As one of the highest-selling cars in the United States, the Ford National Pickup F-150 has always held a very high status in the hearts of the American people, and its electric version of the F-150 Lightning is no exception. The F-150 Lightning has been in trial production since September this year and will be officially launched in the spring of 2022.
CEO Jim Farley said Ford received 20,000 bookings on the first day of the F-150 Lightning pre-sale, and within 48 hours, the number of bookings increased to 44,000 units. In recent days, orders have soared to 200,000 vehicles! Due to the excessive sales and far exceeding Ford's expected production capacity, Ford officially announced that it would suspend the F-150 Lighting reservation.
According to foreign media reports, compared with semiconductor chips, there is a greater shortage of batteries. Ford CEO Jim Farley said Ford's "all-electric vehicles achieved an oversubscription," particularly the F-150 Lightning, while Ford is "doing everything in its power" to double the production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup.
As the most popular pickup truck in the United States, Ford did not make drastic changes to the shape of the F-150 Lightning, but tried to meet the tastes of local consumers, the overall outline is consistent with the fuel version of the model, still has the rugged flavor of the typical American large pickup, but the details of which the net has been changed to closed, and integrated with the two side headlight groups, while its LED daytime lights have also been upgraded to a new style, a through the light strip + two sides of the irregular day running lights to combine, to highlight its pure electric identity.
According to the data, the Ford F-150 Lighting will be equipped with a dual-electric system with a maximum power of 570PS, a peak torque of 1024N·m, and a four-wheel drive system as standard. The new car offers two types of battery packs, corresponding to a maximum range of 370km and 482km. The maximum load is 907kg, the maximum drag capacity is 4536kg, and the acceleration time of 0-96km/h is 4.3/4.4 seconds.
The F-150 Lightning will be delivered in spring 2022. The entry-level model is priced at US$39,974 (about 257,300 yuan), and the price of the medium-grade model is US$52,974 (about 341,000 yuan). Ford has not disclosed the initial production of the F-150 Lightning, after previously planning to increase annual production to 80,000 units by 2024. However, a memo reported by foreign media shows that Ford has privately informed suppliers that it expects the annual production capacity of the F-150 Lightning to reach 88,000 units by January 2023, an earlier expansion of production capacity than the expected 80,000 units.