![]() Models with the extended-range battery have 580 hp, the same torque figure, and a longer 320-mile driving range. of torque, and a targeted EPA-estimated 240-mile driving range, according to Ford. The standard-range version is good for 452 horsepower, 775 lb.-ft. Yet it’s utterly quiet inside and out, and the majority of the cabin feels very much like that of a “regular” pickup.Īll Lightning models use a dual-electric-motor setup that gives it standard four-wheel drive. ![]() It accelerates with serious force and rides better than any F-150 before it. With the Lightning, the age of credible EV trucks and their quiet power has officially arrived.Īfter a few days spent in an F-150 Lightning Lariat, rented from Ford, we came away impressed. ![]() With its prodigious power, swift acceleration, and strong towing capacity, and the added benefit of sipping electrons rather than gasoline, the F-150 Lightning is a truck for a new, greener era. I left Erik and his “oil-burner” behind in the dust as I rocketed away. of torque from the Lightning’s dual electric motors unleashed all at once. So I raised my window back up, stomped hard on the throttle pedal, and felt the thrilling rush of the 775 lb.-ft. We rolled down our windows to talk, but I couldn’t hear a word he was saying over the clatter from his truck’s big diesel engine. I pulled the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning up next to my CR colleague Erik, who was idling in his heavy-duty pickup. ![]() It was like a meeting of the old and the new, of yesterday and tomorrow. Read the complete Ford F-150 Lightning road test. Update: Since this first drive was originally published in August, 2022, we finished testing the Ford F-150 Lightning. ![]()
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