President Biden takes the F150 Lightning for a spin.

[Voyageurs]

The reveal is apparently tomorrow night. The video was fun to watch.

Watch Ford F150 Lightning electric pickup's rocket acceleration with President Biden behind the wheel - Electrek

 

[Voyageurs]

Preferably the discussion will be about the truck and not the president. I just found it interesting that one of the most popular tow vehicles on the road now has an electric version. I am interested in seeing the specs and watch it evolve.

Cheers.

 

[Jim]

Electric vehicles have an enormous amount of torque. I have a 996 Porsche, twin turbo with plenty of upgrades. 730 ft lb's of torque, a real barn burner. My friend up the street has a late model Tesla. Same kind of torque. Well, almost.

 

[Voyageurs]

Electric vehicles have an enormous amount of torque. I have a 996 Porsche, twin turbo with plenty of upgrades. 730 ft lb's of torque, a real barn burner. My friend up the street has a late model Tesla. Same kind of torque. Well, almost.

Yah. My wife’s car is nuts. She has a model 3 all wheel drive with AB. It’s one of the slower Tesla’s with a zero to sixty time of around 3.7 seconds. Those model S plaids with sub 2 second zero to sixty times are beasts. Ugh. .

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

Looking forward to learning more about this truck over the next day.

 

[FL-JOE]

Ford probably hit a home run with this model. The whole front hood area is actually a trunk since there is no engine up there. When you think about it probably more than half the F150's out there are being driven by younger family guys who really don't need a truck but just like having one, so towing range and other issues concerning an RVer probably won't hold sales back on these.

The problem for the future if electric vehicles start flooding the market is funding for our roadways. Currently gas and diesel taxes go toward building and maintaining roadways. What happens when we get half of Americans driving around in electric vehicles and not buying fuel anymore?

 

[Voyageurs]

The two things that stood out for me is

1. Adapting the new ISO plug and charge standard so no credits cards or RFID or membership cards needed to charge. Just plug and charge, just like Tesla.
2. Available (optional) 19.2 KW home (or shop) charging. (Standard is 8 KW). Handy for fleet vehicles or contractors at home.

The only big flop I see is the max 150 KW DCFC charging. Ugh. That is so 2017. My 4 door sedan charges at 250 KW. I think they will have to fix that...and probably will.

 

[redbaron]

Ford probably hit a home run with this model. The whole front hood area is actually a trunk since there is no engine up there. When you think about it probably more than half the F150's out there are being driven by younger family guys who really don't need a truck but just like having one, so towing range and other issues concerning an RVer probably won't hold sales back on these.

The problem for the future if electric vehicles start flooding the market is funding for our roadways. Currently gas and diesel taxes go toward building and maintaining roadways. What happens when we get half of Americans driving around in electric vehicles and not buying fuel anymore?

Fuel gets cheaper temporarily then becomes astronomically higher. Diesel will be the only fuel available long term

 

[sheridany]

I have a Tesla and their network of superchargers is fairly well developed but I don't see a lot of other EV network providers with charging points (especially with fast charge) equal to Tesla. When you go on a road trip, this becomes really apparent really fast and makes me thankful I chose a Tesla at least for now.

 

[redbaron]

I have a Tesla and their network of superchargers is fairly well developed but I don't see a lot of other EV network providers with charging points (especially with fast charge) equal to Tesla. When you go on a road trip, this becomes really apparent really fast and makes me thankful I chose a Tesla at least for now.

Using a fast charge station, and trying to do 600 miles a day, how much time is spent recharging?

Follow up question:

One way drive to Florida for me is 1300 miles. I usually do this in 2 days, stopping in Alabama along the highway. This is roughly 600 miles and 10 hours of driving. I don't see many hotels with charging stations so that could be a problem logistically...but only because I have no idea how the whole process works. I like the idea of stopping for fuel before I pull into hotel, so that I can wake early and get on the road.

My impression of Tesla driving is this will add another "day" to my trip.