There has been news (which is more than just a rumor) about the new 2025 Ford Lightning. According to Jim Farley, Ford’s CEO, they are planning on making the Lightning F-150 second gen, which would be constructed and built as the second generation of electric truck. In fact, Farley even stated that it would be similar to Millennium Falcon, nevertheless the meaning. We can only being positive by believing that it would be super impressive and super good.
The Updated Plan
The second gen of F-150 Lightning would be about electric (pickup) ride that will start its production in 2025. It’s known as Project T3 (short for Trust the Truck) and it would be constructed with simplified manufacturing process. The company has planned out to make the upcoming electric Lightning at their manufacturing plant in Tennesse, but details are still revealed later.
It seems that the company is serious about their commitment and efforts in electrifying their lineups, especially the one that has gained huge popularity over the past years. They want to follow the F-150 Lightning up with their upcoming EV truck, but they still don’t want to reveal too many details.
They would construct the new EV with some basis from the current lightning. They take Lightning’s towing abilities and driving range as a starter, and then they are going to improve it further. The company states that the new (electrical) platform has made it possible to expand and improve the features. And even OTA updates have significantly improve the car’s ability to respond and function better.
Manufacturing Plan
This second electric ride would be constructed right outside Memphis, within a 3600 acre of area and worth of $5.6 billion of plant. It also includes a battery plant, along its partnership with SK Innovation, an energy company. The manufacturing process is expected to be more efficient, more cost effective, and also overall simpler although they plan on making 500,000 units of EV trucks during their peak season.
The official announcement about 2025 Ford Lightning second gen electric truck comes after the company has forecasted their possible loss during 2023 sales for their EV. It’s predicted that they lose $3 billion on those EV sales. Part of their loss is resulted from their huge investment in their Tennessee and Kentucky facilities, mostly spending their money on alternate battery management. It’s basically a loss that they understand ‘must’ happen as their expanding their EV division. They need to make this initial sacrifice so they can continue making Mustang Mach-E and Lightning to meet buyers’ demands.
The company had also stated earlier that they want to be able to make 150,000 units of Lightning on annual basis, and they are hoping to accomplish that number before 2023 ends. If it’s true, then they would be able to triple up their production ability, really pushing their boundaries to the limit. The Mach-E should be constructed with higher volumes. The company made a statement back then in January 2023 that they plan on increasing their production up to 67%, which means that from ‘only’ 78,000 units of production last year, they expect to boost it up to 130,000 in 2023. Sounds like a very ambitious plan, don’t you think?
Powertrain, Price, and Release Date
With the official announcement just being released, we still can’t get the complete information about the overall processing stage. We only know that it would be running on electric, but detail arrangement is pretty shady. And when it comes to the price range, don’t expect it to come cheap. The best thing to do is to just wait and see of what the updates of 2025 Ford Lightning would be like once they are available.