Ford F-150 Lightning preorder customers are getting an unexpected surprise, with the all-electric pickup now rated for more horsepower and more load capacity
It looks like Ford has a pleasant surprise in store for buyers of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup. The company had initially targeted a 563 horsepower output for the extended-range battery pack, but has today announced that it will end up delivering 580 horsepower of raw EV grunt. As for the standard-range battery trim, it will do 452 horsepower, up from the 426 horsepower that Ford had originally announced in 2021. Irrespective of the ponies each model can muster, both can produce 775 lbs.-ft. of torque. But that’s not all. Ford also claims to have surpassed its initial load carrying capacity for the F-150 Lightning. The company says «properly equipped F-150 Lightning pickups» can haul 2,235 pounds of payload, which is a healthy 235 pounds higher than the initial estimates. Interestingly, when Ford released the final EPA-estimated range figures for its EV truck, it surprised with a 20-miles worth of extra range for the F-150 Lightning XLT and Lariat models when equipped with the extended range battery pack, bringing the net range figures to 320 miles.
