The Ford F-150 Lightning badge returns in the game and it has levelled up. Yes! As you would have guessed by now, it is the electric derivative of the legendary Ford F-150 pick-up truck and the SVT Lightning variant was on sale in US for a span of two decades until 2004 when Ford decided to pull the plug on it. Well! Ford isn't bringing an entirely new recipe to with the Lightning electric as we recently saw even GMC resurrecting the Hummer brand in the electric avatar. But that's not just the model the F-150 Lightening will be locking horns with. The Tesla Cybertruck prototype which pioneered in the electric pick-up truck market will be heating up the segment as well. Here's everything you need to know about the new Ford electric pickup truck.
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The Ford F-150 Lightning looks almost identical to the mighty V8 powered F-150 save for the grille and alloy wheels.
There are similar elements like the standard dynamic-bending headlights connected by an LED strip.
A charging outlet appears on the front fender which of course is new.
The conjoined taillights too are identical at the rear.
The F-150 lightening electric is an all-wheel drive (AWD) variant instead of a hard core four-wheel drive (FWD) model.
Then the integrated electric motors and aluminium suspension components reduce extra mass and provide better protection from obstacles.
The SR gets a 120-volt, 12-amp version that can add 4.8 km of range per charging hour and the ER with a 240V, 32-amp version adds 33.7 km per charging hour.
A real-time payload monitor within the infotainment system or phone app helps optimise the charging route based on vehicle load, trailer weight, weather conditions and terrain, among others.
There is the large 15.5-inch touchscreen with the Sync 4A infotainment borrowed from the Mustang MachE.
The Ford-F150 Lightning can also double-up as an in-house generator.
The frunk will be the largest in the industry, with 400 litres of 2.5 kg storage space.