Shadowy Ford F-150 Lightning Graphic Could Be a Powerful Electric Performance Concept
The Ford F-150 Lightning has been on sale for a while now, but it’s still nearly impossible to walk into a dealer and buy one without ordering and waiting a considerable amount of time. Despite rushing to meet demand, Ford’s still busy dreaming up new Lightning variants, including the performance concept it recently teased.
MotorAuthority spotted the mystery truck in a graphic Ford created for its Red Bull-F1 announcement in New York. The image's shadowy outline looks an awful lot like an F-150’s profile, and it’s positioned among Ford’s other electric concepts, including the F-100 Eluminator, the Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 drag car, and the insane Ford Pro Electric SuperVan. Given the power output numbers of those vehicles – the van puts down 1,972 horsepower – it’s likely the truck concept will put down mind-blowing power.
We don’t know when Ford plans to reveal the truck, and it hasn’t offered any details on specs or performance. Some versions of the existing F-150 Lightning blasts from 0-60 mph in under four seconds, so it will be interesting to see how much further Ford can push the truck’s performance. If the concept eventually makes it to production, it would be one of several performance trucks in the automaker’s lineup. There are already two F-150 Raptor models, one with 700 horsepower and a new Ranger Raptor coming in the next year or so.
[Image: Ford]
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Performance Editions sell in limited quantities at a premium price. They are supposed to build excitement for the rest of the brand. How many people out there actually know that Ford leads the industry in recalls?
I would argue that given the overwhelming consumer demand for the Lightning - like most EVs - Ford should focus on ramping production as quickly as possible to meet demand.
But Lou_BC make a good point about building the brand with premium special editions. And that's the thing about EVs - it's relatively easy to make a performance edition. It's not like ICE where you need to enlarge the engine and everything associated with it to get more power.
So a niche version of a niche product in a money losing product line. Super.