With a polarizing design-thanks to angular lines and a deliberately futuristic aesthetic-Toyota's first full EV, the bZ4X, will have a range of 310 miles on the front-wheel-drive model. But with such popularity in the preorder phase, you'll need some luck getting your hands on one in 2022. The F-150 Lightning can even be used to run an average-sized home for up to three days during a power outage. You also get a huge “frunk” (front trunk), thanks to the lack of an engine, the ability to tow up to 10,000 lbs, and the Pro Power Onboard system, which provides up to 9.6 kW of power for all manner of tools, electronics, microwave ovens, and other appliances via 11 outlets spread across the cab, bed, and front boot. Two battery options offer 230 miles of range from the standard pack and 300 miles for the Extended Range model. Some 563 hp and 775 pound-feet of torque are provided by dual electric motors. This may explain why the look has largely been left untouched. After all, the regular internal-combustion F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle of any kind in the US for over 40 years. To say the Lightning electric pickup truck is a huge deal for Ford is, frankly, putting it mildly. What's more, the IEA says that if governments increase efforts to meet international energy and climate goals, the global EV fleet could in the same period possibly reach 230 million, and that's not even counting two- and three-wheeled electric vehicles. Ford has been so surprised by the sheer number of preorders that it has since decided to double the initial production capacity for the all-electric truck.Īs for where this is all headed, the number of electric cars, buses, vans, and heavy trucks on roads is expected to rise from the 10 million we have now to 145 million by the end of the decade, according to the International Energy Agency. The fervor that greeted the May unveiling of Ford's coming F-150 Lightning (see below for details) was so great, reservations eclipsed 44,000 within just 48 hours, and have since gone on to pass 160,000. Compare this to internal combustion sales: In 2020, the worldwide automobile market dropped by 16 percent. Such was the fascination that, in a year that hit other retail sectors hard, global sales of EVs increased in the first half of 2021 by 168 percent compared to 2020, with 2.65 million vehicles sold. Despite a pandemic, global chip shortages, and months of stop-start Covid restrictions, the interest in electric cars continues to grow.
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