The Ford F-150 Lightning pickup is officially coming to compete with Tesla.
We have been tracking interest in Ford's flagship electric pickup projects and have watched reservations and consumer interest pick up over the last year.
Now, it looks the pickup is finally ready to hit the road - and Elon Musk's Cybertruck, its most obvious competition, is still nowhere to be found.
Ford executives have said the new pickup is going to be worth the wait. Linda Zhang, chief engineer on the project, told Bloomberg: “We were dealing with a ton of skepticism internally. It couldn’t just be a battery on wheels. We wanted it to be a real American truck that does work.”
This meant Ford had to create features that "hand't been invented yet," Zhang said. The truck's "frunk", for example, can hold 400 pounds of cargo and is comprised of 14 cubic feet of space. [LOFL!]
In selling an electric pickup, Ford is beginning to convert its extremely popular F-Series, which sells about 900,000 trucks a year, to electric.
“Does it keep us up at night? You betcha,” CEO Jim Farley told Bloomberg. “It’s America’s most popular vehicle, and there is no more trusted brand in our industry. It feels a lot like the Model A launch in 1928.”
While conducting research on electric vehicles with truck owners in Texas, Ford got mixed responses to the idea of an electric pickup.
Darren Palmer, vice president for Ford’s global EV programs, said during market research they asked Texans if EVs were a dog, which breed would they be?
Palmer recalls: “This huge, burly Texan scoffs and says, ‘It would be one of those little Chihuahuas.' Then we said, ‘OK, what kind of drink would it be?’ And he scoffs again and says, ‘Pink Champagne.’ ”
But Ford thinks it has gotten the Lightning right. The Lightning goes on sale in late April with a price that starts around $40,000.
Ford currently has nearly 200,000 reservations and has been "overwhelmed" by the demand for the truck. The automaker has had to quadruple capacity at the factory where they are making the truck.
In addition to the non-existent Cybertruck, the Lightning will be competing against Rivian's R1T truck and GMC's electric Hummer. They cost $80,000 and $112,595, respectively.
Poster Comment:
Probably not a good day to try to sell me on the idea of electric anything.
#2: Esso To: All (#1)
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 19:19:49 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 19:21:27 Reply Private Reply
#4: BTP Holdings To: Esso (#0)
I can think about that electric Hummer when I collect that million bucks from PCH. Here in Missouri, they want the Personal Property tax in CASH. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2022-04-16 19:27:32 Reply Private Reply
#5: Dakmar To: Esso (#2)
Sunbeams just ain't made like me :)
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 19:29:31 Reply Private Reply
#6: StraitGate To: Esso (#0)
www.ericpetersautos.com/2...ly-kill-the-electric- car/
StraitGate posted on 2022-04-16 19:53:53 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 20:07:30 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 20:10:01 Reply Private Reply
#9: Dakmar To: StraitGate, Esso (#8)
You can have it all, my sweetie friends... :)
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 20:22:24 Reply Private Reply
#10: Esso To: StraitGate (#6)
I wish you could see that tractor, it's built like a brick shithouse, full tubular frame, every fastener on the damned thing is either blue loctited or a nylock. The shrink sleeve on the power connectors was the thickest stuff I've ever seen, and it had an adhesive on the inside to get a good seal.
I tried to get the plate off the controller to see what happened inside, but it's glued on and each of the ten machine screws had blue locktite on them. I'd like to know why that thing failed.
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 20:23:28 Reply Private Reply
#11: Dakmar To: Esso (#10)
What have I become?
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 20:27:37 Reply Private Reply
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Esso posted on 2022-04-16 20:33:06 Reply Private Reply
#13: Dakmar To: Esso (#10)
LOL, Esso, that sounds like fun but also the reason I want to protect baby Jesus from the anal penetration crowd.
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 20:34:31 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 20:37:28 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 20:41:09 Reply Private Reply
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Lod posted on 2022-04-16 20:41:15 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 20:43:47 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 20:47:54 Reply Private Reply
#19: Esso To: Dakmar (#14)
I can't believe I'm squeeking by with five ice cube trays that were probably around when my Dad was alive.
Life is passing me by....
Clot-shots get 'em everytime.
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 20:49:41 Reply Private Reply
#20: Dakmar To: Esso (#19)
You can owe me...we've won!
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 21:00:01 Reply Private Reply
#21: Esso To: Dakmar (#20)
My lawnmower is better equipped.
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 21:12:28 Reply Private Reply
#22: Dakmar To: Esso (#19)
Yo Jolo, would you like to fuck my sister? :)
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 21:18:32 Reply Private Reply
#23: Esso To: Dakmar (#22)
Ever kiss a chik while you're hangin' off the side of a utility pole? I found my belt, but my gaffs and lineman's handset are MIA.
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 21:31:29 Reply Private Reply
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StraitGate posted on 2022-04-16 21:39:09 Reply Private Reply
#25: Dakmar To: Esso (#23)
There was a kiss, I recalled, while listening to Moody Blues. BANGGG! I thought my dick was going to explode. Her name was Amanda, what went wrong?
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 21:43:20 Reply Private Reply
#26: Esso To: StraitGate, 4um (#24)
I reckon that if you willingly drive an abomination like that, fathering children was out of the question before buying it.
I like small cars, with gas engines, but then again, I'm not trying to overcompensate for other (ahem) shortcomings either.
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 22:10:24 Reply Private Reply
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Esso posted on 2022-04-16 22:13:43 Reply Private Reply
#28: Dakmar To: Esso (#27)
And I see you again, yeah, yeah yeah....
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 22:16:49 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 22:18:51 Reply Private Reply
#30: Esso To: Dakmar (#29)
I'm just a tired old man, afraid of the dark.
(Edit) Where did I hear that? I know I'm not clever enough to string ten words together.
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 22:26:45 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 22:34:29 Reply Private Reply
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FJB
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 22:52:53 Reply Private Reply
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Esso posted on 2022-04-16 22:58:03 Reply Private Reply
#37: Dakmar To: Esso (#34)
I love these goobers, lol
I think I could sing that if "the band" was being supportive.
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 23:01:05 Reply Private Reply
#38: Esso To: Dakmar (#37)
GREENSBORO, NC—After uproar from ghosts in response to Biden's ghost gun ban, Biden appears to have reached a historic compromise with the invisible departed spirit community. This week after a speech in North Carolina, he appeared to shake hands with a ghost after presumably coming to an agreement with him.
"Yes, the President was not confused or lost in any way," said Psaki in response to right-wing criticism of the strange handshaking gesture. "He was merely shaking hands with a real ghost. He is the first President to make this kind of progress with the ghost community and we are very proud of his accomplishments on that front."
Reporters were not given the name of the ghost or told what the ghost said in his exchange with the president—only that the ghost was "totally real" and "totally shook the President's hand."
"We will be withholding the name of the spirit out of respect for the dead," said Psaki. "From now on, if you see President Biden do anything weird in public, just assume he's in intense negotiations with a disembodied specter of someone who passed on many years ago." Psaki then muttered "I can't do this," and stormed off the podium.
When reached for comment at the White House, Biden responded by saying, "Mah gibrugliflibbernoggin! Come on! For real!"
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 23:09:38 Reply Private Reply
#39: Dakmar To: Esso (#36)
"Young Thug", how much fun do you suppose I'd have at that concert? Fun? Let's talk life expectancy, lol. I'd say eight minutes.
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 23:12:05 Reply Private Reply
#40: Esso To: Dakmar (#37)
I was going to post an old Gogi Grant song, but he has transitioned into a woman and it's just not the same hearing a pretend chik belt out "Wayward Wind".
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 23:12:46 Reply Private Reply
#41: Dakmar To: Esso (#40)
That one makes me cry...
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 23:15:18 Reply Private Reply
#42: Esso To: Dakmar (#41)
Now you've got two reasons.
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 23:22:45 Reply Private Reply
#43: Esso To: All (#42)
Robert Frost - 1874-1963
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Esso posted on 2022-04-16 23:26:40 Reply Private Reply
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Dakmar posted on 2022-04-16 23:29:38 Reply Private Reply
#45: Dakmar To: Esso (#43)
We need to sign up this nigger to sell our new line of sneakers.
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-17 01:17:20 Reply Private Reply
#46: Dakmar To: Esso (#42)
The joke is on the world, I never had a soul to steal. All they got was a rubber biscuit.
Dakmar posted on 2022-04-17 01:44:47 Reply Private Reply
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Lod posted on 2022-04-17 10:06:40 Reply Private Reply
#48: Esso To: Lod, 4um (#47)
Just a reminder , we all out number the government officials , the police , and the army. You don’t want to wear something then don’t , you don’t want a needle then don’t , you want to teach your kids then do it ! The government employees work for us to benefit us and if they aren’t benefiting us then they shouldn’t be paid .
Your rights are yours for being born not because the government lets you have them .
They have no right to control your speech or body under any circumstance or your children’s.
If we stand together we win.
The woke are weak and follow the masses and think they’re the majority because the media portrays it that way but they aren’t .
Esso posted on 2022-04-17 11:49:05 Reply Private Reply
#49: Esso To: Lod (#47)
According to the forecast, by the end of the week, my broken A/C is going to be a crisis. The weather slamming the rails is hard on my rheumatiz.
Esso posted on 2022-04-17 13:34:13 Reply Private Reply
#50: Lod To: Esso (#49)
I see a beneficial flattening in my very near future.
Lod posted on 2022-04-17 15:43:43 Reply Private Reply
#51: Esso To: Lod (#50)
The kids across the street had a get together today and sent me over a CARE package of leftovers. That was nice of them.
Esso posted on 2022-04-17 16:15:02 Reply Private Reply