{"id":42028,"date":"2023-02-04T00:04:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T05:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=42028"},"modified":"2023-02-04T00:04:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T05:04:30","slug":"1138661_ford-building-high-performance-f-150-lightning-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=42028","title":{"rendered":"Ford building high-performance F-150 Lightning concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ford&#8217;s not done building insane EV concepts to flex its electric muscles.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138658_ford-f1-red-bull-racing-return-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcing its return to F1 racing<\/a> with Red Bull Racing in 2026, Ford released a graphic showing how it believes racing leads to winning products. One of the images was the outline of a yet-to-be-revealed electric pickup demonstrator, presumably based on the F-150 Lightning. The other silhouettes are for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1137167_ford-mustang-gt3-le-mans-return-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Mustang race cars<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1118244_new-ford-ranger-raptor-revealed-due-in-us-in-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously revealed Ranger Raptor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100873956_m\" title=\"Ford Strategic Global Motorsports Program\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Ford Strategic Global Motorsports Program\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"997\" data-height=\"583\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-strategic-global-motorsports-program_100873956_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-strategic-global-motorsports-program_100873956_l.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-strategic-global-motorsports-program_100873956_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/ford-strategic-global-motorsports-program_100873956_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/ford-strategic-global-motorsports-program_100873956_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/ford-strategic-global-motorsports-program_100873956_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ford Strategic Global Motorsports Program<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The next EV experiment could be a high-output F-150 Lightning.\u00a0Ford has built a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1128940_ford-builds-a-mustang-mach-e-with-7-electric-motors-1-400-horsepower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mustang Mach-E with seven electric motors<\/a>\u00a0producing a combined 1,400 horsepower, an electric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1136273_ford-supervan-returns-for-electric-era-with-1-972-hp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ford Supervan with 1,972 hp<\/a>, and even a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1134053_1978-ford-f-100-with-eluminator-electric-crate-motor-shows-the-future-of-restomodding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1978 F100 with an Eliminator electric crate engine<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ford spokesperson Emma Berg said the company continues to evaluate how EVs fit into its motorsports strategy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100869095_m\" title=\"2023 Ford F-150 Lightning\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2023 Ford F-150 Lightning\" width=\"640\" height=\"239\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"382\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-ford-f-150-lightning_100869095_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/2023-ford-f-150-lightning_100869095_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-ford-f-150-lightning_100869095_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/2023-ford-f-150-lightning_100869095_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/2023-ford-f-150-lightning_100869095_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/2023-ford-f-150-lightning_100869095_s.jpg\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2023 Ford F-150 Lightning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1132124_2022-ford-f-150-lightning-price-specs-review-photos-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">production F-150 Lightning<\/a> with the large 131-kwh extended-range battery produces 563 hp and 775 lb-ft of torque. Ford originally said the electric truck would do 0-60 mph in the mid-four-second range. The production truck is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1137598_ford-f-150-lightning-quicker-than-originally-advertised\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quicker than originally advertised<\/a>, with its 0-60 mph time coming in at less than 4.0 seconds. It&#8217;s quicker than a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1131105_2021-ford-f-150-raptor-price-specs-review-photos-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">standard F-150 Raptor,<\/a> and probably about as quick as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1136512_2023-ford-f-150-raptor-r-price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F-150 Raptor R<\/a> with its supercharged V-8 engine.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear when the F-150 Lightning-based demonstrator teased by Ford will be revealed, how much power it will have, or what the upgrades might be, but it&#8217;s likely that it will run from 0-60 mph in less than 4.0 seconds. The electric Ford Supervan concept has undergone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1137171_1-972-hp-ford-pro-electric-supervan-hits-the-ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high-speed testing at the N\u00fcrburgring<\/a>, and its multiple motors allow it to run 0-60 mph in less than 2.0 seconds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford&#8217;s not done building insane EV concepts to flex its electric muscles. On Friday, while announcing its return to F1 racing with Red Bull Racing in 2026, Ford released a graphic showing how it believes racing leads to winning products. One of the images was the outline of a yet-to-be-revealed electric pickup demonstrator, presumably based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}