The intriguing high-performance Ford F-150 Lightning teased by Ford in February may very well be dubbed the F-150 Flash, based mostly on a latest trademark submitting.
It was just lately found that Ford filed a patent for the identify with the USA Patent and Trademark Workplace for “cars, pickup vehicles, electrical automobiles, sport utility automobiles, and their structural components.” Whereas the patent doesn’t present any detailed details about the car that may use the identify, it’s truthful to imagine that it’ll be the electrical model of the F-150 pickup, Automobile Buzz notes.
Ford previewed a particular model of the F-150 Lightning shortly after saying its cope with the Purple Bull Racing System 1 staff. A single picture posted to Twitter by Ford chief govt Jim Farley confirmed him lifting up a canopy to the entrance of the truck whereas standing subsequent to Daniel Ricciardo.
Farley confirmed on the time that the truck would type a part of the model’s EV efficiency demonstrator line-up that’s already led to the creation of the Mustang Mach-E 1400, the two,000 hp Ford Transit SuperVan 4, the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400, and the F-100 Eliminator.
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This teaser didn’t provide us a very good have a look at the automotive. Nonetheless, what it did present is that it has been geared up with a singular entrance finish with a particular bumper with new air intakes. We may additionally see glimpses of a particular gray and blue livery alongside the white paint adorning many of the bodywork. Flared wheel arches had been additionally seen within the teaser.
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Provided that each considered one of Ford’s different EV efficiency demonstrators has a number of electrical motors, it’s secure to imagine the F-150 Lightning will comply with go well with. Energy figures stay a thriller however given the opposite demonstrators (excluding the F-100 Eliminator) have had 1,400 hp or extra, we predict it’s secure to imagine the F-150 can even have a four-digit horsepower output.
