Hey team. I’ve obtained the essential to that 22 Ford F-150 Lightning. We are mosting likely to take it for a drive however first let'' s look into how it views on the within as well as outside. We are taking a look at the Platinum trim therefore every little thing above the Pro versions gets Ford'' s signature LED light bar crossing the whole grille. On the Platinum trim, that grille has a dark finish to it. There are LED fronts lights and also daytime running lights. You obtain your two tilt attach front. All Lightnings obtain metal underbody skid protection for those batteries. This is painted in Antimatter Blue.Which appears the
sunlight with all that metal flake, yet in the shade it looks practically Black. In account. The Platinum gets these 22-inch aerodynamic wheels covered in General Grabber all-season tires, 275 area front and also back. You do obtain your running boards yet I’m type of surprised they ' re not deploying running boards on the Platinum trim. Below is one of your 2 billing port doors. The other one on the other side. The Platinum gets as basic the generally optional 80 Amp battery charger for level 2 to input 32 miles of range per hour of charging. Or if you utilize the 150 kilowatt max DC fast charging, you can go from 15 to 80%in concerning 41 minutes. Body shade matching door mirrors. As well as going back to look at the account. All Lightnings to start will come configured with the Staff Max and 5.5 foot bed. Down the roadway, there may be some different arrangements, like the remainder of the F-150 schedule. Obtaining to the back you see that Lightning badge, which is incredibly cool.And then to match the tail light bar going across the face, we ' ve obtained LED tail lights going across the tailgate. As well as after that down here, a little signature American flag with a Lightning logo design. If we drop down the tailgate to look inside the bed. You can see the Platinum gets a basic Spray-in bed lining. You ' ve got your 4, 4 cleats to link it down. And the Platinum additionally gets Ford ' s maximum Pro power onboard system. So we ' ve got 7.2 Kilowatts of power that are accessible from the bed here including a 240 Volt outlet, you can literally bill one more EV with your Lightning EV. That ' s simply wild. Exterior smart, apart from the front and also back, this looks similar to a basic F-150 as well as I think that ' s what vehicle buyers desire. A vehicle that just occurs to be an EV. Let ' s look at the interior. Opening as well as looking inside. This Platinum trim is simply outdoor decked out. We ' ve obtained two-tone natural leather seats,
they ' re perforated inserts, warmed for this rear bench. In uh, swede inserts right here, natural leather with gray contrast stitching. Gray open-pore timber trim. A'Bang & Olufsen stereo. It ' s still a pickup of training course so you can raise these back seats and you ' ve obtained this open area or this comes to be a lockable storage solution for your prized possessions when the various other seat base is up and you lock it right there.'Rising and also in: easy, with your grab manage. Behind my very own seat at 6 feet high. Take a look at all that leg space, so extremely great. Foot pockets to move your feet under. A sort of shorter seat shelf so, not that much upper leg assistance. There is clearance. My head removes, importantly. We ' ve got 2 cupholders back right here, both stages of seat home heating. You ' ve got USB ports and also an AC electrical outlets. As well as then this comes down, armrest with mug owners. Can ' t miss the scenic glass roofing as well.Yeah very, very, really, very good back seat area. A lot of verys. Allow ' s inspect out the front. It is a strong door close thud indeed.
Up front: we ' ve finished to warmed, aerated as well as massaging seats.'They can likewise recline mostly all the back so you can simply take a snooze and also readjust your backrest to your physique. Power one touch windows below and afterwards power folding and power adjusting door mirrors. If you push this button, it will open the front trunk, which is in fact an engineering feat. This isn ' t as easy as “oh we don ' t have an engine”. They had to repackage a heap of stuff to make every one of this room so you ' ve obtained 14 cubic feet of room, you'can put up to 400 extra pounds of things in here.And this one likewise, the Platinum trim, you ' ve obtained the upgraded Pro power onboard. So you ' ve got 2.4 kilowatts of juice available up here, including some USB ports. Hopping up and also in.
Once again, grab deal with to make that easy. In the Platinum trim, you have this 12.3 inch electronic scale cluster, that ' s really basic. And afterwards a 15.5 inch touchscreen. That ' s an upgrade over the conventional 12-inch touchscreen that ' s type of a straight setup in the Pro trim of the Lightning. And also this system works similar to the Mach-E, incredibly intuitive, you ' ve got cordless Apple CarPlay, cordless Android Auto. And also all the vehicles most helpful functions remain very easy to access on the display. There is a physical volume knob if you wear ' t wish to touch it. All your environment setups continue to be here on the lower component of the screen.Wireless mobile phone charging, 2 USB ports. You can stow the gear selector. To ensure that you can'fold out the console cover right into a work surface area or as my spouse likes to say, an infant changing table
. And stress not, there is still some extremely deep console storage. This cabin is simply exquisitely well furnished. Yes it ' s$93,000, but I’m kind of being persuaded it could be worth it.We ' re gon na need to see with a drive of the Lightning. All right, let ' s terminate it up. And also we are joined by the only: my other half. Christina is mosting likely to be joining us for this drive review and also she might include some layers of
deepness because she also obtained the complete rundown on the F-150 Lightning. And also we are'gon na start out in Typical drive mode with the one pedal drive triggered for now and we ' ll likewise switch on the propulsion sound. Return the selector, that raises a fairly high resolution cam, bird ' s eye view.And a backup with trajectory lines. It is hot right now, so the AC is gon na need to be on for this whole video clip, I do say sorry. Yet not really, since I need it. So allow ' s do a turning span test. Starting from below. Now factor it directly. I didn ' t assume it was going to clear this but I wish to see just how close we can obtain. That ' s tolerable. Very little of a change required to totally reverse about. As well as we ' ll do a horn test in just a moment.Now, due to the fact that we are in the Platinum trim. We have the prolonged range battery situation as well as we make'more power than the standard battery arrangement. We ' ve obtained 580 horsepower. And also the same 775 pound-feet of torque as the common array. It ' s cool that you can obtain all that torque no matter of which powertrain configuration you select. I’m preparing for the ride quality to be much better than the normal F-150 due to the fact that this is the very first F-150 with a totally independent rear suspension.'Therefore much, I imply like, full-size vehicles can get rather darn rough over bumps. And also this, this feels pretty darn great. Wouldn ' t you agree? -Absolutely.-Comfortable. -Absolutely, you used all your.-Well, the seats are wonderful.-Yeah, the seats are really comfortable in the Platinum. Christina just finished shooting a heap of her own video clips for her TikTok if you wish to follow her.-So, I’m looking into. The one'pedal is actually one pedal too, so like. When I raise off the throttle, if offered enough time, right, like because period it didn ' t prime itself for regen braking promptly but below if I take off. Yeah, it ' s intriguing that it hesitates for like a full second before it in fact begins to reduce. However after that it does definitely sluggish you all the means down. Rather than it being a somewhat one pedal drive. Alter the view here, vehicle information. Power distribution, that looks cool. What do you consider the audio of the turn indicator?-It ' s a little loud.-A little loud, yeah. Yet it ' s not, it seems like someone knocking on the door. -No it ' s not dreadful whatsoever. What regarding the towing as well as the smart hitch, why don ' t you speak about that? Oh, all right, so we ' ve got a person routing my video clip now.Yeah, fine, let ' s speak about the towing. -While you ' re stopped at a light. -Yeah, well why not. Um, generally I sufficed at lights, but I’m simply'gon na maintain going. Yeah, the towing in the F-150 Lightning is rather excellent. So the conventional battery can tow up'to 7700 pounds. And also if you obtained, what ' s
the perfect configuration? I believe they said it resembled. The Pro'version with the prolonged array can tow as much as 10000 extra pounds. But this Platinum is restricted rather as well as the haul, the maximum payload is over 2200 pounds. Below in the Platinum I assume it ' s maximum at 1600. Wow, we survived that light, didn'' t we? All right, since we ' re moving, back to the towing. Things I truly like regarding what Ford ' s performed in the Lightning with the towing is that they make use of a load of different measures for providing you one of the most accurate approximation of your real-time range, so they ' ve got things like the'onboard scales.Which will tell you, you understand, based on how much weight you have in the vehicle, packed right into the truck. It ' ll use that as one estimate for, for changing your, your complete array. Then it will, additionally if you have the wise hitch, determine the tow weight. As well as state “all right you ' re going to be pulling this amount, your variety is
probably going to be this”. And afterwards it will certainly likewise utilize the FordPass Application to story courses based on those variety price quotes and based on the expertise that they have kept in the cloud of when this takes place, over time, various other F-150 Lightnings that have towed with this amount of weight, what range they ' re obtaining. So you ' ve got all these inputs, you ' re not going to have to make those psychological estimations of just how much range you ' ll in fact have.The vehicle ' s mosting likely to do it all for you, the cloud system ' s mosting likely to do it all for you. Simply for someone that tows a lot, that ' s, those are useful assets. That and also the, the wise drawback that ' ll like, literally back up to the trailer for you. As well as the trailer back-up assist that, if you'' re not certain you just transform the,'this knob in the instructions you really wish to go rather than the, the contrary left to go appropriate example, that'comes from towing as well as from backing up with a with a trailer. Now back to the, the drive experience. This is extremely smooth. There ' s not a lot of that babble that ' s normal for pickup. As well as I imply, I encountered this in the new Expanse too, just that independent suspension.Means that the frame isn ' t as hectic and also of course this is. I mean, this is some genuine chunkiness that we ' re getting rid of on these roads. As well as though the effects channel through the lorry, they don ' t actually disturb the cool and also the comfort. Currently allow ' s take it out of one pedal drive and put it in Sport. And also advise ourselves that before Lightning stood for just an electrical pick-up vehicle. Lightning within the Ford F-150 portfolio suggested performance. So let ' s see if we can put those 2 along with a test of the handling.That ' s simply unreasonable,'is what that is. How stable as well as flat it really feels with a bend at rate. As well as the fact that you can kind of also scoot the back end, pivot it. And drive this like a performance vehicle. It makes it enjoyable. Well that and also even simply 580 horsepower supplied immediately in a straight line. That ' s fun also. Oh my gosh. It ' s not just the power that helps it go so'well, so quickly. It ' s likewise the fact that this is one of the most wind resistant F-150 they ' ve ever made so.Yes, it still quite appear like a pick-up truck but the minor changes they did to the exterior to assist it reduce through the air much better. One: make it quieter at these speeds than I really anticipated. And also they do have a bit of an acoustic laminate on the glass in the Platinum. Yet it just, it actually does cut with that air. Like extremely couple of pick-up vehicles can. And it hauls. Definitely freaking hauls. I such as the propulsion noise also. Additional home entertainment. Currently, I’m directly not stunned at just how well the F-150 Lightning maneuvers due to the fact that I did obtain a ride-along in this vehicle. As well as they took it with a autocross program. Which pickup vehicle as well as autocross program never ever are used in the same sentence. Sometimes pickup and drag strip are utilized in the same sentence however autocross course, no. Since we ' ve got this much weight down reduced. They can share a platform when discussing fun.And Christina who obtains motion ill, I make certain you ' re not having as much enjoyable. Yet isn ' t it excellent?- Yes, really. -Like, what this vehicle can do? -Oh yeah. There ' s no uncertainty regarding that.-Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.- Oh, yeah.-I guess it ' s outstanding. It is, I’m simply trying to maintain it together because I feel ill.-Yeah fine. Well fine, so I need to, I need to currently frame several of this. However before I do, that I wish to obtain on among the accepted freeways
where I can use the Blue Cruise system. The hands-free driving system. Just to see just how it works. All right, we are ready for Blue Cruise. It states hands-free below as well as that implies I can take my hands off. As well as we have navigation going so it ought to adhere to, at this interchange', it needs to follow the left pattern. Left path instead of the right one. We ' ll learn. In the meantime, it ' s doing a wonderful job slowing to maintain the following distance from the vehicle in front of me. As well as will it take the left course? No, it tried to take the appropriate one.All right, so even with navigating going, it may not intend to, may not recognize which way you want to opt for it. So plainly you still need to focus. And I indicate, also if this system was flawless in the method it adhered to the route onward, I would claim you still require'to take note because. These systems, whether it ' s Ford, Tesla, whatever, can stop working. And also are suggested to be viewed over, meant to have some oversight. And also Christina, I wear ' t understand, would certainly you use a system like this?-I would certainly for a time on a long trip, yet as you ' re claiming, I wear ' t. I trust the system, I don ' t know if I rely on people, we ' re quickly sidetracked. -We are, We are.-So I guess how loud is the alert to put your return on the wheel? -Well you simply heard it, like that ' s sort of the initial.-Was that the sharp to place them back or was the alert like, you ' re going the upside-down?- No, that was to put your, that was to place your restore on the wheel.Right, because it was like: “I can'' t manage this, put your hands back on, I require some guidance”. -Okay. -So that was, that was the noise of the alert. And inevitably, I believe like, if you are utilizing it as you need to'be, which is eyes ahead. Right, like you can have your hands down possibly grabbing a treat or something yet watching the road. Like, that prompt is gon na be enough for you to: “all right obtained ta put my return on the wheel”. And also I believe, I believe this sort of system can work truly well.As you said, on a trip, man I’m picturing like. You towing something with a full family in the auto as well as you ' re making use of Blue Cruise ship. Like, that can truly ease the stress as well as, as well as just the wear and tear on you from a longer journey like that. I’m delighted for the future of these systems and like you claimed you constantly require to be cautious, however you ' re doing it. -Yeah, and also it ' s not a justification to take out your phone and message.-No. -No. Not, concurred. So we ' ve seen the F-150 Lightning take care of and travel yet allow ' s see it sprint to 60. We ' re in Sport. Prime it and let it go. Ooh, a little tire screech. As well as that ' s 60 in 4.4 seconds. On this really non-perfect roadway surface we just beat Ford ' s own quote of 4.5 seconds for the 0-60 of this extended range variation of the Lightning with a bit of tire squeal.That ' s incredible. What did you think of that, huh?. -What'' d you think?-It was remarkable.-It was outstanding. I concur, it was amazing. -I'imply, I’m impressed that we defeated the time.-Uh, sorry, what? What were you claiming?-I neglected what I was saying.-This truck ' s enjoyable to drive,'I like it. I like it a whole lot. Okay, ought to we speak about competitors. All right, so I’m gon na keep the competitive conversation for the F-150
Lightning pretty short since one: there aren ' t a ton of rivals. And 2: I have actually just driven the R1T. I have actually not driven the Hummer EV so I can ' t truly discuss exactly how that one drives in comparison.But starting figure for the F-150 Illumination. If you ' re just gon na order the Pro in the typical range it ' s just over $41,000. Neither the R1T or the Hummer EV will certainly get anywhere near that and also I’m consisting of the future models that they ' re planning to launch. The least expensive driving R1T is mosting likely to have to do with$'67,000 in 2024. As well as the most inexpensive Hummer EV is mosting likely to have to do with $80,000 in 2024. So the F-150 Lightning is going to have the market cornered on a full-size electrical pickup vehicle in the $40,000 array to ensure that ' s, that ' s simply type of insane.'This set as examined, I currently said has to do with $93,000, the Platinum trim is 92 grand to start. The XLT, which is going to be a pretty'success I envision. Is concerning$54,000 and also then if you want the extended range arrangement, you ' re taking a look at$74,000 as well as that is a piece of change.But keeping that prolonged range, you ' re likewise getting a lot even more attributes in the XLT and also I assume that you know, factoring the $7,500 federal tax obligation credit scores. Factoring'the performance. Factoring the Pro power on-board system where you can just power like, anything. You can factor in with the extended range, the back-up, back-up aid. No, not backup aid, what do they call it? The smart backup power. Intelligent backup power where you can run your residence for 3 days at full
power or run it for 10 days if you'' re kind of rationing that power. There ' s numerous features, this is a substantial, extremely considerable model.Not simply for Ford but also for the entire automobile market and I comprehend currently why Ford has 200,000 pre-orders made. Currently provided, it ' s just$100 to put your name down for among these trucks. However 80%of those purchasers have actually never had an EV and also a huge chunk of them have never ever even had a pick-up truck. As well as I think the appeal is even if this car checks many boxes. The dimension implies you'can live out of it as your single car. As well as'the performance, even the conventional battery makes 452 horse power.
Like, you ' re not injuring for performance as well as 230 miles of variety is gon na suffice for nearly everybody and also if you ' re using it'in a light usage instance simply plugging it in, you recognize, over night and also, and even making use of the systems that you have on hand to bill up when it ' s off-peak grid times. Like, I indicate, I get it.Like I, I 100%am offered on this item. I imply, I have like just one caveat to to completely suggesting this F-150 Lightning to a great deal of people, like a giant section of the auto driving public. Which is just that if you are assuming concerning it as your only car. Journey. Journey are mosting likely to be doubtful. Since without that Tesla supercharger network of terminals, the changability of billing infrastructure and also reliability of billing is ever before present as well as up until we arrive, which is probably going to happen in the next'5 years.Until we arrive it ' s simply, it always is a bit of an inquiry mark. And also that ' s type of it though. Due to the fact that Ford has a significant crowning achievement on their hands as well as I imagine that it ' s going to take them fairly a while to learn all of the orders to obtain the variety of trucks required for every one of the rate of interest created. I wish you men have enjoyed this POV drive review. If you did, please like, comment and also share the video. Sign up for the channel, hit that bell to obtain alerted. As well as I’ll see you next time. Wee! Subtitles by Nicosubs.
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