FORD F-150 Lightning: Biggest Pros & Cons in 2024!

The all electric Ford F-150 Lightning is considered to be the best electric pickup truck out there even with the arrival of the Tesla Cybertruck. Here are the F-150 Lightning's pros and cons!

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[danielholland]

As a Lightning owner, serious towing is done with a 3/4 or half ton. All the towing I do with my Lightning is the occasional small boat or jet ski and not more than 100 miles which is never an issue. Traded in my 3500 diesel because I never needed the capacity of the truck

[mrspeigle]

Note: if you're serious about towing you dont buy a 1/2 ton pickup. You purchase a 3/4 to 1 ton pickup with dual rear tires.

[FthePump]

All in all, I have nothing to say bad about my Lightning, other than the range of my Standard range. Ford is doing all they can to make my truck better and better too.

[truckedupevs]

I own a Lightning. Excellent video and fair. It's funny about the charging speed though. I live in the middle of rural nowhere in Canada and I never use fast charging since I wake up every morning with a full truck. I have no garage and winter is, well, WINTER here. I have three local friends, all with Lightnings, and, like me, all of them use them for their business. Range and charging has never been a problem. If any of us had to tow on a regular basis, however, that would like change big time.
Keep up the great work!

[rafapayan]

Since the launch, you can get it in Canada as well.

[selewachm]

I'm on week 4 of my Lightning Lariet. I'm in love. Perfect for me. Not towing. Not driving cross country in it. Only will be charging at home for pennies. It's wonderful. Oh, and I'm addicted to the torque. Feels like I'm young again.

[Jackr]

For the vast majority of truck owners its fine. Most people just use trucks as cars and only occasionally haul light duty stuff on short trips.

[KaiPonte]

Good video. I see these electric trucks being used for local contractors. My wife and I just had new flooring done. The contractor drives an F150 (of course!) and his day usually involves trips of less than 50 miles, with jaunts to Home Depot or a contractor supply warehouse. I keep reading about people wanting to tow. I agree towing is not there yet. I had a 2006 Chevy Avalanche, which I used to tow a tent trailer on road trips. We'd regularly drive 400 miles or more in one stretch, even with the trailer. The EV truck manufacturers need to stress that towing is a no-go on these.

[squirrelrelocator]

Still waiting for a truck with an 8 foot bed that sells at a reasonible price. Most of the Electric trucks I see are being used as a weekend warrior vehicle, not a work truck. The F150 is the closest I have seen, but I dont want to haul loads with my tailgate down

[Gurba]

The Lightning is available in Norway through Ford dealerships + gray import.

[scruffy]

I'd consider buying an XLT model but full size pick ups do not fit in my garage. My two car garage is wide enough but only 19' of depth. Long gone are single cab pick ups. It's just me and with the frunk, I don't need a back seat. A bench seat would be fine also.with the pull down center cup holder. Maybe a mid size EV pickup is in the works.

[drakeil]

Best bet: wait until Fall 2024 as Ford is promising faster charging and greater range for the 2025 models plus native NACS compatibilityt.

[gorillaplays]

Ford also has the electric transit..And the electric Gmc Hummer is not selling..I have only seen one.

[JohnnyChronic]

Once gas is expensive enough people will want EVs. ATM it's still subsidized to extremes. BTW lightning is available in Canada for years. Not the only easy mistake I heard in this video. If they can double the range I'd buy one.

[dakotafellows]

Ima trade my ram in for my first ever ev truck am I wrong ?

[Skotty]

Pros and cons are a bit off. Payload won't affect range all that much. Trailer towing will. It's more about aerodynamics. And that one is a valid con, if you like to tow trailers long distance. Off-roading meanwhile I would say is irrelevant mostly. Are you really going to off-road for 200 miles? I seriously doubt it. Off-roading might be at an average 30 MPH. While the rocky roads might lower range, at the low speeds you are not impacted by the biggest range killer, speed. Now, as for charging speed goes, while a higher max charge rate would be nice, it is sufficient at 150 KW. A Tesla Model 3 can charge at 250 KW, but only when at low charage; that charge rate quickly drops back to 150 KW or less after getting above maybe 30 or 40% charge. So while it could be better, it's not that bad having a max of 150 KW. You can still list it as a con, but only a minor one.

[howardmarkert]

The F-150 is Currently available in the USA and Canada. Canada was added just in the last 3 months.

[rxibot]

I just bought a new Ford lightning and found out that it's going to cost you an extra $500 just to get the cord so that you can plug the machine in. Holy living poop stick! Ford has lost their mind.

[guthrie]

I think Ford is on the right track. Granted I will not be getting one any time soon as I don't need 4 doors and a short bed. I need a 2 door and a long bed and I would like as much battery as can be packed between the rails. Because it's a TRUCK and I will use it like a truck, it will pull a boat, carry sheetrock, plywood (overloading it ) and any thing else I may need but after driving trucks for over 40 years I can not think of even one time " I " needed 4 doors to haul more people. I could see jump seats on a cab and a half but not 4 doors. Now it just a fancy F150 soccer mom truck. We already have an SUV thank you. I will meet you at the job site but I'm not your Uber driver.

[KymDupuis]

Saying that « xyz » publication doesn’t know EVs then following with factual errors on fords EVs doesn’t help with credibility. I stopped the video at 1:06

- Ford does sells F-150 lightning outside of the US, it is available in canada pretty much since launch
- Ford EVs also include the Ford E-Transit.

Sorry but this is a really bad start. Not worth putting more time in this video. Maybe be less « cocky » next time