Ford Lightning News

DEARBORN, Mich., March 2, 2022 – Ford is continuing to transform its global automotive business, accelerating the development and scaling of breakthrough electric, connected vehicles, while leveraging its iconic nameplates to strengthen operating performance and take full advantage of engineering and industrial capabilities. “This isn’t the first time Ford has reimagined the future and taken our own path,” said Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford. “We have an extraordinary opportunity to lead this thrilling new era of connected and electric vehicles, give our customers the very best of Ford, and help make a real difference for the health of the planet.” Last May, Ford President and CEO Jim Farley introduced the Ford+ plan, calling it the...

It's time to kick off the month of March with our very first Ford F-150 Lightning Forum giveaway! To enter, simple reply to this thread and list the top 5 reasons you plan on buying a F-150 Lightning. The winner will receive a Ford Trucks F150 Lightning Tread 16 oz Tumbler and Ford Trucks F150 Lightning Mesh Snapback Trucker Hat I'll leave this thread open for 10 days and randomly pick a winner on March 10th. Good luck!

Ford has finally posted charger pricing on their website. The Ford Charge Station Pro with 80 amps on demand will retail for $1,310.00, and the Ford Connected Charge Station with 48 amps on demand lists for $799,

Take a look at these new 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning prototypes undergoing high-elevation cold-weather testing in Boulder, Colorado. One of the trucks is towing a large tandem axle box trailer. As you can see in the images the Lightning with a trailer is using a weight-distribution-hitch (WDH), which means the truck is likely pulling a trailer that is loaded to over 5,000 lbs. Big thanks to Zack Whiting for sending us these images. This morning is the coldest February day on (123 years) record in Boulder, CO. The wind chill was -13F or colder this morning. The elevation of Boulder is just about 1-mile above sea level. All vehicles become less efficient in cold temperatures. Lots of extra heat is required to keep the cabin warm. Towing a...

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The FordPass Connect app was last updated on January 31 and carries some new images inside that indicate that a remote parking feature is planned for the app. Some of these images are labeled “freeDrive” but it is uncertain if this is the name of the feature or just the associated imagery for the F-150 Lightning. The images can be found in numerous places in the app and seem to indicate that a user with their iPhone (and we have to assume that Android users will have the same capabilities) can “drive” their vehicle forward or backward into a parking spot. Continue Reading @ electrek

CLAYCOMO, Mo., Feb. 8, 2022 – Ford E-Transit™, the electric version of America’s best-selling commercial van1 and the first of two all-electric vehicles purpose-built for Ford Pro™ commercial customers, is now shipping across the U.S. The popular E-Transit already has more than 10,000 orders from businesses of all sizes and Ford is working on ways to increase production. The all-new E-Transit is produced at Kansas City Assembly Plant – Ford’s first U.S. plant to assemble both batteries and all-electric vehicles in-house2. “E-Transit is a testament to the fact that an electric commercial fleet is no longer a vision of tomorrow, but a productivity-boosting modern reality,” said Kumar Galhotra, president of The Americas & International...

There are some anomalies in this list but it will be immensely helpful for those of us who have yet to receive an order message from Ford. Here is the list as of 8:55 am Mountain, Feb 6, 2022: Anomalies(?) By Reservation Date, it appears two reservations have received order emails out of chronological sequence Timestamps differ from Reservation Date (has this already been explained?) (I've been asking for something this for a while. Guess I just never looked.)

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it made $10 billion before interest and taxes in 2021. That's up about $7.5 billion from 2020 and shows how the automaker's bottom line fared during a year dominated by the global chip shortage and the increasing buzz around Ford's electric vehicle efforts encapsulated by solid demand for the Mustang Mach-E. The automaker released its full-year and fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, showing it made $2 billion before interest and taxes in the fourth quarter, which is up about $0.3 billion from same period in 2020. For the year, the Dearborn automaker reported revenues of $136 billion, up $9 billion from the same period in 2020. For the fourth quarter, Ford reported revenues of just under $38 billion, up $1.7...