![]() (Nor is all of it un-tread ground for Ford itself the Mustang Mach-E has a similar frunk and massive touchscreen.) The automaker’s goal here, however, is to capitalize on the F-150’s name recognition and popularity and, in the process, potentially draw more drivers to EVs. Now, much of this is new to the F-150, but it isn’t new to electric trucks in general, with the likes of Rivian building some similar features and specs into its models. Since payload can bring down mileage, the Lightning has available scales in the bed to tell you exactly how much you’re carrying, and how it may impinge the range. And the truck’s towing capacity of 10,000 pounds is up there with all but the largest of the gas-engine F-150s. But, notably, with the lack of an engine comes additional storage space in the form of a front trunk. As for charging, the truck will go from 15 to 100 percent in eight hours plugged into an 80-amp charger, doing the same in 41 minutes on a DC fast charger. To that end, the Lightning’s 775 pound-feet of torque is the most to ever be packed into an F-150 and, because of the nature of electric drivetrains, kicks in quickly to facilitate the 0-60 time of somewhere in four seconds.ĭual electric motors provide four-wheel drive, and there’s enough battery capacity for a 300-mile range-if you choose the extended range the standard will get you 230 miles. But, as Darren Palmer, Ford’s general manager of battery electric vehicles, put it to us when we spoke to him a few months ago, “It offers things you could never get with gas” while benefitting from its roots as a working truck. Sure, it looks like the truck that’s been the best-selling pickup for the past 40-plus years. All our evaluating led to these, the ten best EVs this year.īase price: $39,974 | Motor: 563 hp, 775 lb-ft | Range: 300 miles | Towing capacity: 10,000 lb | Hauling capacity: 2,000 lbĪsk anyone at Ford about the new F-150 Lightning, and the first point they’re likely to bring up regarding the new pickup is that it’s not simply an electric version of the gas F-150. And there are some we had to give mention (the Ford, Tesla, Audi, and Mini Cooper), even though we haven’t gotten time behind the wheel just yet, because of the promise they present in their segments. That involved off-roading through the mountains near Breckenridge, Colorado, or blasting through the twisty mountain roads outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Our automotive editors have clocked hundreds of miles behind the wheel, evaluating the latest to find which ones were the greatest. And more and more automakers have entered the EV arena with vehicles of all different shapes, sizes, and uses. With charging infrastructure advancing faster and range anxiety being less of a worry, many drivers are making the switch from internal combustion to electric power. ![]() ![]() Electric vehicles are slowly but surely becoming more commonplace in the automotive industry.
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