we finally got ours here's our first look at the brand new ford lightning
we've waited quite some time for this one but it is finally here our brand new 2022 ford f-150
lightning in the lariat trim now this one is going to be used here as a courtesy vehicle in
order to give our customers here locally a way to test drive one of these and really see what
they are all about i know to a lot of you at home seeing an all-electric truck is something that it
almost seems way too far in the future but it is here ford is producing them and we've got some
on our lot this is incredible to see behind me i have not personally had the chance to check one
out in person i've seen them on the internet i've seen them on ford's website i've played
around building them but to actually drive one and get to test it out today i'm going to give you
my first impressions of the ford lightning and what i think of it so right off the bat
the first thing i noticed on the front of this truck is obviously there is no slots here for
the radiator because you don't need to cool a physical engine inside also gives you the
complete running light the daytime running light all the way across the top in this lariat trim
which gives you a nice headlight and a really just overall very aggressive looking setup now
if you guys can overhear that fan that is sucking in air that's because we've got the
ac cranking and it is probably 96 degrees here it's extremely hot but this is perfect
ev weather so now let's pop the what ford calls it the frunk so front trunk i feel weird saying that
but this one actually is key fob activated you can see the power struts i will tell you
guys probably the coolest thing with an electric vehicle is giving you the ability to store more up
front now this front trunk or as ford calls it the frunk really is it's an awesome feature to have
like i'll just say first impressions what i like most about these trucks is just the the innovation
and the ingenuity that they have included with this now in this front here you can obviously see
we do have four 110 volt outlets that you can plug regular home appliances into
with a max of 2400 watts coming through that as you can see in the back and this lower area
you do have a second section where you can store even more at and if i'm not mistaken
these do have a drain and it's it's true they do have a drain right down there so if you're
thinking what i'm thinking close this up throw a couple beverages in there and you'll be able to uh
to store them nice and cool even on there there's a couple easter eggs throughout here i saw a model
a on the back and up there there are two golf club logos etched into it because what ford says you
can load two into there that leads me in my next question today is just the first impressions video
of this and subsequent videos that we'll have to play with this thing for a little bit i want
to know in the comments what you guys want to see us haul what you want to see us power let me know
down below as crazy as it might be if you think back to our maverick video we're probably going to
do it as i was just perusing around i did notice a little button here for lights and i went i hit it
at first i thought nothing came on but there are two built-in lights up top here so they look the
same as the bed lights and they i'm sure it might give you a decent amount of light here so they
just activate on and off so pretty neat you always find little cool features like that when you dig
into the vehicles more and more and now we can go ahead and close it up with the same key fob button
moving right along to the side this is a lariat trim as i mentioned in the beginning and it is
finished off in the smoked quartz option now this is a more expensive paint option is it is
a tri-coat which kind of blends a little bit of dark blue gray and maybe even a little bit of
black every angle i keep moving the color does look to be changing much like the cyber orange
that ford offers in a lot of their other vehicles this color is really neat in person and almost as
like shape-shifting as you walk around it it looks different in any different light so with this it
is a lariat so it's fully loaded it's got 20-inch wheels in that deep granite which ford loves to
do and i really do like it on this vehicle and then one cool quirky thing that i just noticed
on the back here this is actually a little bit of a light i thought it was a reflector but when
you open the door it actually illuminates so at night that'll be nice for you and your passengers
getting in and out this one is a crew cab and that's the only configuration you can get in
the lightning here honestly it looks very similar to an f-150 if you're familiar to that the only
difference to it is the charging port up here on the driver's side front but it looks very
similar the taillights are a little bit different but you're used to an f-150 that's what it looks
like from the side and to be quite honest if you saw one of these driving down the highway besides
the front end and a little bit on the back you'd probably think it was a standard f-150
but little do they know is you're not burning any gas and you're getting there basically for free
you can see the all-wheel drive components of this truck this is a dual electric motor that's
completely into independent suspension front and rear unlike a standard f-150 normal f-150
has a straight axle in the back this is a double wishbone with absolutely massive aluminum arms
you can see those bolts down below i guarantee you that's probably a one-inch socket that has
to get on those bolt heads these are extremely big trucks they're extremely well manufactured
and they even have a skid plate up underneath there to protect that electric motor in the center
and all the battery packs up underneath moving on to the tailgate and the bed this is where
you can see a lot of the differences in the ford lightning now of course we have to have our sus
branded sticker on there so you know just where you're getting this truck from but what we are
seeing is the difference in the tailgate by the way it bulges out like that and also that third
brake light that flows across the entire back that is something that's on the larry than some of the
higher trims and i gotta say i really do like it gives it a unique and much more futuristic
look once again though we do have a hitch we have our seven pin and our four pin control and
then this one actually has the smart towing technology so it has a lot of cool features
in there including scales at every corner and the ability to measure how much tongue weight
you have on that trailer we're gonna double press this button here for the tailgate release
try it again and there it goes it is a nice slow release and this one does have the bed
liner already pre-installed too as well as this extremely convenient step feature
to help you get in and out of the bed so if you thought four outlets up front were
enough they've added another two here to here and then up here is the big boy that's the 240 volt
30 amp outlet you can see is is fused it has faults here with an on off button let's press
that on it doesn't look like it lights up right now but when you have things in it
it will activate and be able to power all of your activities for when you're tailgating
or just out having an adventure i think this is a very utilitarian truck that you're gonna be
able to use for a lot of different things that you might not have thought of of course we do
have a button here to turn on our bed lights so we can activate those and also that same
button will illuminate the third brake light which has some extra bed lighting and to my
exact thing i said these are the exact same as what's underneath the front so matching lights
you can turn them off by pressing the same button tie down points over here which are
included in the back and a nice durable spray and bed liner very nice back here and really really a
utilitarian truck and same with the bed you double click that button and the tailgate should raise
not gonna lie i get a little nervous every time i say that on camera if it's actually gonna pick up
or not not that it won't but it works perfectly great so as you can see on this if you guys are
familiar with anything on the maki ford is deciding to use these larger screens which i
actually really like and they are more vertical so it's much like an ipad display there's a lot
you can do on this including your standard radio wireless car play all of your heated seats heated
steering wheel your climate settings but the coolest thing is if you go into the top left
the truck settings which kind of hard to see here because we still have the tape on we don't like
to remove that when you see the truck there are four different driving modes you've got normal
sport off-road tow and haul and it changes the obviously the colors of everything and in the
center cluster then if you scroll down if you're in normal mode you can activate one pedal drive
and the rear electronic locking differential so if you guys are in some some muddy or nasty weather
you can lock that in and be good to go this one does have the 360 degree camera so as you can see
there's our front and there's the whole 360 around the truck wax it out of that access there is a ton
of settings in these charge port lights unlock the charge cord towing in this you can actually
go into the smart hitch setting and it will measure all of the weight on the back you can
see the tongue weight of your trailer and figure out if you're at the right weight or if you need
to decrease or you want to increase it the onboard scales this is kind of neat so if you hit continue
it'll show you exactly how the vehicle is being scaled so it says we have zero pounds as far as
payload in the back and then it'll measure so if you have up to 1 675 pounds in the bed it'll
actually show you i wonder if i move around no it doesn't do anything i would jump on this on
the bed but i don't want to let you guys know my weight on youtube so i'm just going to leave that
there but just know it will measure it and can adapt the vehicle to how much weight you have or
you can figure out how you want to move it around if you scroll down here you have zone lighting
you've got your pro on board power i mean there is a ton of settings in here honestly i could
probably sit here for a whole 40 minute video intelligent backup power so this can actually
power your entire house if you activate this feature you can add the station to your home or
you can even add it to valet mode so there's a lot of features in here and then we have a whole other
tab for settings so a lot going on with this f-150 lightning and there should be even more settings
here so there's really a lot you can do on these vehicles to make them customized and make them
suit your needs we've got another plug up front a wireless charger below here and our pro trailer
backup system with our trailer brake controller and this one is equipped with everyone's favorite
work table so as you can see the entire cluster here is digital with the brand new style f-150
steering wheel on the left you can see the range on the right that's the full range there right
now we did kill a little bit because we are idling with the ac on or not idling just sitting here and
then on the left is your power usage so as you hit the throttle it'll go up to that 100 level
if you're hammering on it and it'll go into that green if you're using the regenerative braking
included in that one pedal driving now with this vehicle this is the extended range which is 130
kilowatts and what they're telling you is that it will get an estimated 300 miles of range depending
on driving habits and the outdoor temperature i can tell you when we got into this vehicle today
this did have a full 300 miles of range onto it we've dropped 21 miles but we've been sitting here
for probably 40 minutes with the air conditioning on because it is extremely hot out so i would say
that that looks to be pretty accurate you will have a little bit of temperature change on the
range when you get into the winter but 300 miles on this truck is absolutely awesome and boy i can
tell you this thing moves we'll do another video of an overall driving review of it to really see
what each of those modes feels like well guys i hope you enjoyed this one this is my initial and
first impressions of the f-150 lightning we wanted to go through and kind of check it out as i saw it
the first time i'm not lying to you at all this is the first time checking one of these out in person
and i gotta say i am impressed you know it does carry a higher price tag it's just over 80 000
but when you think about it and saving the cost of gasoline right now which i'm not sure what
part of the country you're in but around here it's pushing four dollars and 80 cents a gallon
of just regular gasoline these start to make more sense for that daily commute and still being able
to tow and haul on this with the smart scale and the hitch and everything the way that is set up
on this truck so i will tell you guys if you're thinking about the future you're thinking about
these electric vehicles i will definitely tell you if you have one locally or you're local to us
drop by and check this thing out in person you won't be disappointed and if anything it'll just
give you a little taste of what you might see to come now if you guys have been around or you're
brand new to the page we factory order vehicles all over the country and we give you a great price
you guys are interested in factory ordering a ford lightning i know these have been pretty tricky to
get a hold of definitely shoot an email below and we can get you added to our interest list
that way as soon as these order banks open we will contact you and keep you up to date with
all the latest and greatest on these vehicles and if you hadn't heard in the rest of the video drop
a comment below on what you want to see us test out with this it doesn't matter how crazy this
idea is drop the comment below and more than likely if it's not destroying the vehicle and
it's something we can achieve in a timely manner we're going to do it for you so drop it below we
really love to test it out and see how much we can utilize this lightning on a day-to-day basis
until next time i'm matt from susquehanna ford and this is my first impressions of afford lightning
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