many pickups: their lack of internal storage. But, notably, with the lack of an engine comes additional storage space. As for charging, the truck will go from 15 to 100 percent in eight hours plugged into an 80-amp charger, doing the same in 41 minutes on a DC fast charger. To that end, the Lightning’s 775 lb-ft of torque is the most to ever be packed into an F-150 and, because of the nature of electric drivetrains, kicks in quickly to facilitate the 0-60 time of somewhere in four seconds.ĭual electric motors provide four-wheel drive, and there’s enough battery capacity for a 300-mile range-if you choose the extended range the standard will get you 230 miles. The Ford Bronco Makes Its Glorious Return.I Powered My House with the Ford F-150 Hybrid.The 2021 PopMech Automotive Excellence Awards.But, as Darren Palmer, Ford’s general manager of battery electric vehicles, put it to us when we spoke to him earlier this week, “It offers things you could never get with gas” while benefitting from its roots as a working truck. Sure, it looks like the truck that’s been the best-selling pickup for the past 40-plus years. ![]()
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