Ford F-150 Lightning manufacturing is slated to extend this fall and the corporate has introduced they’ll be paying particular consideration to the XLT variant, which is geared toward retail shoppers and begins at $64,474.

Whereas the truck is in “high-demand,” Ford needs to cut back buyer wait occasions so that they’re allocating a good portion of the manufacturing improve to construct new XLT variants. Consequently, individuals who order a brand new F-150 Lightning XLT right this moment can anticipate supply as early as September.

As you’re undoubtedly conscious, the F-150 Lightning has been an enormous success and this has resulted in lengthy wait occasions in addition to absurd markups. Actually, a fast search discovered a number of vehicles being listed for $10-20k over sticker.

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Markups and lengthy waits are a sure-fire technique to annoy clients, so Ford has been working to extend manufacturing on the Rouge Electrical Car Middle in Dearborn, Michigan. The corporate says they’re on observe to triple F-150 Lightning manufacturing by the top of this yr and it will give them an annual capability of roughly 150,000 models. 

Ford Mannequin e Chief Buyer Officer Marin Gjaja stated, “Buyer curiosity for XLT has significantly outstripped provide for the reason that F-150 Lightning launch and we’ve labored with our suppliers to assist deal with that. We heard loud and clear from our clients that they need their truck deliveries as shut as doable to their orders. As we scale manufacturing, we’re making this doable.”

The F-150 Lightning XLT has a dual-motor all-wheel drive system that produces 462 hp (345 kW / 468 PS) and 775 lb-ft (1,050 Nm) of torque. The motors are powered by a 98 kWh battery pack, which supplies the truck an EPA-estimated vary of 240 miles (386 km).

Prospects can even get the truck with a 131 kWh extended-range battery, which will increase the vary to 320 miles (515 km). The output additionally climbs to 580 hp (433 kW / 588 PS), however pricing jumps to $78,874.