![]() ![]() Sure, there’s a big-ass screen in the cabin and there’s a frunk up front - plus the whole face looks a bit different - but by and large, the Lightning is familiar. The first point is simple enough: Ford didn’t really weird-ify the Lightning much over the standard F-150. ( Full Disclosure: Ford flew me from Detroit to San Antonio, put me up in a nice hotel, and fed me such high quality food that I bet I could blend it up, strain it, and use the juices as starting fluid to fire up an old Ford 300 straight six). When I arrived at the F-150 Lightning press event in San Antonio, I figured the truck would be quirky like every other EV I’d driven recently, but at the same time I worried that it would be severely compromised given that it’s clearly built on the same architecture as the gasoline F-150. This was not the takeaway I was expecting. These are some great cars I’m mentioning, here, but to most laypeople, they’re kind of weird. It’s the wacky column shifter in the Hyundai, the absurd number of electronic gadgets and storage offerings in the Rivian, it’s the Tesla’s humongous screen in an otherwise oddly understated cabin, it’s the whole vibe of the Honda E. The other key factor is execution, and after driving the truck last week I can say with confidence: Ford nailed it.Īfter having driven machines like the Rivian R1T, Tesla Model 3, Kia EV6, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and Honda E, I’ve gotten used to the “weirdness” that tends to accompany EVs. It’s a key factor behind why I see the launch of the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning as a major inflection point in automotive history. But this no-nonsense approach is actually the Lightning’s superpower, allowing it to reach the market quickly, remain within a price range that many can afford, and appeal to the masses by being familiar and unintimidating. ![]() No, the Lightning is a regular, everyday F-150 with an electric powertrain shoved in, and that’s pretty much it. It’s not styled like something from a sci-fi movie. It doesn’t promise full autonomous driving. The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning isn’t a whiz-bang gadget disguised as a truck. ![]()
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