It’s a wildly practical place to spend time, though hopefully that folding shifter will stay working reliably after 10-plus years of use. Further down you’ll find a traditional gear selector that, when a button is pressed, folds down into the center console, allowing you to fold out the armrest to use as a makeshift work table.
FORD F 150 LIGHTNING UPGRADE
Upgrade to the Lariat or Platinum trims, and you get a bigger 15.5-inch portrait-style screen that does everything the smaller screen does, plus climate control. Underneath the screen you’ll find, importantly, physical controls for the HVAC system. It’s easy to navigate and quick to respond to inputs. The XLT trim uses a landscape-style 12-inch touchscreen to control things like infotainment, navigation, and drive modes. and great visibility from the normal F-150 are carried over into this truck. And that means the perfect ergonomics, wonderful cabin design.
In addition to driving down costs, it means the truck has the same proportions and interior layout as its ICE-powered counterpart. One of the best decisions Ford made when building the Lightning was starting with the gas-powered F-150, rather than from scratch. Will most prospective buyers care? Probably not.
The steering is lifeless, even in Sport mode, so it’s tough to be precise with inputs. This gigantic truck is no sports car, but it’ll munch through a back road way quicker than any gas-powered truck on sale today thanks to its seemingly endless corner-exit traction. While I always prefer a suspension that’s too soft over one that’s too hard, especially for a truck like this, it might bother people who commute on high-speed, undulating highways.Ī low center of gravity from the floor-mounted batteries means you can actually hustle the F-150 Lightning through corners, if you really want to. Get over 65 mph, though, and you’ll start to experience a bit of floatiness from the springs. At slow to medium speeds, bumps, potholes, and other imperfections in the road are shrugged off at the level you’d expect of a new Mercedes or BMW. All of the typical body-on-frame jitters you’d expect from a pickup of this size have been erased. This is the best-riding pickup in the game. Thankfully, Ford didn’t half-ass the execution. Out back there’s an independent setup for the first time ever, there to make room so the rear motor could sit between the wheels under the bed. Stuffing a gargantuan battery and two electric motors to the underside of the F-150 meant Ford had to get clever with the suspension. It’s clear engineers spent a lot of time to make this system seamless. Go deeper into the pedal and you won’t even notice the transition from regenerative braking to calipers gripping rotors. And when you hit the brake pedal, it feels like a tight, well-tuned pedal rather than what it actually is-the regenerative brakes working their magic. Turn one-pedal driving off, and the F-150 Lightning will creep forward like any other gas-powered car. The powertrain is well-tuned to deliver a smooth driving experience without any jerkiness from the electric motors or the regenerative brakes. If there was ever any doubt as to whether this truck would be a proper successor to the original Lightning, forget those thoughts right now. Keep your foot in it, and you wouldn’t believe how quickly the 106-mph electronic speed limiter comes. Stomp the pedal at any speed under 50 mph, and the truck will briefly light up the front tires. Ford estimates a 0-60 time in the mid-four-second range, but the bigger-battery model-the one Ford had available for a brief first drive-feels quicker. No matter which battery you choose, you get an immense 775 lb-ft of torque, the most of any F-150 model, ever. The bigger pack delivers 580 hp, while the smaller unit comes up with a respectable 452 horses. Buyers have a choice of a 98-kWH or a 131-kWh battery pack snug between the truck’s frame rails, there to power the standard dual in-board motors. All of that translates to a uniquely refined driving experience that, most of the time, seems like you’re driving a six-figure luxury SUV rather than a pickup truck. While it may look like a lightly disguised version of the gas-powered truck fit for a background role in Minority Report, it’s virtually new underneath, with a revised frame, a fully independent suspension, and an electric motor at each axle. The Lightning is one of the best-driving pickups on sale today. Ford F-150 Lightning Makes Off-Roading a Breeze
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