It’s currently looking like a real possibility no budget reconciliation bill will pass and we’ll be left with the current federal EV rebate program with the 200,000 unit provision, etc. (BTW, it’s challenging to write carefully and make only factual comments with no politics in this thread ?!)
I took a ride over to the local Ford dealer to look a second time at an Antimatter Blue car out in the sun to confirm what color I’m leaning toward. Kiggulak is right - it looks black, but it does have a distinct and intense blue metallic effect when you are up close and catch the sunlight...
My point was that Congressional decisions on the final EV rebate qualification limits may be finalized before we have to place our Lightning order, so we’d know at the time we order whether our Lightning will or won’t qualify for the new rebate program. Ultimately, the year you get any rebate...
I think it’s unproductive to get too worked up about federal EV tax rebate changes until we see what shakes out in the negotiations underway now in Congress. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/08/senate-votes-to-restrict-ev-tax-credits-despite-climate-cr
Agree. I think the good news with the...
This sounds good unless what I read in another recent thread is actually true - that on the Lightning Ford is making the invoice equal to the MSRP. Lots of dealers will order Lightnings for MSRP. Here is the thread post and a comment from another forum member verifying that post:
Correct, on...
See first page:
https://media.ford.com/content/dam/fordmedia/North%20America/US/product/2022/f-150-lightning/pdf/F-150_Lightning_Tech_Specs.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1_zRU1TL7uez3SRzKgWhYSHYs2zfIIQTUP4IlrZgnLmpgXNyKok0RgXn8
I stopped at my local dealer a few days ago just to try to find Lightning colors on other models outside and happened to find an Agate Black car parked next to an Antimatter Blue one. It was pretty cloudy and neither car was freshly washed, but both look black, although the Antimatter Blue looks...
I stopped at my local dealer a few days ago just to try to find Lightning colors on other models outside and happened to find an Agate Black car parked next to an Antimatter Blue one. It was pretty cloudy and neither car was freshly washed, but both look black, although the Antimatter Blue...
Did you notice those shiny spots spaced along the lower front bumper trim in both photos of the black truck? Are these spots something we’ll have on production trucks or just accidental photographic reflections? No similar spots are visible in the front end photo of the silver truck under lights.