"Gen 2 F-150 Lightning" development leaked in Ford employees' Linkedin profiles

[Peddyr]

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2025-ford-f150-lightning-ev-second-generation-project-t3

From the article " We expect that along with a second-generation F-150 Lightning that Ford is also preparing to produce a smaller, likely Ranger-sized electric pickup as part of Project T3."

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[bmwhitetx]

T3 is a compact pickup. lightning is a full sized pickup. These are two different markets.

Wrong.
See Official Ford Announcement:

Next-gen electric truck
Ford’s next-generation electric truck will build on the company’s century-long heritage of truck leadership and the No. 1 best-selling electric truck in the U.S., the F-150 Lightning.

Ford is retiming the launch of its groundbreaking electric truck code-named “Project T3” to the second half of 2027. Taking all the learnings from F-150 Lightning customers, the truck will offer features and experiences never seen on any Ford truck, including upgraded bi-directional charging capability and advanced aerodynamics. The truck will be assembled at BlueOval City’s Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center.

[Separately, they also refer to the compact vehicles they will make on a common platform, the first being a compact truck]

Low-cost, highly efficient electric vehicle platform
In 2022, Ford established a skunkworks team ... The first affordable vehicle off this new platform will be a mid-sized electric pickup launching in 2027 that is expected to cater to customers who want more for their money – more range, more utility, more useability.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

T3 = new Lightning.

One of the reasons it's been pushed back is because they changed it from only a fully electric truck to having an EREV option on the same platform.

Are we all going to just skip over this statement by a guy who works in the factory??

The EREV option makes a ton of sense to replace the current hybrid option.

 

[MountainAlive]

I’ll add to the unproven speculation . If I’m Ford I’d be simultaneously designing the ground up universal EV platform (smaller EVs like Ranger size, Explorer, etc) but also continuing to evolving the full sized F150 Lightning. Gen 1 Lightning was an ICE F150 converted into an EV. The Gen 2 Lightning might be a fresh start born as an EV but also shape the future of the ICE/Hybrid F150’s as well.

 

[Pioneer74]

Are we all going to just skip over this statement by a guy who works in the factory??

The EREV option makes a ton of sense to replace the current hybrid option.

Full disclosure. I don't work at the Tennessee "Blue Oval City". I work at DTP and have had conversations with engineers about the next model Lightning.

 

[WXman]

Then why immediately pull the information off their profiles now? If they were 2 years old, I would say the horse has already left the barn.

Because right now is when it suddenly got attention....at the time that Ford is quietly discussing the very future of the product.

 

[djwildstar]

The EREV option makes a ton of sense to replace the current hybrid option.

I am confident, based on things I've seen as well as statements from Ford, that they are actively working on a EREV F-150. Assuming that there is an EREV F-150, a BEV F-150 could be as easy as leaving the ICE engine and generator out.

 

[Zaptor]

IMO F ought to take a page from 90s BMW and sell "one sausage in three different lengths" (https://www.jalopnik.com/which-car-company-did-same-sausage-different-lengths-t-1665363701/) IOW an F150, Ranger, Maverick lineup that's basically the same truck with three different battery pack sizes and motor sizes. Vehicles are all more or less the same width, it's the length that varies, so rather than spend the money to engineer multiple independent platforms, make them all variants of the same sausage sharing most of their other parts... Just my 2 cents...
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[RocketGhost]

T3 is a compact pickup. lightning is a full sized pickup. These are two different markets.

T3 is F150 size. Universal EV is Maverick (not Ranger) size.

I asked someone with first-hand knowledge about the sizes and that is what they told me.

The only other thing I got was that the T3 "looks good."

 

[sotek2345]

IMO F ought to take a page from 90s BMW and sell "one sausage in three different lengths" (https://www.jalopnik.com/which-car-company-did-same-sausage-different-lengths-t-1665363701/) IOW an F150, Ranger, Maverick lineup that's basically the same truck with three different battery pack sizes and motor sizes. Vehicles are all more or less the same width, it's the length that varies, so rather than spend the money to engineer multiple independent platforms, make them all variants of the same sausage sharing most of their other parts... Just my 2 cents...
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Eh - A Maverick is significantly narrower than an F-150, which is a major selling point for a lot of folks. Much easier to park and drive on narrow roads.

 

[Zaptor]

Eh - A Maverick is significantly narrower than an F-150, which is a major selling point for a lot of folks. Much easier to park and drive on narrow roads.

Mirrors aside, the two trucks are a mere 7.3" different in width (79.9"/72.6") and IMO cameras could solve all the mirror problems making *all* the trucks narrower overall (Mav is 83.5" wide with mirrors out, wider than the F150 with no mirrors). I'm sure there's a happy medium that engineering and technology could provide... and getting rid of mirrors gives some nice aero benefits as well.
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