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. Immediately, the car producer plans to reboot the truck as a hybrid. This subsequent era 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 era of the F-150 Lightning will provide 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 method to electrical automobiles. The corporate that by 2030, half of its world quantity might be comprised of hybrids, extended-range EVs and electrical automobiles, in contrast with 17 % right this moment. “As a part of these actions, Ford now not plans to supply choose bigger electrical automobiles the place the enterprise case has eroded as a consequence of lower-than-expected demand, excessive prices and regulatory modifications,” the corporate’s press launch states. Ford may also 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.