200k pre sold Electric f150

[Anonymous]

DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 4, 2022 – Ford Motor Company said today it is planning to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightning™ pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand for the first all-electric version of America’s best-selling vehicle, the F-Series. And beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning.

“With nearly 200,000 reservations, our teams are working hard and creatively to break production constraints to get more F-150 Lightning trucks into the hands of our customers,” said Kumar Galhotra, president of The Americas & International Markets Group, Ford Motor Company. “The reality is clear: People are ready for an all-electric F-150 and Ford is pulling out all the stops to scale our operations and increase production capacity.”

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2022/01/04/ford-planning-to-nearly-double-all-electric-f-150-lightning-production-150000-units.html

That’s pretty good. They say 75% of the buyers will be first time EV owners. I think Tesla sold/produced 500k in 2020 which was up from 367k in 2019. Ford plans on making 200k electric mustangs a year also.

[Anonymous]

bad news for the oil industry. Their lobbyists will need to work over time.

[Anonymous]

I love that you can use the truck as a backup home generator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:bad news for the oil industry. Their lobbyists will need to work over time.

I wonder if this is the turning point. Once you start driving an EV it is hard to go back to gas powered. They are just so slow.

[Anonymous]

The electric f150 is $75k...for a first year, not terribly high range vehicle. This is like tesla a toy for the rich upon which they can build real evs for the masses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The electric f150 is $75k...for a first year, not terribly high range vehicle. This is like tesla a toy for the rich upon which they can build real evs for the masses.

The base model is $39,500, and it's eligible for a $7,500 tax credit. And the range is 230 miles, which is fine for almost any purposes except road-tripping (and then that's what DC fast charging is for). Yes, you can spend $75,000 on it if you want to, but they'll definitely be selling a lot of trucks for less than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The electric f150 is $75k...for a first year, not terribly high range vehicle. This is like tesla a toy for the rich upon which they can build real evs for the masses.

The base model is $39,500, and it's eligible for a $7,500 tax credit. And the range is 230 miles, which is fine for almost any purposes except road-tripping (and then that's what DC fast charging is for). Yes, you can spend $75,000 on it if you want to, but they'll definitely be selling a lot of trucks for less than that.

The range is 300 miles with 2, 000 pounds in the bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The electric f150 is $75k...for a first year, not terribly high range vehicle. This is like tesla a toy for the rich upon which they can build real evs for the masses.

Clearly you know nothing about full-size pick up trucks.

Many of them sticker for $75k. That’s a high-average price for a well equipped 4wd crew cab half ton. Our Powerstroke Superduty duallie was $107K