#FORD F150 LIGHTNING DRIVERS#
#FORD F150 LIGHTNING PRO#
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The F-150 Lightning is not a credible pickup despite being electric. I spent what amounted to an entire day driving the truck on-road, off-road and towing - and as we've come to expect with the F-150, Ford succeeded on all fronts. The Blue Oval brought me to - you guessed it - Texas Hill Country to drive the all-new F-150 Lightning. And - given how much prices have been rising - it does not cost much more than a conventional pickup. The F-150 Lightning offers practical features that make it more versatile and useful for the people who use trucks. It delivers performance - outstripping the F-150 Raptor on horsepower and torque - that cannot be scoffed at. The F-150 Lightning looks like the standard F-150. Well, Ford built the electric truck that can do it. For an electric F-150 to work, it had to work for Texans - who are, perhaps, the planet's most EV-skeptical audience. Texas is the epicenter of all things pickup - including menacing bumper stickers and unfortunate suspension lifts - and as it turns out, Ford sells about 20 percent of all its F-Series trucks there. But in the truck world, it's a golden rule. It's a trite aphorism at this point - and it in no way reflects the present state of the Longhorn football program. At peak transfer rates, the battery replenishes about 54 miles of range in 10 minutes, the extended-range battery able to get from 15% to 80% state-of-charge in about 41 minutes.Don't mess with Texas. Mass-market models like the Chevrolet Bolt, Nissan Leaf and Mazda MX-50 provide credits from $250 to $500.į-150 Lightning owners will use the FordPass Rewards app to claim their prize. Luxury players like Audi, Cadillac and Lucid, and certain vehicles like the BMW i7 and Hyundai Ioniq Electric, offer an unlimited three years.

#FORD F150 LIGHTNING FREE#

Companies like Genesis, Mercedes-Benz, Polestar and Porsche offer free charging in 30-minute segments for two years, as do specific vehicles like the BMW i4, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and Volkswagen ID.4. Kia offers 1,000 kWh to be used at any time. Harley-Davidson offers a free 500 kWh at will for the LiveWire, enough to fill the 15.4-kWh battery about 32 times and stay in the saddle for nearly 3,200 miles of combined-cycle riding. Companies like Ford and Volvo pitch a straight-up 250 kWh owners can redeem at any time. The range of free charging promotions among automakers show they're still working out how customers will get more range away from home. Owners with the extended-range battery could get two fill-ups of the pack with 131 usable kilowatt-hours.

#FORD F150 LIGHTNING DRIVERS#

EA said, 'For F-150 Lightning customers with the standard-range battery, the 250 kilowatt-hours of fast- charging energy is equal to nearly three 'fill-ups,' or near-full charging sessions, or up to 575 miles of electric driving.' Since the standard range battery contains 98 usable kilowatt-hours, the claim is about right for drivers judicious enough to plug in before the pack runs dry.

#FORD F150 LIGHTNING PRO#

Retail buyers - that's everyone but Pro buyers for the moment - can plug in to fill their 'tanks' starting now. With the F-150 Lightning having reached the milestone of deliveries in all 50 states, Ford's done the same thing for its electric pickup. Two years ago, Ford partnered with Electrify America (EA) to give Mustang Mach-E buyers 250 kW of free charging at EA stations.

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