May 20, 2021
Ford CEO Jim Farley praised his company s first electric F-150 last night during its reveal. It hauls ass and tows like a beast, he said.
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Ford revealed its all-electric F-150 Lightning Wednesday night that CEO Jim Farley is convinced will propel the nascent EV industry ahead fast.
“There’s nothing that will move America faster into an EV future than #F150Lightning,” Farley tweeted Wednesday morning 12 hours ahead of tonight’s 9:30 p.m. reveal.
Fleets may well lead the charge for the low maintenance, 563-horsepower truck that starts at $39,974, or roughly $12,000 less than the competing Lordstown Endurance and $35,000 less than Rivian’s R1T Launch Edition.
2021 Ford F-150 Lightning.
Reviving a name last applied to the supercharged V8-powered SVT Lightning of the 1990s and 2000s, the F-150 Lightning will go on sale in the US next year as Ford s rival to the Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1T and upcoming Chevrolet Silverado EV.
Don’t hold your breath for an Australian launch though, as a factory right-hand-drive conversion program for the F-150 has previously been ruled out.
US buyers will have a choice of
two battery options – Standard and Extended Range – paired to dual motors and all-wheel drive as standard.
Standard Range vehicles develop a “targeted”
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