WorkSport To Offer Solar Tonneau Cover For F-150 Lightning

The Tesla Cybertruck is making waves, however the Ford F-150 Lightning is the one to beat because it racked up 24,165 gross sales final yr with 11,905 of them coming within the fourth quarter alone.

Given these numbers, it’s not stunning to be taught that WorkSport is growing a model of its Solis photo voltaic cowl for the F-150 Lightning. Whereas the product remains to be in “preliminary planning phases,” the photo voltaic cowl will initially be geared toward harnessing the solar’s vitality for off-grid use. As soon as that system is “developed and optimized,” the corporate will then discover the feasibility of utilizing the tonneau cowl to cost the truck itself.

That’s a methods off, however WorkSport believes the quilt might “contribute meaningfully to the car’s vary.” Nonetheless, it’s finest to maintain your expectations in test as earlier calculations steered house owners could solely stand up to 10 miles (16 km) of vary per day. That doesn’t sound too spectacular, but it surely’s necessary to recollect the common American travels lower than 40 miles (64 km) per day.

Placing that apart, the preliminary software is targeted on charging a COR battery and this concept successfully mimics a photo voltaic generator. Nonetheless, as an alternative of a conventional photo voltaic panel, the setup would use a photo voltaic tonneau cowl.

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WorkSport was tight-lipped about when the system could be launched, however stated “Whereas preparations for the Solis photo voltaic cowl are nearing completion, its launch is deliberate to strategically align with the finalization of the COR battery to make sure a seamless introduction to the market.” The latter is “presently present process rigorous testing and is on observe to proceed to the manufacturing stage for its Alpha Launch.”