The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning has been hyped as the electric truck that will change everything. After driving it, that feels accurate.
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CNET
Ford's F-150 Lightning looks set to deliver on an absolute truckload of potential.
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If I have one complaint with the ride, it's that the body control is on the poor side. The truck is compliant, yes, but also floaty. That's not the end of the world, as this is a truck that can weigh in the ballpark of 6,500 pounds depending on configuration. In other words, this isn't the kind of thing you'll want to be hustling into corners.
And that's really my only complaint. The F-150 Lightning hits all the marks. It's remarkably competent at everything you'd want from a truck while also packed with a wealth of new and exciting features. It stands to revolutionize how a utility vehicle like this will fit into your life and, perhaps more significantly, your business. I've been saying for a year that the Lightning has the potential to be a game-changer. Now, I can confidently say the game has been changed.
Top Gear
It looks familiar, goes like a muscle car and it’s full of brilliant practical touches
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It looks familiar, it goes like a muscle car when you stomp on it and it’s full of brilliant practical touches and features that will either solve a problem in your life, or at least give you something interesting to talk about over the garden fence. All things considered, it’s a better truck than the standard F-150 and hats off to Ford for getting the price down to near parity with the combustion model. The mission was to remove all the excuses for an F-150 customer not to buy the electric one, and they’ve done a remarkable job.
If you can get your head around the 300-mile range, America – we’d make the switch. And the early signs are good with the first year and a half of production sold out and reservations on hold to give them a chance to fulfil existing orders. Over to you, Tesla.
InsideEVs
We had the opportunity to participate in Ford's first-drive event for the F-150 Lightning and offer our initial driving impressions in this first-drive review.
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Is America ready for an electric pickup truck; a real electric pickup truck? I'm not sure.
Although, I say that not because I'm afraid it won't live up to customers' expectations. I say it because once people get a chance to drive the Lightning and see how inexpensive it is to fuel and maintain, test out its power and work capabilities, and sample its incredible feature set, they might never want an ICE truck again. Current pickup owners may not be ready for how much they're going to love a real electric pickup.
The Drive
The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning has been hyped as the electric truck that will change everything. After driving it, that feels accurate.
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I'd say my feelings on the F-150 Lightning are clear: It's as good as we'd hoped for. Critics harsher than myself will pick apart the fact that it's really not that environmentally friendly, which is true in some respects. Others will say certain versions cost too much, in which case I'd also agree. But one concept we should all be able to see eye to eye on is that once public charging infrastructure improves, particularly for pickup trucks, it will be capable of fully replacing fossil fuel guzzlers.
Anybody who wants one and doesn't have their order in yet will be waiting a while, but that should give Ford time to work out any early bugs. Trust me, that's more of a good thing. And once the Blue Oval starts building 150,000 a year like it says it will, expect to see these suckers everywhere.
As for me, I'll probably hold out for a secondhand Lightning Pro Extended Range. Rest assured, though, the want is serious, and I know I'm not alone in that.
