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Not sure if this person who runs the Trucked Up EVs channel is on the forum here but he’s done Lightning videos before. This one is interesting as it covers his journey with insurance labeling his truck totaled with very minor damage.

Fun while it lasted? CNBC article

The Lightning comes in as the 5th cheapest to insure. I was surprised myself when I insured mine. It cost the same as our ICE Toyota Highlander. Cheapest EVs to insure

It’s just too easy for this beast https://www.hotcars.com/ford-f-150-lightning-obliterate-muscle-cars-drag-race/

This makes financial sense to me. Maybe we can buy some extra batteries for the bed of our trucks :) https://electrek.co/2025/08/19/fords-next-big-ev-money-move-selling-batteries/

When I got in the truck yesterday I was greeted with this CarPlay message for the first time. I’ve been using CarPlay for a year and a half and this was the first I’ve seen this. Wonder why now?

It starts out really positive but then..

The summary is, today's guardrails were built for vehicles with a higher center of gravity (i.e. an engine block). But since EVs have the battery packs way down low, the guardrails simply can't stop them from smashing right through it. The Lightning wasn't mentioned in the video, but the Rivian...

Following this one to hear what happened. I somehow threaded the needle on all these dates in this notice about the misaligned electrodes. My build date was Dec 13, 2023. But as far as I understand these dates were narrowed down further to between Jan 3, 2022 April 1, 2023.

Looks like Ford is still full throttle on making a Ranger sized EV pickup, amongst other upcoming EV vehicles. From the article: “ Drake explained that Ford’s new low-cost EV platform will support eight body styles, including trucks, crossover SUVs, and maybe even sedans. The midsize EV pickup...

I tried searching the forum but I could find if this question has been asked yet. Has anyone modified the open/close switch on the frunk to be able to use a kick or foot sensor? I was reading that some have done this on the Mach E for the rear hatch. Maybe this is too complicated because the...

I’m just curious for those who have had to have a battery module replaced, does it extend your EV powertrain warranty beyond the normal 8yr 100k mile period?

May 2025 year over year sales show a steep decline of 42% for the Lightning. Mach-E sales increased 11%. The E-Transit is down a whopping 97%. Anyone else getting nervous about the future of the Lightning? https://electrek.co/2025/06/03/fords-ev-sales-fell-25-may-despite-employee-prices-more/

I was testing the emergency tow setting in the vehicle settings and I cannot get it to work. Each time I try, it simply says “Initialization Cancelled”. I followed the steps in the manual. Truck was off, turned it on in accessory mode, applied the parking brake, then tried emergency tow and got...

Saw this on my walk today. I hope they’re getting a good rate for charging ?

I saw one of these for sale recently and it got me curious. Does anyone know if there is a scissor lift that could safely lift the weight of the Lightning? Or is this a bad idea? This is a photo of one under an ICE F150.

We made the list Top US made EVs by Car and Driver

It could be worse? https://www.vice.com/en/article/tesla-reportedly-has-800-million-worth-of-cybertrucks-that-nobody-wants/

These will be capable of 80amp charging and Vehicle to Home/Grid capabilities. Plus dual EV charging on one EVSE. More information here

This is interesting because 1. The F150 Lightning is eligible and 2. It means there is actually bi-directional charging equipment available that is NOT the home integration system that Ford/Sunrun offers...