Four years after Ford bravely electrified its best-selling vehicle, the F-150 Lightning pickup, it seemed ready to drop the model owing to slowing demand. Now, it turns out the company's got other plans. It's reengineering the flagship truck for 2026 as an extended range EV (EREV), with a gas…
I feel this article is more informative than the last article I posted. Credit to noride@lemmy.zip for the link.
Honestly this is smart for Ford. The weak spot of an EV pickup in the American market is towing, and a gasoline range extender solves this issue while keeping most of the benefits.
Now, if they can market it effectively is another question.
Range anxiety. That’s the word you’re looking for and yeah, no clue why they didn’t do gas-electric in the first place. It’s not like the concept is unproven with trains and ships. It’s like the companies actively didn’t want to make the best combination until they had to.
Honestly this is smart for Ford. The weak spot of an EV pickup in the American market is towing, and a gasoline range extender solves this issue while keeping most of the benefits.
Now, if they can market it effectively is another question.
Range anxiety. That’s the word you’re looking for and yeah, no clue why they didn’t do gas-electric in the first place. It’s not like the concept is unproven with trains and ships. It’s like the companies actively didn’t want to make the best combination until they had to.
I thought the lightning was already supposed to have this. Wasn’t there gonna be a tool box range extender?
Or are they just entirely forgoing the frunk for some like 4 cylinder rex?
Probably be a 6 cylinder Rex like the Dodge.
It will have to cost more than the battery only version. All the marketing and Sam Elliot voice overs won’t fix affordability.