Ford launched the 2022 F-150 Lightning to a whole lot of fanfare final evening, unveiling the all-electric pickup with a sub-$40,000 price ticket, minus the vacation spot and supply cost. It’s an unimaginable price ticket contemplating the know-how inside. Nonetheless, not each market will take pleasure in such an reasonably priced value as Canadian prospects will probably be paying fairly a bit extra to get in a Lightning, not less than for now.
Ford’s Canadian client website exhibits the Lightning beginning at CA$68,000 ($56,352 at in the present day’s trade charges). That’s fairly a bit increased than the US’s $39,974; nonetheless, Canadian prospects will probably be shopping for a well-appointed XLT variant. Within the US, the XLT begins at $52,974 (CA$63,923), which continues to be a number of thousand {dollars} cheaper than the Canadian variant, although there’s one vital caveat concerning the value distinction. The Canadian XLT comes outfitted with extra normal options, Ford Canada instructed Motor1.com.
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The Canadian Lightning XLT comes with Ford Co-Pilot 360 Help 2.0, heated entrance seats, energy down tailgate, LED field lighting with zone lighting, 20-inch darkish carbonized grey aluminum wheels, rain-sensing wipers, and Ford’s 9.6-kW Professional Energy Onboard generator system. Canadians wanting a less expensive Lightning should watch for the commercial-oriented model that Ford mentioned is coming, although specs aren’t out there but. It would begin at CA$58,000 ($48,065), which continues to be greater than the $39,974 entry-level commercial-oriented F-150 that will probably be out there stateside.
The F-150 Lightning arrives with two battery pack decisions – standard-range or extended-range. The SR model presents 426 horsepower (318 kilowatts), whereas the ER variant produces a menacing 563 hp (420 kW). Each lay down 775 pound-feet (1,051 Newton-meters) of torque. The truck can hit 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in 4.4 seconds, although its road-going efficiency is just a part of its function set. It may additionally energy your own home for as much as three days within the occasion of a blackout, and that’s simply the beginning of the truck’s neat options.
