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

Simply final month, Ford appeared to be on the point of the F-150 Lightning. In the present day, the automobile producer plans to reboot the truck as a hybrid. This subsequent technology of the F-150 Lightning will comprise Prolonged Vary Electrical Automobile. 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 technology of the F-150 Lightning will supply an estimated vary of greater than 700 miles. Manufacturing will finish this 12 months on the present F-150 Lightning fashions.

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