Ford’s mantra with the F-150 Lightning to this point appears to be “Underneath-promise, over-deliver.” First got here the automaker’s vary estimates for the standard-range and extended-range batteries that have been miles shy of the official scores bestowed by the Environmental Safety Company. Now, lower than per week after the corporate placed on a giant present for the beginning of Lightning manufacturing, Ford has discovered slightly extra fairy mud to sprinkle on the Lightnings that may make it to homeowners this yr. First, output climbs for each powertrains. The usual 98-kWh battery goes from being rated at 426 horsepower to 452 hp. The bigger 131-kWh battery goes from being rated at 563 hp to 580 hp. Each maintain regular at 775 pound-feet of torque.
Ford did say the upgraded figures are the motor’s peaks, delivered at peak battery energy. For anybody holding tabs on the automaker’s pickup sibling rivalry, the standard-range battery overtakes the F-150 Raptor for output, profitable by a rating of 452 to 450. Till the Raptor R reveals up, electrical is king in Dearborn.
The elevated output has become an elevated payload ranking, however just for sure configurations that Ford did not go into element on. As an alternative of a 2,000-pound most payload, specific Lightnings will be capable of “haul an additional 235 kilos,” for a 2,235-lb payload.
It is too late for anybody to get a 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning, the manufacturing run of each trim bought out. We anticipate extra goodies for the 2023 mannequin, the truck’s automobile engineering supervisor saying, “We have been critically targeted on elevating the bar on this truck, together with after we revealed it, so we will ship extra for our prospects … And our drive for steady enchancment will get a giant enhance once we begin getting suggestions and concepts from prospects after they obtain their Lightnings.” The possibility to get in on the motion for the 2023 mannequin yr ought to open up in just a few months.
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