Ford F-150 Lightning Electric Just Changed the Game ft. Peter McKinnon

So I've been driving trucks for a while. This is my current truck

I like it. It gets a lot done. It's very utilitarian. Not particularly futuristic

Certainly not electric. Today's video is not about that truck or any truck that I've driven in the past

It's about the future of trucks. It's about this truck. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the Ford F-150 Lightning in the Platinum trim

And it's here in the studio. And we're going to take a little bit

We'll be right back

This is such a hugely important vehicle

From the moment that I saw it, I knew it was going to make an impact

F-150 is a tremendously popular vehicle. Number one, best sold North America, US, Canada

There's just so many F-150s on the road, and it's because they work

and it's because they appeal to such a wide variety of clientele

people looking for utility, people looking to haul things, outdoors types. It's just a tremendously successful brand

To me, it's the type of approach that Ford needed to take, and they've done so here in the form of the F-150 Lightning

Now, if we look at the front here, it still has that DNA, like the grille

It's been modernized. It's unnecessary for it to be an actual intake for air to pass through at this point

But still, it's bringing that heritage in the appearance. This light bar that comes across

it's an indication that the future is here. But when it comes to heritage

you can picture this thing at a job site tomorrow, whereas some of those other designs

feel a little bit out of place in some of those environments, at least for now

It's not just gonna be for a select group of people. Ford is truly targeting a more typical truck buyer, unlike some of the competitors that are out there that have a much higher price point even to start

Because you've gone electric, you get this huge lockable storage. You get this secure storage at the front

It opens up a whole new level of flexibility for lugging things around

so here is something that you've never seen on a truck before look at the size of this thing

this is beyond the front it's a full-out trunk that happens to be in the front

and it has utility inside of there that no other front that i've seen has had because

it's coming from the perspective of utility it's coming from the perspective of a truck look at

this we have little tie downs so that you can securely get something planted in there over here

look at this how many outlets do you need and want four household outlets plus a usb type c and a usb

type a there's lighting in here so that at nighttime you can see inside underneath this

little door there's even more storage plus this shelf right here which as you can see has cup

holders in it and also a drain because of course you're gonna want to throw some beverages in there

and some ice and then drain it out after you see how they think of things anything you might want

to do can i also do this you're damn right i can also do that so now i have cup holders over here

as well as some measurements up along top and a spot to possibly put some pens because i'm getting

things done because I have an F-150. Lightning. Check out the power. Everyone's going to love it

No need, no need to struggle with a heavy tailgate, just beautifully dealing with itself

closing up, secured, and tight. It's going to take a while to get used to the idea. There's

no engine here. That's going to take a while to get used to the idea. I mean, that's the beauty

of it. It just opens up more cargo for you. Now charging this unit up is going to happen over here

You can see your typical charge capabilities here inside of the application in the car. It's going

to be able to map out different charge stations and things like this. Ever expanding upgrades

coming via software and all the rest of it. Five and a half foot bed on this particular model

Liner sprayed in there. You can see the ability to have these tie downs on the sides as well

well this one is also damp look at that comes down nice and smooth this is where the lightning

shines and and really goes above and beyond what my truck is currently doing this is a 240 volt 30

amp so a mega output over here below there what do we have 120 20 amp times two so your household

outlet as well and then over here we have another two 120 volt household 20 amps you combine that

with what you have at the front of the car, plus what you have inside of the car, 11 or 12 outlets

again, adding to the whole versatility conversation. Over here, we have a switch for our lighting

which is in box. So again, nighttime, you need to illuminate, see all the things that you have inside

No problem, just hit the light. This is something Ford has had for a while, but some may have not seen it before

This pulls out to become a step and for added security a little grip over here See I jumped in without it but apparently people get injured in this way So this is the real way you supposed to do it

And anybody can pull that off. That just makes things a lot simpler and safer if you're up and into the box on a regular basis

One, two, clicks in, locks in. Same thing over here. Now, this is new

I don't have this on my truck either, but you can place tools Right on a tailgate and then clamp them in these spots right here

So they don't move around and there's one of those on each side as well these little doors

I mean they just thought about so many things here that people might want you have

Measurements here, of course for cutting could be lumber something else you want to have the metric above and you have

Imperial below so both measurement systems a nice big work area here big work surface again a spot for pens and things that you might

have a spot for a cup or a drink just thinking about so many things over here

now of course since this is the platinum trim you're gonna have the 360 camera

all the way around this is the fastest Ford f-150 so even though I got that

Raptor sitting back there with the electric motor in here you're talking about zero to sixty like four and a half seconds it should beat that one by a

a little bit having driven electric cars in the past it's that really smooth consistent power

that's available at all times so oh i should also mention i almost forgot this is a huge feature and

they showed it off in a demonstration so not just these power the power back here is not just

available to your tools but it's also available in reverse so you can use the vehicle as a generator

to power your house for up to three days in the event of a power outage

So you can send power from here to your home, no generator necessary, as long as this is charged up

So I almost forgot. I should have mentioned it while I was back here. This thing is not just an electric vehicle

It's a generator as well. So here's where it all happens. So this is actually especially exciting for me

because I mean, I drive these vehicles. I drive this vehicle. So I can imagine upgrading to this

and like what that life is gonna be like. So I'm gonna start this up, get all the displays going

So this is something that just brings the whole space open. It gets a lot of light inside, huge glass roof

The front section here actually opens completely. Yeah, it's got ventilated seats as well

It's the platinum trim level, so you're gonna have ventilated seats. You probably also have massage seats

If you haven't seen this before, it's 15 inches in portrait. They've maintained a physical volume knob

which to me makes sense. This is a place where tactility is still nice to have

So you can quickly adjust and have that granular level of control

across each mechanical click. And that's placed on top of the display

So you still get the full large scale display and digital controls everywhere else

Anyway, so this is a typical gear selector, but when you look at it, you notice that you have this big section down here for it

What do I do? Do I hit this button? Look at this. It folds down completely and you could be like

okay, so that's nice. It gets out of the way. And then lift from here

I've just seen this in video, but like, oh my goodness gracious. Now I gotta admit, all right

every so often I might have to have a little bite to eat in a vehicle

Having this huge flat surface, that's a dream right there. You slap a laptop right here

You have power right here. There's 12 volt and another household outlet

capable of charging at 20 amps, whatever you want. And you're getting work done

from like a very comfortable seat, access to everything. From an engineering perspective

it seems so obvious, right? But it just didn't exist. And they did it

They figured it out. It's so quick too to do it. All right, how do I bring the gear selector back up

Just like that. Okay, I need this. This is something that I need

If you've been making the top selling vehicle for a number of years, you're tweaking, you're fine tuning

You're not trying to overhaul something that's working. You're just adding and maneuvering around certain features

that maybe you're getting feedback on. Maybe you're getting suggestions on, things that real people who use trucks may wanna see

And this feature right here is an example of that to me. Here's a little spot where I will often put my phone

I'll often just throw my phone like that. It fits so perfectly. You don't have to

Obviously you have a wireless charging for your phone right down over here. So I just slapped that on there, charging up wirelessly. But if you don't

want to use wireless charging or your phone doesn't support it, you also have a USB-A port and a USB-C

port. I suppose that would also be useful if you want to use Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. This is

also just a nice cubby for storing things. I presume that this is going to open this way too

and it does. That's also lockable storage here for this unit. And then inside of here, we have

a little tray for change, odds and ends, and then there's another USB type C and type A

Here's another thing you've gotta think about. How does the cable come out if you do have it plugged in down there

How do you get the phone back out of there to possibly sit in here? Well, you carve out a particular spot

so it's not getting pinched. You wouldn't believe how many cars don't have a method

like a slick method of doing that. Also inside the vehicle, we got this second glove box

another improvement. Oh, anti-slip little mat. That is a very sticky mat right there as well

Below there is your larger glove box, but yeah, that's gonna be for your bigger items

This trim is kind of interesting. This is almost like a speaker grill sort of

but it is futuristic. But you still have your leather trims. You have a familiar steering wheel

controls on the steering wheel as well. Beyond this large 15 inch display

there's also a fairly generous display in the middle here, which is gonna showcase, well, I mean, a number of things

whatever you want that you can see like the lane keep assist and all that so there's a few different

massage modes lower rolling upper rolling circular cushion full recovery and relaxed recovery so it's

in massage mode now you can trigger that from the display or you can do so from the side of the seat

there's a tiny little button there beyond massage there's a tremendous number of adjustments that

you can you can make as far as like lumbar support and just to get your perfect kind of fit

for the seat but what you're about to notice it's practically flat now there's a few different

drive modes available so it's set to normal right now there is also a sport let me hit the information

for spirited and engaged driving it enhances vehicle acceleration performance and driving

dynamics all right propulsion sound so you have the optional sound like a lot of EVs if you feel it necessary to hear some sort of a feedback One pedal drive is in there

Allows you to slow down the vehicle or bring it to a stop by controlling just the accelerator pedal

Here is the camera system. So of course you have the bird's eye view

And I can zoom into any corner of the vehicle to look more closely if I'm about to hit something

Oh, this is cool. So there's also a camera so you can look in your bed

This is important if you forgot to tie something down, someone was sitting in there from before

or one of the kids left the tailgate open, you just quickly have this camera on there

and you check the bed, you're like, okay, no, I'm good to go. That's pretty sick

Oh, scale. This is wild. The truck has a scale in the bed

so that it can tell how much hauling you're doing, how much weight you have back there

and it will adjust your electric range based on how much weight you're carrying

This plays a role in the estimated range rating for the vehicle

So in the upper trim level, Ford was stating about 300 miles

However, that was with a load on board. So it's likely going to perform a lot better than that

if you aren't carrying anything, maybe even as much as like 450 miles

but because they wanted to be safe on the estimate, they put a load in there

presuming that, you know, a number of users are gonna wanna know the minimum range

more so than the maximum so that they wouldn't be caught off guard

But chances are you're gonna do a lot better than 300 miles if you're not carrying 1,000 pounds

409 miles right there. It's estimating currently without any weight in the bed

409 miles. Now this ProPower on board, it actually, look, it showcases each circuit

back circuit A, back circuit B, front circuit, and the usage. All right, so Mo is standing on the bed

Moving a little bit. Minus our almost 200, that makes sense, right

He's barely shifting it, but Mo's in the back. He's proving the point

that there is an actual scale back there. We're good, Mo, we got it. Here's the bi-directional power mode

The ability to transfer power back to your house. With a 100 mile range reserve

it's stating that we could have three days, 20 hours and 29 minutes of power to the house

Now obviously this depends on what you're trying to run in the house, but that's a pretty cool feature as well

Yeah, I think it'll be, I think you're gonna be all right with that sound system. All right, let's go ahead and hop in the back seat

and see what it has to offer. It's space in all directions. Like this seat is kicked back quite far

as far as the driving position is concerned. But once I slap this down, it's still plenty of room for myself

More cup holder locations in the rear, which is a huge thing that had to happen

It previously only used to be in the little drop down section from the center there

But now there's a cup holder over here on the door and it got the cup holder cut out in the door frame as well

I can't remember if that was on the old one. It's like a suede like material here

plus more of the trim. This is a killer feature that lets you store smaller items. It could be some tools

It could be some groceries things that are liable to move around and then it's out of the way when it's not in use

Oh by the way a super flat loading floor as well. So if you have boxes we pick up a lot of boxes

It's a lot of boxes coming in and out of here. I don't know if you already knew that or not

We pick up a lot of boxes. They can't get wet We need a nice like a lot of volume to put them in so in stack quite a few

boxes without them tipping over. I don't know if you already knew that or not

There looks to be a 12 volt plus another household outlet and then they also got

the new age port type C plus USB type A so you can charge up all your devices in

the back whether you got your iPads or tablets or laptops or phones or whatever

happens to be. This interior is interesting too it's like this gray slate

color plus the lighter inserts with the perforated aspect of course you got the

platinum badge up there as well and the nice thing with the glass ceiling is it pays off in the back

too because it gives you the sense of space above even with the sunroof open it's still glass you

got glass you got big windows on the f-150 and check the leg room so i'm six feet tall and when

i was in the front seat i had it in a comfortable driving position and look at this i could be in

here for hours road trips it ain't no problem a couple other little things i noticed details like

this check it out you got the lightning bolt plus the american flag over here these little touches

plus the lightning badge over here as well now of course being an f-150 fan i know the lightning

was a street truck once upon a time so some consider to be a controversial name but actually

i think this is the perfect name for this vehicle plus it is fast on paper at least it's a fast truck

but it's more about the electricity and the fact that they already had the name so i like the name

whatever lightning it sounds cool we got specialized wheels as well i mean that's a big wheel and it's

interesting how they try to figure out like this balance between a stylish wheel and also something

that's going to make sense on an electric modern vehicle from an efficiency standpoint and i think

they struck a balance here in this wheel so you have these large flat regions that aren't going to

suck up a lot of resistance but then at the same time it has the appearance of like a bigger more

luxurious wheel at the same time. I've been waiting for this moment

Ladies and gentlemen, Peter McKinnon, he rolls up in like the coolest ride ever

to see the coolest ride ever. Just give me like a brief on this

We got 1977 Stepside F100. It's fuel injected now, but it had a carburetor

It's been rebuilt. Found it in a barn. Since then, we have kind of taken it apart

redone the frame, sprayed it, hood, seats. A lot of it's been put back together

but it's a 302 5-liter V8. It's super loud. Sounds like the earth is opening up when you turn it on

It shakes the entire house, so I start it usually on the road. it stalls eight out of ten times. I love it

How about this for a reminder about how long Ford's been doing it

Cool alright well maybe I jump inside and check this out after but I think it a big deal I think this vehicle is going to change a lot of things I think it matters that it the f you have owned an f for a while long time same long time so i thought for sure i

should call you up and get your take as another f-150 guy and just see how you think it compares

and actually i'm going to show you some things okay yeah if you don't mind and power, full power as well. So no lifting. I don't know if you've ever put groceries in a truck

or anything that can't get wet that you camera gear. Dude, all of the camera. That's like

that's larger than I thought it was. It's the biggest frunk, I believe, that's been shown off

period as far as electric vehicles go. You have tons of power over here. I think there's four

household outlets for charging. That's a drain, so you have a cooler, put your beers, your beverages

whatever you like. It's so trippy to just see a hood open with nothing inside of it

Like, I'm still processing that part. I mean, you got your washer fluid. That's it. That's all you got

That's it. That's all you need. Perfect. That little click at the end, so satisfying

Wait, wait, can you, can you turn it on? Yeah. Isn't it on right now? It's on. I don't think it's fully on

It's not on right now. It's already on. No, it's not. Yeah, it is. Is it actually

Yeah. Go ahead. What? Yeah. That is so trippy. Yeah

Hang on. I could do that all day. Wow. It's like you don't even..

Like, just the subtle... The subtle waft of air is all you hear

That's me right there. yeah this is sick yeah my brother-in-law's got the new f-150 yeah looked at the trim and was like

okay i know oh this is so nice dude i have like tactile yeah so you don't have to look at it

it's like the one thing that some people still want yeah a tactile volume knob it has a wireless

apple carplay it has android auto i think i take the smile off man this is platinum trim so i don't

I don't want to get out. I just want to stay in here forever. A little vlogging setup right here

Yes, please. Ford obviously imagines people to use it as a work truck to get things done with it

So then you have this little powerhouse over here. Or two, no, four total

Four total. I mean, even if you were doing camping and stuff, you could have all kinds of accessories hooked up to there

Dude, I could run like a whole outdoor lighting portrait setup through that. Oh, yeah

I could plug all my lights in. That's right. I could film anywhere. Yeah, you have a lot more power there

Pull straight from the battery. Vehicle doesn't have to be on. Did you catch the bottle opener here

Oh, I did not. A little ksk. Nice. Both sides. Do you remember the original lightning truck

Yeah, I do. The street truck? Yeah. Yeah. Some people are upset that they're using the naming for the electric truck

It's kind of cool that they're reusing it. It almost makes more sense than the original

Yeah, totally. And then, yeah, over here, you have the lightning bolt emblem

And the American flag over there. Now, this is also the fastest F-150 ever

Zero to 60 in what? They're saying like around four seconds, maybe four and a half

We could do a drag race. What's the zero to 60 on that

You want to see under my frunk? Ten seconds. Yeah, let's do that. We saw the future

Woo! Little hot. Oh, cool. There you go. So, you can fit absolutely zero golf clubs

No groceries. But it makes a cool sound, though. It makes a great sound and it looks great

It's where, like, down here, that little tank is where the fuel line runs so that it doesn't stink

and it captures all the scent inside a charcoal canister. And unlike the Lightning, where you can close the front

with a button, you have to put an absurd amount of manpower into this hood

Woo! Yeah, sorry about the microphone. Old school, I'll let you in on the other side

Windows. Actually, that's kinda a comfortable seat. It's not bad, right? Not bad. You wanna hear the horn? Sure

Gutless. Does this have air conditioning? No. Oh, I was looking at the cool right here

Yeah, no, it's just, it's just. It just for show. cold air that you don't want to put on

So it's set to off. Do the chairs have massage? When you're riding it anywhere, yeah

it's so bumpy that you got a nice massage. 1977. And then you come down here, adjust your mirror manually

Yeah. Wow. It's pretty great. Cool. Would that have been like that originally

Yeah, originally shipped with wood. Yep, things are loose. Things are loose everywhere

Grab that side. There we go. Yeah. All right. Look at that

Perfect. I really want to put an ATV in the back, see how that looks. You need a 1977 ATV, though

For like a 1977 snowmobile or something. Yeah, right. It's a real haggard-looking one

These are kind of useful steps on the side. That's a big step. Step side

Great. Yep. You get the straight box model, or you get the step side model

So step size just got that vintage flair to it. Right? Right. It looks a little more old school if it was straight bed

It wouldn't look as as vintage and have as much character So this kind of makes it a little cute, which I like so you get a lot of thumbs up a lot of high fives

People are psyched when they see you driving down the road. Everyone's waving. I'm waving back

That's great It's crazy to me how much wider that truck is when you look at it on its own you don't realize

how wide it is, but you see them next to each other. It's also crazy how the shapes

have changed. Like, that is a blunt object moving through space. There's really no... There was no consideration

of drag coefficient. No. Maybe there was. The mirrors? Dude, the mirrors are, like, bigger

than my rims