Ford F-150 Lightning beats targets, goes 320 miles in EPA testing

Enlarge / The F-150 Lightning will be offered as a SuperCrew cab with a 5.5-foot bed. (credit: Ford)

When Ford announced the F-150 Lightning, the company's first electric pickup truck, the automaker pledged that the Lightning's $40,000 base model would travel 230 miles on a full charge-and that the extended-range model would reach 300 miles. Not too shabby for a 6,500 lb truck with a not-insignificant drag area.

It turns out that at least one of those numbers was conservative. Ford said today that the base Lightning model did reach its predicted 230 miles under EPA testing and that the extended-range model sailed past estimates to reach 320 miles.

We are laser focused on continually improving our energy consumption efficiency for Lightning, and the team is really happy to deliver these results for our customers," said Linda Zhang, the trucks's chief program engineer.

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