Ford Lightning News

For starters, Ford needs to be more forthcoming about where they are and where they are likely to be for the rest of the year. This article suggests Ford is working to expand the supply of Lightnings: “With nearly 200,000 reservations, our teams are working hard and creatively to break production constraints to get more F-150 Lightning trucks into the hands of our customers,” said Kumar Galhotra, president of The Americas & International Markets Group, Ford Motor Company. “The reality is clear: People are ready for an all-electric F-150 and Ford is pulling out all the stops to scale our operations and increase production capacity.”...

CEO Jim Farley said that the Ford received 20,000 orders on the first day, and now he confirmed that it rose to more than 44,000 reservations for the F-150 Lightning within 48 hours: Watch for this: (As to how many it will make in its first year of production, the spokesperson said more details would be shared later.) "Ford has not disclosed how many electric trucks it plans to make in its first year of production." https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/4/22865664/ford-f150-lightning-double-production-150000-annual

DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 4, 2022 – Ford Motor Company said today it is planning to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightning™ pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand for the first all-electric version of America’s best-selling vehicle, the F-Series. And beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning. “With nearly 200,000 reservations, our teams are working hard and creatively to break production constraints to get more F-150 Lightning trucks into the hands of our customers,” said Kumar Galhotra, president of The Americas & International Markets Group, Ford Motor Company. “The reality is clear...

Mike Levine posted via Twitter a few photos of the Ford Lightning spotted in Las Vegas at CES. "Ford isn’t expected to exhibit at CES this year but it appears they are in attendance! We just spotted this @Ford F-150 Lightning driving around the outside of LVCC!" #CES2022

I just got back from my Ford dealer and they were kind of enough to give me their Major Product Features documents on the 2022 F-150 Lightning. So here's all the 2022 Lightning specs that my Ford dealer knows at this time.

The Ford F-150 Lightning online build and price configurator is now live! Prices for the Lightning Pro model starts off at $39,974 and go all the way up to the Platinum model that starts at $90,874. Click here to build yours: https://shop.ford.com/configure/f150-lightning/model/customize/pro Thanks for the tip @GOFAST (y)

Ford says its planning to double production of its upcoming electric pickup truck, the F-150 Lightning, to 150,000 vehicles per year by 2023. The news comes as the automaker prepares to start making and shipping its new EV in the first half of 2022. Production of both the F-150 Lightning and F-150 Lightning Pro for commercial customers has entered its final pre-build stage this week at the company’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. Deliveries of the first trucks are expected to start in the spring. Continue Reading @ TheVerge.com

View Online The only EV that’s an F‑150.® You can feel it in the air. Something is coming. The truck that helped build this country is about to take it electric. Nearly 200,000 of you have expressed interest and excitement about the electric revolution. Orders start at the beginning of the new year, and because of unprecedented interest, we’ll be sending invitations to order at staggered times. Now, this kind of demand means many of you won’t get a 2022 F‑150 Lightning™ truck, but rest assured we will hold your reservation so you’ll have a chance to order a future model year. We’ll stay in touch with you throughout this process and let you know when we’re sold out of the 2022 model. We’d hate...