![]() ![]() There are nine 120V outlets dotted around the F-150 Lightning, plus one 240V one in the flatbed. And, like the cab and flatbed, it’s provisioned with a peculiarly generous number of ‘mains’ power outlets. ![]() It will take full-size suitcases, and it’s waterproof and fitted with drainage holes, so you can use its lower recess to keep drinks cold when parked. The crowning glory is the Lightning’s powered ‘frunk’, which opens up electrically to reveal a 408-litre storage area right where the burbling V8 would otherwise be. And so, in addition to the 1.7-metre-long, 1.5-metre-wide flatbed in the back (which has a powered tailgate that doubles as a step), there is a full-width storage cubby under the flip-up back-seat cushions that’s big enough to swallow grocery bags and the like. In terms of its cargo space at least, the Lightning is practical well beyond even the standards of its peers. Added to all that, you get an adjustable pedal box to boost driver leg room, as only an NBA power forward would require, and enough cabin storage to make even the cleverest MPV seem under-provisioned. Room for extremities in the front row is well beyond generous, and in the back you will find only 10mm less knee room than we measured in the BMW i7. The door mirror tips outboard of it have a span of 2440mm ( Rolls-Royce Cullinan, 2180mm). The glasshouse around you feels vast but makes for great visibility. Our car weighed just over 3.1 tonnes, just over a tonne heavier than an equivalent V8.īut those batteries also grant the Lightning special abilities as a utility car – in serving as a high-output, de facto mobile power bank, which we will explore shortly – that other F-150s can’t match.įor suspension, independent axles appear front and rear, the EV junking the regular F-150’s live rear axle, and coil springs feature all round, with conventional passive gas-pressure shock absorbers (monotube at the front, twin tube at the rear) and anti-roll bars. The F-150 Lightning is available exclusively with a ‘supercrew’ five-seater cab and a 5.5ft load bed. The weight of the vehicle’s batteries is, of course, the biggest factor limiting its working capability. While the toughest ICE F-150s have flatbed payloads ready to carry close to 1.5 metric tonnes of cargo and are rated to tow up to six tonnes, the Lightning is itself ready to carry a little over 800kg of load and can tow up to 4500kg. Far more importantly, it claims little-compromised, hard-grafting, truck-typical utility for the Lightning, too. Ford reckons ‘one-foot rollout’ 0-60mph standing starts (as is convention in the US) are possible in around 4.0sec. And so to the fairground attraction part. ![]()
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