Ford Performance Appears To Be Working On An Extreme F-150 Lightning

Ford is returning to Method 1, however that wasn’t the one fascinating factor the corporate revealed right this moment. Fairly the alternative as Ford Efficiency seems to be engaged on an excessive F-150 Lightning. 

Particulars are restricted, however the automaker confirmed a slide depicting “EV Efficiency Demonstrators” together with the SuperVan, Mustang Mach-E 1400, and Mustang Cobra Jet 1400.  The slide additionally confirmed the F-100 Eluminator idea and a darkened truck that’s “coming quickly.”

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It’s doubtless based mostly on the F-150 Lightning because the mannequin is electrical and we will inform it’s not a Ranger, as a result of that truck is depicted above within the Off-Highway/Filth class.  There’s no phrase on what the corporate has up their sleeve, however the Prolonged Vary variant is already fairly fast as it may scoot from 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in lower than 4 seconds because of its dual-motor all-wheel drive system that develops 580 hp (433 kW / 588 PS) and 775 lb-ft (1,050 Nm) of torque.

Ford CEO Jim Farley alluded to the upcoming mannequin as he stated, “We’re getting into an thrilling new age for Ford Efficiency.”  After noting the corporate is about to compete in all the pieces from NASCAR to the King of Hammers, Farley said “All of the whereas, we’ll proceed to excite the world with cool demonstrators like SuperVan 4 and Mustang Mach-E 1400.”

These fashions by no means went into manufacturing and its attainable the high-performance F-150 Lightning might have the identical destiny.