[Henry Ford]

If you were to design an EV pickup from scratch it wouldn't look like a Lightning. I think GM is a lot closer to what an EV pickup should look with the Sierra. The aero of a legacy pickup is, uh...sub-optimal. There's no good reason to have a separate bed and cab. You really want to make it as close to a teardrop shaped as possible.

I'm not ripping the Lightning. I like how it looks but I also don't care about max range. I think it was smart for Ford to transition to electric with an existing popular platform. Every time I changed the oil on my last truck I thought about how easy it would be to make an EV truck. Lots of space for batteries when you don't have an engine, transmission, fuel tank, and exhaust.

 

[RDale]

I hope the next gen pickup is something around the size of the Maverick. A tiny electric truck would be really appealing for a lot of people. Ford can corner that segment like they did with the Maverick.

 

[ChasingCoral]

I hope the next gen pickup is something around the size of the Maverick. A tiny electric truck would be really appealing for a lot of people. Ford can corner that segment like they did with the Maverick.

While a compact pickup like the Maverick would be a very efficient (and popular) BEV, most information from insiders indicates it will be a mid-size like the Ranger. Of course, it sounds it won't be a Ranger. e-Ranchero perhaps?

 

[joeclark38]

I'm 99% confident I'm going to hold off on ordering a current gen Lightning (for a variety of reasons), but I'm really curious to know what the next gen Lightning will look like. If it looks like a conventional pickup, I'll be glad to have postponed my order. But if it ends up looking like a ute or too much like the concepts from Chevy and Ram, then I'll probably wish I had ordered the current gen Lightning. I love the look of the current Lightning, and even though its brick-like design is terrible for aero, the flip side is that it allows it to have that massive frunk.

 

[HellBoy]

I hope Ford knows their customer - I DO NOT WANT a truck that looks like the awful design GM & Ram put out for their EV trucks - one looks like a Hyundai SUV/Truck and the other…no words.
If the Lightning looked anything like these upcoming trucks, I’d be driving a hydrid F150.

 

[Henry Ford]

Ford will have to make the Lightning Heritage Edition ™.😁

 

[THEsocalledfan]

I hope Ford knows their customer - I DO NOT WANT a truck that looks like the awful design GM & Ram put out for their EV trucks - one looks like a Hyundai SUV/Truck and the other…no words.
If the Lightning looked anything like these upcoming trucks, I’d be driving a hydrid F150.

Well said, HellBoy. I'm kind of hoping they go the hideous design route; then I'll be really glad I got the first gen and resale will stay high.

 

[KElkhorn]

A little ironic that we complain about range driving our painted bricks down the highway, and yet cling to them when a more aerodynamic solution is offered up.

 

[THEsocalledfan]

A little ironic that we complain about range driving our painted bricks down the highway, and yet cling to them when a more aerodynamic solution is offered up.

Guilty as charged....but those same bricks go down the road as combustion engines and I'll simply go back if this is the compromise offered. Got to match the abilities of the past to win folks like me over.

 

[Vandy1981]

I hope Ford knows their customer - I DO NOT WANT a truck that looks like the awful design GM & Ram put out for their EV trucks - one looks like a Hyundai SUV/Truck and the other…no words.
If the Lightning looked anything like these upcoming trucks, I’d be driving a hydrid F150.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ford continues to offer a BEV based on the ICE platform for a while (e.g. An F150 Lightning Classic with cheaper LFP batteries). Fleet customers are too important for Ford and those customers are going to want trucks that are cheaper without bells and whistles and that work with ICE accessories.