Ford is rebooting the F-150 Lightning as an EREV with a fuel generator

Simply final month, Ford appeared to be getting ready to the F-150 Lightning. Right now, the automobile producer plans to reboot the truck as a hybrid. This subsequent era of the F-150 Lightning will include Prolonged Vary Electrical Car. An EREV is comparable in idea to a plug-in hybrid however with a bigger battery that is topped up by a fuel generator — the powertrain itself is all electrical. This subsequent era of the F-150 Lightning will provide an estimated vary of greater than 700 miles. Manufacturing will finish this yr on the present F-150 Lightning fashions.

This revamp of the F-150 Lightning is a part of Ford’s newest strategy to electrical autos. The corporate that by 2030, half of its world quantity shall be comprised of hybrids, extended-range EVs and electrical autos, in contrast with 17 p.c in the present day. “As a part of these actions, Ford not plans to supply choose bigger electrical autos the place the enterprise case has eroded resulting from lower-than-expected demand, excessive prices and regulatory modifications,” the corporate’s press launch states. Ford will even swap its deliberate electrical industrial van for North America with a brand new, inexpensive industrial van that has each fuel and hybrid choices. The corporate anticipates seeing a $19.5 billion destructive affect for this pivot away from EVs.